Collage City (MIT Press)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.95 (865 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0262680424 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The authors, rejecting the grand utopian visions of "total planning" and "total design," propose instead a "collage city" which can accommodate a whole range of utopias in miniature.. This book is a critical reappraisal of contemporary theories of urban planning and design and of the role of the architect-planner in an urban context
"Important work of architectural theory. Companion piece to Learning" according to Edward Rodriguez. Important work of architectural theory. Companion piece to Learning from Las Vegas by Venturi, Scott-Brown, and Izenour as well as Rossi's Architecture of the City. necessary and useful for arch students to read Giannis it s an urban classic book, necessary and useful for arch students to read!. Five Stars renata ramos good!
This is a book about the ideologies of modern architecture, their philosophical origins, their manifestations, and the ways in which they are flawed. (Donald Appleyard APA Journal) . Coming upon this book in rather a skeptical state of mind, I must say I found it intriguing, enlightening, brilliant, witty, and exasperating as it pursued its thesis with a species of grammatical acrobatics that I can only call arresting. It is a book about architects who had and have conceptions about the ideal city, and it tries to reorient those