{"product_id":"urban-design-ecologies-isbn-9780470974063","title":"Urban Design Ecologies","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe discipline of urban design is undergoing a rapid expansion and realignment. It is experiencing a shift from a profession dominated by architects and planners, directed at urban development, to a more expansive set of practices engaging new forms of social and environmental ecologies, as cities worldwide adapt to economic restructuring, mass migrations and climate change. Bringing together classic and new texts from the last 40 years, this AD Reader focuses attention on the critical tools needed to understand how cities have been designed and constructed and then changed over time. This enables new ways of envisioning how cities must be conceived and adapted in the future to the dual conditions of rapid urbanisation and economic restructuring, coupled with unpredictable environmental conditions due to climate change. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith its emphasis on both urban design and the ecological, this book brings together key articles that point the way forward for reconciling the often conflicting concerns of urbanism and environmentalism. Twenty-three texts are organised into four distinct sections, covering metropolitan architecture, the sprawling megalopolis, the megacity and the recently emerging metacity. These are broadly chronological and highlight the recent thinking behind some of the key urban developments, ranging from the art of traditional city-making covered by European architects and historians in the late 20th century to contemporary Tokyo described by Atelier Bow-Wow. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures original texts from: Reyner Banham, Rem Koolhaas, Aldo Rossi, Colin Rowe, David Grahame Shane, Bernard Tschumi, Oswald Mathias Ungers, and Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains newly commissioned texts from: Mary Cadenasso, Sharon Haar and Victoria Marshall, Carlos Leite, Steward TA Pickett and Albert Pope. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes new translations of important essays by Vittorio Gregotti and Paola Viganò. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTopics range from the European historic city to the Las Vegas Strip and the megacity of São Paulo, taking in the global sustainable city.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003eDer Urban Design Ecologies Reader stellt Architekten und Stadtplanern wichtige Tools zum besseren Verständnis heutiger städtebaulicher Maßnahmen bereit. Essays führender Experten spannen den Bogen zwischen historischen Entwicklungen und innovativen Ansätzen zur Bewältigung der globalen Herausforderungen rasanter Urbanisierungsprozesse und des Klimawandels. Die neuesten Ansätze in den Bereichen Stadtentwicklung, darunter Kernkonzepte wie Stadtarchitektur, Architektur großer Metropolen (Stichwort \"Großarchitektur\"), Wucherung der Städte, Megastädte (oder die informelle Stadt) und Metastädte, die von digitalen Technologien und dem Ökologiegedanken getragen werden, werden im Detail erörtert.  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 8\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eBrian McGrath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE CITY TO METROPOLITAN ARCHITECTURE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Architecture of the City 16\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eAldo Rossi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCollage City 27\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eColin Rowe and Fred Koetter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCities Within the City 36\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eOswald Mathias Ungers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChicago à la Carte 48\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eAlvin Boyarsky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLife in the Metropolis or The Culture of Congestion 60\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eRem Koolhaas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Making of Hong Kong 72\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eBarrie Shelton, Justyna Karakiewicz and Thomas Kvan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMEGALOPOLIS: THE NATURE OF SPRAWL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Territory of Architecture 86\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eVittorio Gregotti\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLos Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies 98\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eReyner Banham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLearning From Las Vegas 108\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eSteven Izenour, Denise Scott Brown, Robert Venturi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Urbanism of Reform 122\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eAlbert Pope\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMega Urban Ecologies 146\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eSharon Haar and Victoria Marshall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEcology of the City: A Perspective from Science 162\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eSteward TA Pickett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE MEGACITY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeople as Infrastructure: Intersecting Fragments in Johannesburg 174\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eAbdouMaliq Simone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBangkok: The Architecture of Three Ecologies 184\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eBrian McGrath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSustainable Megacity Visions from São Paulo 196\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eCarlos Leite\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrugality and Urban Life 212\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eMay Joseph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesign, Sustainability and the Global City 220\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eChristian Hubert and Ioanna Theocharopoulou\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE METACITY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSituationist Space 238\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eTom McDonough\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Manhattan Transcripts 248\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eBernard Tschumi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Fragmented Metropolis 260\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eDavid Grahame Shane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesigning Ecological Heterogeneity 272\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eML Cadenasso\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Elementary City 282\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003ePaola Viganò\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMade in Tokyo 300\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eMomoyo Kaijima, Junzo Kuroda, Yoshiharu Tsunamoro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 314\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian McGrath\u003c\/b\u003e is an Associate Professor of Urban Design at Parsons The New School for Design in New York. He taught at Columbia University in the Urban Design Studios for 15 years in a programme that grew 500% in student population between 1991 and 2005. He was a Senior Fulbright Scholar in Thailand in 1998\/99. He is currently a co-investigator on an interdisciplinary team on the Baltimore Ecosystem Study, a Long Term Ecological Research project where he coordinates a working group linking science research, public policy and design. McGrath has authored and contributed to many books and journals, he also teaches and lectures internationally.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe discipline of urban design is undergoing a rapid expansion and realignment. It is experiencing a shift from a profession dominated by architects and planners, directed at urban development, to a more expansive set of practices engaging new forms of social and environmental ecologies, as cities worldwide adapt to economic restructuring, mass migrations and climate change. Bringing together classic and new texts from the last 40 years, this AD Reader focuses attention on the critical tools needed to understand how cities have been designed and constructed and then changed over time. This enables new ways of envisioning how cities must be conceived and adapted in the future to the dual conditions of rapid urbanisation and economic restructuring, coupled with unpredictable environmental conditions due to climate change. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith its emphasis on both urban design and the ecological, this book brings together key articles that point the way forward for reconciling the often conflicting concerns of urbanism and environmentalism. Twenty-three texts are organised into four distinct sections, covering metropolitan architecture, the sprawling megalopolis, the megacity and the recently emerging metacity. These are broadly chronological and highlight the recent thinking behind some of the key urban developments, ranging from the art of traditional city-making covered by European architects and historians in the late 20th century to contemporary Tokyo described by Atelier Bow-Wow. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures original texts from: Reyner Banham, Rem Koolhaas, Aldo Rossi, Colin Rowe, David Grahame Shane, Bernard Tschumi, Oswald Mathias Ungers, and Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains newly commissioned texts from: Mary Cadenasso, Sharon Haar and Victoria Marshall, Carlos Leite, Steward TA Pickett and Albert Pope. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes new translations of important essays by Vittorio Gregotti and Paola Viganò. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTopics range from the European historic city to the Las Vegas Strip and the megacity of São Paulo, taking in the global sustainable city.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990439608549,"sku":"NP9780470974063","price":116.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470974063.jpg?v=1761787835","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/urban-design-ecologies-isbn-9780470974063","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}