Ecologies of Prosperity

For The Living City

$40.00

‘Ecologies of Prosperity for the Living City’ is a collection of writings, interviews, and projects exploring themes introduced during the 2016 Woltz Symposium: Novel Synergies, the Instrumental Commons, and Dispersed Concentrations…

SKU: 90700
Size: 6.5″ x 9.5″ Portrait
Pages: 300pp
Binding: Soft Bound
Publication Date: Fall 2018
ISBN: 978-1-940743-50-9
Rights World: Available

SKU: 90700 Categories: , Tag:

Description

“Without transforming the way societies inhabit the territory (...) another type of city-territory cannot be built.”

Additional information

Size

6.5" x 9.5" Portrait

Pages

300pp

Binding

Soft Bound

Publication date

Fall 2018

ISBN

978-1-940743-50-9

Rights world

img img

Details

Overview

‘Ecologies of Prosperity for the Living City’ is a collection of writings, interviews, and projects exploring themes introduced during the 2016 Woltz Symposium: Novel Synergies, the Instrumental Commons, and Dispersed Concentrations. With new material from speakers Philippe Rahm, Nina-Marie Lister, Marina Alberti, Paola Viganò, Niek Hazendonk, Albert Cuchí, and Jedediah Purdy, the dialogue is framed by a series of seminal texts from the 20th century and reimagines existing urban challenges through exemplary design projects of today. Structured as a reader for students and design practitioners, it promotes urban design as a catalyst for cultural, social, and environmental transformation within cities, towns, communities, institutions, and individuals faced with today’s most pressing urban challenges.

This publication puts forward the idea that urbanization is the result of a certain relationship between the territory and the society who inhabits it. Thus, without transforming the way societies inhabit the territory and its intrinsic motivations another type of city-territory cannot be built. The publication collects these motivations that could fuel this transformation and classifies them into three categories: Novel Synergies, Instrumental Commons, and Dispersed Concentrations.

Authors

Margarita Jover is an architect, urban designer, and landscape architect based in Virginia, USA and Barcelona, Spain. She is the founder and principal, with Inaki Alday, of the firm ‘aldayjover architecture & landscape,’ and an associate professor at the University of Virginia School of Architecture.
Alex Wall is a professor of practice in the Landscape Architecture department at the University of Virginia. Previously, he worked at OMA in London and Rotterdam and served as Chair and Professor of International Urban Design at KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Germany.

Additional Info

SKU: 90700
Size: 6.5″ x 9.5″ Portrait
Pages: 300pp
Binding: Soft Bound
Publication Date: Fall 2018
ISBN: 978-1-940743-50-9
Rights World: Available


Ecologies of Prosperity

“Without transforming the way societies inhabit the territory (...) another type of city-territory cannot be built.”

CONTACT US
USA - San Francisco Bay Area
Tel: +1(415) 883-3300
USA - New York
Tel: +1(646) 322-2466
Asia - Singapore & China
Tel: +(65) 9068-1860
Tel: +(86) 755-84556863

CONTACT US
USA - San Francisco Bay Area
Tel: +1(415) 883-3300
Asia - Singapore & China
Tel: +(65) 9068-1860
Tel: +(86) 755-84556863

CONTACT US
USA - San Francisco Bay Area
Tel: +1(415) 883-3300
USA - New York
Tel: +1(646) 322-2466
Asia - Singapore & China
Tel: +(65) 9068-1860
Tel: +(86) 755-84556863

© 2023 Applied Research And Design / ORO Editions. All Rights Reserved.

Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors