Farrell The City As A Tangled Bank

Urban Design versus Urban Evolution
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-48730-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Architectural Design Primer

Here Sir Terry Farrell, who has built an international career asan architect-planner, encourages other planners and architects tofollow the biologists--look at, learn from, and, indeed,admire the nature of the forces that drive the change, and thenwith humility and respect work with them to nudge, anticipate andprepare for where it takes us. Searching for patterns within theapparent turbulence and complexity, he analyses the notions ofurban design and urban evolution and examines whether or not theyneed necessarily be seen as opposing one another. The first twochapters discuss emergence as an idea in a biological andarchitectural context, as well as the distinction between urbandesign and planning in both education and practice, and the impactof other fields such as landscape design. Seven further chaptersexamine a range of themes embracing the importance of chainreactions in the progress of urban engineering; the character ofhabitation; layering; taste and context; adaptation and conversion;the advocacy of the architect-planner; and the effects of digitaltechnology on city evolution. Farrell brings his considerableexperience in practice to bear, elucidating his thoughts withexamples from cities across the world, including Beijing, HongKong, London, New York, and Paris.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Farrell, Terry

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Emergence of Emergence
Chapter 2: The Urbicultural Revolution
Chapter 3: Connectedness and the Nurturing of Invention
Chapter 4: The DNA of Habitat
Chapter 5: Time, Layers and City Identity
Chapter 6: Architecture Out Of Urbanism
Chapter 7: The High Art of Adaptation
Chapter 8: Urban Activism
Chapter 9: The Era of the Digital City
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Picture Credits

Über Autor(innen)

Sir Terry Farrell is considered to be the UK'sleading architect-planner, with offices in London and Hong Kong.During 40 years in practice he has completed many award-winningprojects in the UK including the MI6 Building and the Home OfficeHeadquarters in London, The Deep in Hull, the Centre For Life inNewcastle, and masterplans for the Greenwich Peninsula,Brindleyplace in Birmingham and Newcastle's Quayside. In EastAsia, notable projects include Incheon Airport in Seoul, BeijingStation and Guangzhou Station in China (the largest in the world)and in Hong Kong he designed the Peak Tower, Kowloon Station anddevelopment and the British consulate. Throughout his career, SirTerry has championed urban planning and helped shape central andlocal government policy on key issues. In London, he is a member ofthe Mayor's Design Advisory Panel and he has advised theDepartment for Transport on high-speed rail, as well as theDepartment for Communities and Local Government. He has led forseveral years the design and planning of the Thames Gateway,Europe's largest regeneration project. In 2010, he wasappointed masterplanner for the transformation of Holborn and EarlsCourt. In 2013, he was invited by the Minister of Culture to leadan independent review of architecture and the built environment. Heis the recipient of the London Planning Award 2012-13 for'Greatest Contribution to Planning and Development over thelast 10 years'.