Porous city : from metaphor to urban agenda /
What is the porous city? How could porosity become an urban concept? Well-known authors from the worlds of architecture, urbanism, and landscape design embark on a search for new concepts for a life-enhancing city, with reference to this enigmatic term. The term refers to the overlaying and interwea...
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Birkhäuser,
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Publisher Address: | Basel, Switzerland : |
Publication Dates: | [2018] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Summary: |
What is the porous city? How could porosity become an urban concept? Well-known authors from the worlds of architecture, urbanism, and landscape design embark on a search for new concepts for a life-enhancing city, with reference to this enigmatic term. The term refers to the overlaying and interweaving of spaces and structures, to urban textures and their architectural properties and qualities -- to cities with radically mixed urban functions. |
Carrier Form: | 303 pages : illustrations (some color), plans (some color) ; 25 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: |
9783035616019 (hardback) : 3035616019 (hardback) |
Index Number: | HT166 |
CLC: | TU984 |
Call Number: | TU984/P836 |