UID:
almafu_9958353299802883
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9783034611541
Content:
Infrastructure is a much discussed topic within the field of landscape architecture. It regards the entire urban and rural space as a network that calls for an integrated planning and urban design approach. Natural and man-made infrastructures are viewed as forming a single, overarching whole. The book examines this robust and ecologically sustainable approach with essays by well-known experts in the field. It also documents 14 international case studies by SWA landscape architects and urban designers, among them the technologically innovative roof domes for Renzo Piano’s California Academy of Science in San Francisco, the restoration of the Buffalo Bayou in Houston, and several master plans for ecological corridors in China and Korea. Other projects develop smart re-use concepts for railroad tracks that no longer serve their original purpose, such as Kyung-Chun railway in Seoul or Katy Trail in Dallas. All projects are described extensively with technical diagrams and plans. The publication offers ideas for reinventing, repurposing, and repositioning infrastructure as a viable medium for addressing issues of ecology, transit, urbanism, and habitat.
Content:
Landschaftsplanung mit Sinn für den ökologischen Kontext.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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Essays --
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Reading the Recent Work of SWA --
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Landscape Infrastructure: Systems of Contingency, Flexibility, and Adaptability --
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Foregrounding --
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Second Nature: New territories for the exiled --
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Modulating Infrastructural Flows to Create Open Space --
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Case Studies --
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Performance --
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Aggregate --
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Network --
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Increment --
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Project credits --
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The authors --
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Illustration credits --
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Acknowledgements
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783034611541
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783034611541
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783034611541
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