Carchitecture: When the Car and the City Collide - Brossura

De Rijke, Alex

Brossura

ISBN 10: 3764364548 ISBN 13: 9783764364540

Casa editrice: Birkhauser Architecture, 2001

Riassunto

The car and the city have collided. Carchitecture examines the fallout from this near-fatal impact, sifting through the debris of movements, debates, solutions and situations, searching for a new direction.
Carchitecture argues that cars and architecture should rein themselves back from the brink of disaster, straighten the fender and jump-start the debate. Each has much to offer the other, not only in terms of technology and aesthetics, but also in the need to reconcile the car's social role with its pariah status. With its focus firmly on the need to design better urban environments, Carchitecture is a journey through our most familiar landscapes and the ideas which are helping to shape their future.
Carchitecture traces the history of architectural response to the automobile, from modernist dogma to today's more pedestrian-friendly approach. Where once the city was shaped by the car, the urban environment is now exacting its revenge, spawning new ideas, new uses and new combinations. How will cars fit into the city of the future?

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Product Description

In cooperation with august, London Cars and architecture are closely linked - in this book, the past, the future and their influence on eachother are explored. The automobile has brought about changes to the landscape that are nothing short of revolutionary. The dramatic reconfiguration of cities and the countryside to accommodate our taste for freedom of movement has been matched by a change in the way buildings themselves have been planned. Today, CAD and car-building techniques have opened up new possibilities for architectural design and this book, edited by the London-based architect Alex de Rijke, argues that the influence of the car on architectural and urban thinking is greater than ever. De Rijke's selection of ideas, photographs, texts and completed projects by a variety of architects explores the parallel development of cars and architecture during the second half of the twentieth century, and provides a compelling manifesto for the future of building design.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Birkhauser Architecture
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 3764364548
• ISBN 13: 9783764364540
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 128
• Redattore: Bell Jonathan