Ephemeral urbanism : does permanence matter?
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Ephemeral urbanism : does permanence matter?
LISt Lab, 2017
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"Preface" by Richard Sennett, "Afterword" by Ricky Burdett
"This reserch is a result of a series of conversations under a framework which we have informally referred to as the 'Reserch Project on The Ephemeral City'." -- from p. 388, "Acknowledgments"
"The core endeavor behind this publication and the exhibition that Rahul Mehrotra and Felipe Vera have curated for the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale is to map 'taxonomies of ephemeral cities'." -- from p. 347
Includes bibliographical references
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Description
Ephemeral Urbanism invites us to ponder material impermanence. Is a recognition of the transitory nature of physical substances integral to the city construction process? This book makes a convincing argument in the affirmative. A creation of the Ephemeral City Research Project - conceived at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, with the aim of making non-permanent configurations of the city landscape a legitimate addition to current urban discourse - this book features temporary settlements from all over the world that challenge the illusion of urban immutability. Ranging from inter-city infills to mega-scale metropolises, Ephemeral Urbanism overviews hundreds of case studies, analysing configurations that exist only for a limited period of time. Through diagrams, photographs and aerial images, this preliminary survey presents interesting prototypes of flexible urban planning and design. Accompanying texts by Richard Sennett and Ricky Burdett provide a framework for understanding the relevance of this book.
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