Public natures
Subtitle: evolutionary infrastructures
By: Weiss/Manfredi
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9781616893774
Subjects: Social aspects; Infrastructure (Economics); Space (Architecture); Weiss/Manfredi Architects
Description: "As elements of the constructed landscape, infrastructure is a means rather than an end--rail and subway lines, distribution grids, waterways, traffic signals and signs, on-and-off ramps, highways, and bridges of our cities are essential in a practical sense but dead in a social one. They create boundaries and perform as agents of separation, preventing one metropolis from physically connecting with another. But their very physical presence may reveal latent qualities of places that are key to vitalizing urban life, and by leveraging that presence to support a broader range of ecological, institutional, and cultural imperatives, these utilitarian structures could transcend their pragmatic roles and become points of meaningful public exchange. In Public Natures: Evolutionary Infrastructures, New York City-based firm Weiss/Manfredi tests such a possibility and takes the pursuit to practice, in turn crafting a manifesto/monograph hybrid replete with essays, roundtable discussions, and projects that explore new obligations and opportunities for infrastructure"--
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Barry Bergdoll; title: Evolutionary infrastructures: essay / Marion Weiss and Michael A. Manfredi; title: Seattle Art Museum: Olympic Sculpture Park ; Toronto Lower Don Lands ; Hunter's Point South Waterfront Park ; Taekwondo Park ; Brooklyn Botanic Garden visitor center; title: Terms and conditions : discussion with Preston Scott Cohen, Felipe Correa, Keller Easterling, Paul Lewis, Hashim Sarkis, and Nader Tehrani ; moderated by Marion Weiss, Michael A. Manfredi, and Justin Fowler; title: Social infrastructures: essay / Marion Weiss and Michael A. Manfredi; title: Barnard College Diana Center ; Sylvan Theater at the Washington Monument ; Novartis headquarters building ; Cornell NYC Tech Co-Location building; title: Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology; title: Megaform and public natures: discussion with Kenneth Frampton, Marion Weiss, Michael A. Manfredi, and Justin Fowler.