Critical territories
Subtitle: from academia to praxis
By: Eva Castro, Alfredo Ramirez, Eduardo Rico, Douglas Spencer
Contributors: Ramirez, Alfredo; Rico, Eduardo; Spencer, Douglas; Castro, Eva, author; Ramirez, Alfredo, author; Rico, Eduardo, author; Spencer, Douglas, author
Publisher: LISt Lab Laboratorio
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Europe]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9788895623375
Subjects: Urban landscape architecture; City planning; Cross-cultural studies; Designs and plans; Urban Land use
Description: The book records the development and current state of the authors' theory, practice and teaching of landscape urbanism. Includes projects produced and realized by the firm, Groundlab; contributions to the ongoing development of theoretical perspective; and student work in Mexico, Sri Lanka, Dubai and China.
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Landscape urbanism is a new mode of practice that responds to contemporary social, economical, and environmental conditions with an inherently multidisciplinary approach. Cities and landscapes are seen as natural processes that constantly change and evolve, therefore requiring flexible and adaptable mechanisms and designs to emerge, to configure and to re-configure the existing and future urban environments.
Table of contents: title: Theory; title: Mexico; title: Sri Lanka; title: Middle East; title: China I; title: China II; title: China III; title: Workshops; title: Groundlab.