A study concerned with the aesthetics and functionality which are the basis for the desire and desirability of cities. It attempted to define the desirability of the city, to reconcile the city with its moral entity, aesthetics and ethics and to present alternatives to destructive functionalism.
A study concerned with the aesthetics and functionality which are the basis for the desire and desirability of cities. It attempted to define the desirability of the city, to reconcile the city with its moral entity, aesthetics and ethics and to present alternatives to destructive functionalism.
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Höhe: 295 mm
Breite: 208 mm
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978-92-827-4923-4 (9789282749234)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Part 1 General considerations: the return of desire; sizing up cities; does meeting all the modern functionality criteria necessarily make a city more desirable?; functionalist town planning versus the traditional city; the traditional city or the good times of life; the misery of functionalism; desire, what desire?; functional zoning; on the subject of public architectire and town-planning competitions; the power and limits of popular solidarity; the need for a vision; the city and the bourgeoisie; the city is not a tree - the city is a human creation; desire and architectural langauge or the choice of styles; functionality, aesthetics and desirability of the city; night-time visions. Part 2 Case studies. Part 3 Conclusion and recommendations.
