Porous City: From Metaphor to Urban Agenda
- ISBN-10
- 3035615780
- ISBN-13
- 9783035615784
- Category
- Architecture
- Pages
- 304
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-03-19
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser
- Author
- Sophie Wolfrum
Description
Some time ago, Walter Benjamin and Asja Lacis used the term "porosity" with reference to Naples’ urban characteristics – spaces merging into each other and providing the backdrop for the unforeseen – improvisation as a way of life. Today, the term "porosity" in this context is increasingly used conceptually. Well-known authors from the worlds of architecture, town planning, and landscape design embark on a search for new concepts for a life-enhancing, user-friendly city – with reference to this enigmatic term. The term refers to the overlaying and interweaving of spaces and structures, to urban textures and their architectural properties and qualities – to cities with radically mixed urban functions.
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- 2017-09-25
- 252 pages
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- 2013
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