Description: Title & Author: Actions : what you can do with the city / edited by Giovanna Borasi, Mirko Zardini ; with essays by Jochen Becker [and others]. Timely investigation of the relations of the city, both with its own built environment and with a more complex range of social economic and environmental issues. In particular the four key human actions of gardening, recycling, playing and walking are examined in the context of how they can inform the design of the city. Themes include recent planning proposals connected with the production of food and the presence of urban agriculture; contemporary strategies for recycling garbage; the urban fabric as the perfect playground for skateboarding, biking and parkour. Contributors include: Ocean Howell, David Thomson, Vikram Bath, and Hans Ibelings. Publication: Montréal : Canadian Centre for Architecture, ©2008. Description: 239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm Notes: Publ. to accompany an exhibition held at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, Québec, from Nov. 26, 2008 to Apr. 19, 2009. Cf. p. 239. Issued also in French under title: Actions : comment s'approprier la ville. Co-published by: SUN. Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-236).
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Publication Year: 2008
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Book Title: Actions : what you can do with the city
Book Series: Exhibition Catalogue
Author: Giovanna Borasi, Mirko Zardini
Publisher: Canadian Centre for Architecture
Genre: Art & Culture
Topic: Architecture, Citizen participation, City planning, Land Use, Urban ecology, Urbanism
