Porous city : from metaphor to urban agenda / editors Sophia Wolfrum, [and six others].
What is the porous city? How could porosity become an urban concept? Well-known authors from the worlds of architecture, urbanism, and landscape design embark on a search for new concepts for a life-enhancing city, with reference to this enigmatic term. The term refers to the overlaying and interwea...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Basel :
Birkhauser,
[2018]
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | What is the porous city? How could porosity become an urban concept? Well-known authors from the worlds of architecture, urbanism, and landscape design embark on a search for new concepts for a life-enhancing 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (303 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783035615784 3035615780 |