The Territories of Urbanism : The project as knowledge producer
by
Paola Vigano
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
2940222894
ISBN-13
9782940222896
Publisher
Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes
Imprint
Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 24th, 2016
Print length
300 Pages
Weight
650 grams
Dimensions
17.10 x 24.60 x 2.60 cms
Product Classification:
City & town planning - architectural aspectsUrban communities
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The central hypothesis behind the book concerns the capacity of urban as well as territorial design, of the "project" in the sense of design activity on multiple scales, to produce knowledge. The volume discusses research conducted with design tools and operations, crossing physical and conceptual territories, related to a set of direct design explorations, and to the concept of "research by design."This idea of the project contains, manipulates and produces concepts and forms of concrete action in space, involving interpretation, abstraction and – at times – generalization. It describes and reveals processes of individualization, recognizes situations and allows possibilities to emerge. The project images the future and takes its impact on thinking about the city as the basis for the production of an original form of knowledge. Reflection on the epistemological statutes of the design project, in the wake of the crisis of expert knowledge and in a period of progressive marginalization and simplification of the practice of the architect and of the urban designer, is now fundamental for the rethinking of design’s social role, and to formulate a fresh, new, critical vision of the world.
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