Porous City - From Metaphor to Urban Agenda
- 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.
ISBN: | 978-3-0356-1601-9 |
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Publisher: | Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH |
Place of publication: | Basel ; Berlin ; Boston |
Editor: | Sophie Wolfrum, Heiner Stengel, Florian Kurbaski, Norbert Kling, Sofia Dona, Imke Mumm, Christian Zöhrer |
Document Type: | Book (publisher) |
Language: | English |
Year of publication: | 2018 |
Number of pages: | 303 |
Faculty/Chair: | Fakultät 6 Architektur, Bauingenieurwesen und Stadtplanung / FG Städtebau und Entwerfen |