Urban Ecological Design: A Process for Regenerative Places - Couverture souple

Palazzo, Danilo; Steiner, Frederick R.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1597268291 ISBN 13 : 9781597268295

Editeur : Shearwater Books,US, 2011

Synopsis

Urban Ecological Design Outlines a tested interdisciplinary 'process model' for urban design. This title explains how to design a specific city precinct or public space, but to describe useful steps to approach the transformation of urban spaces. It illustrates the different stages in which the process is organized, using theories, techniques, images, and case studies. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This trailblazing book outlines a tested interdisciplinary 'process model' for urban design. Its goal is not to explain how to design a specific city precinct or public space, but to describe useful steps to approach the transformation of urban spaces. 'Urban Ecological Design' illustrates the different stages in which the process is organized, using theories, techniques, images, and case studies. The authors believe that environmental concerns demand that ecological and sustainability issues are addressed in urban design. It is, after all, the urban designer who helps to orchestrate human relationships with other living organisms in the built environment. The overall objective of the book is to reinforce the role of the urban designer as an honest broker and promoter of design processes and as an active agent of social creativity in the production of the public realm.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Danilo Palazzo is Associate Professor at Politecnico di Milano. He has been a guest lecturer at universities around the world. Frederick Steiner is the Dean of the school of architecture at the University of Texas at Austin and author of numerous books on landscape architecture, design, and planning.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Shearwater Books,US
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1597268291
• ISBN 13: 9781597268295
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 328