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The One Third You Are Missing: Designing Third Places to Revitalize Downtowns - Couverture souple

Sin, Court

 
9783639454239: The One Third You Are Missing: Designing Third Places to Revitalize Downtowns
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ISBN 10 : 3639454235 ISBN 13 : 9783639454239
Editeur : AV Akademikerverlag, 2012

Synopsis

Revision with unchanged content. This is a reminder to architects, urban planners and citizens of how the design of authentic social places in downtowns reflects and cultivates communities all over the globe, every day. Based on the theory of urban sociologist Ray Oldenburg, Third Places offer a neutral ground for contemporary citizens to balance the demanding domestic (home) and gainful (work) realms of life. Numerous examples of Third Places exist in cultures and cities: cafés, barbershops, laundromats, delis, pubs, gyms and billiard halls. The concept focuses on the benefits of community-university partnerships aimed at revitalizing declining downtowns and using Third Places to encourage social growth. The dissertation proposed three designs for a Town-Gown (community-university partnership) Third Place located in the site-specific context of a downtown embracing a university satellite campus. Supplemented by thoughts from Ray Oldenburg and international architect Will Alsop, the theory encourage us to reflect on the importance of social and cultural Third Place designs in the context of North American downtown revitalization.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Revision with unchanged content. This is a reminder to architects, urban planners and citizens of how the design of authentic social places in downtowns reflects and cultivates communities all over the globe, every day. Based on the theory of urban sociologist Ray Oldenburg, Third Places offer a neutral ground for contemporary citizens to balance the demanding domestic (home) and gainful (work) realms of life. Numerous examples of Third Places exist in cultures and cities: cafés, barbershops, laundromats, delis, pubs, gyms and billiard halls. The concept focuses on the benefits of community-university partnerships aimed at revitalizing declining downtowns and using Third Places to encourage social growth. The dissertation proposed three designs for a Town-Gown (community-university partnership) Third Place located in the site-specific context of a downtown embracing a university satellite campus. Supplemented by thoughts from Ray Oldenburg and international architect Will Alsop, the theory encourage us to reflect on the importance of social and cultural Third Place designs in the context of North American downtown revitalization.

Biographie de l'auteur

The author received his Master of Architecture from the University of Waterloo in 2007, currentlydesigns for Quadrangle Architects Limited in Toronto and is a founding member of theAgents of Urban Change (AoUC). A publishedconceptual artist, Court’s designs bridge public imagination to theories of socialism throughthe realms of architecture.

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Éditeur
AV Akademikerverlag
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3639454235
ISBN 13 
9783639454239
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
192
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Personne responsable
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