Book Information
Sense of the city: an alternate approach to Urbanism
ISBN: | 3-03778-0606 |
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Author(s): | Mirko Zardini (Edited) | |
Subject(s): | Cities and towns | |
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Page: | 341 | |
Size: | 24 | |
Publishing Info: | (None), 2005 | |
Call number: | 307.76 S474/--05 | |
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Challenging the dominance of the visual in the urban environment, the exhibition catalogue Sense of the City
proposes a re-thinking and re-presenting of the city, and offers a more
complex analysis of the qualities, comforts, communication systems, and
sensory dimensions of urban life. From darkness and night to urban
soundscapes, to the urban air and climate, this book presents a new,
"sensorial" approach to urbanism. In defense of public spaces in
contemporary cities, writer Cedric Price has observed that "mental,
physical, and sensory well-being is required." Included here is a rich
collection of images on the different urban themes addressed in the
exhibition, along with a series of insightful and critical essays.
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