Terrain Vague

Interstices at the Edge of the Pale
Herausgeber: Mariani, Manuela; Barron, Patrick

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Produktbeschreibung

A theoretical, and practical look at terrain vague: the forgotten, interstitial spaces of cities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 174mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 566g
• ISBN-13: 9780415827683
• ISBN-10: 041582768X
• Artikelnr.: 37648635

Autorenporträt

Manuela Mariani is an Italian architect and co-founder of the firm Intadesign. She has practiced in Italy and the Netherlands, as well as in the United States. She is Assistant Director of Foundation Studios at the Boston Architectural College, where she is part of the design studio faculty. Patrick Barron is an Associate Professor in English at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He has received awards from the Academy of American Poets, the American Academy in Rome, the Fulbright Commission, and the National Endowment for the Arts. His books include The Selected Poetry and Prose of Andrea Zanzotto and Italian Environmental Literature: An Anthology .

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1. Patrick Barron
Introduction: "At the Edge of the Pale" Chapter 2. Ignasi de Solà-Morales
"Terrain Vague" I. Locations Chapter 3. Carole Lévesque
"Welcome to Bachoura
or the Found City as Interstice." Chapter 4. Stavros Stavrides
"Open Space Appropriations and the Potentialities of a 'City of Thresholds'" Chapter 5. Jerry Herron
"Three Meditations on the Ruins of Detroit" Chapter 6. Tanu Sankalia
"Perception and Exploration of Interstitial Space: Slots in San Francisco" Chapter 7. Heike Rahmann and Marieluise Jonas
"Void Potential: Spatial Dynamics and Cultural Manifestations of Residual Spaces" II. Traversings Chapter 8. Francesco Careri
"Transurbance" Chapter 9. Stanka Radovi¿
"On the Threshold: Terrain Vague as Living Space in Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker" Chapter 10. Guy Königstein
"Paradoxical Spaces" Chapter 11. Jennifer Scappettone
"Garbage Arcadia: Digging for Choruses in Fresh Kills" Chapter 12. Karen A. Franck
"Isn't All Public Space Terrain Vague?" III. Applications Chapter 13. Jill Desimini
"Notions of Nature and a Model for Managed Urban Wilds" Chapter 14. Krystallia Kamvasinou and Marion Roberts
"Interim Spaces: Vacant Land
Creativity
and Innovation in the Context of Uncertainty" Chapter 15. Jim Stevens and Anirban Adhya
"The Interstitial Challenge: Manifestations of Terrain Vague in Detroit and Clichy-sous-Bois
Paris" Chapter 16. Elizabeth Golden
"Following the Berlin Wall" Chapter 17. Quentin Stevens
"Vague Recollections: Obscurity and Uncertainty in Contemporary Public Memorials"