Quentin Stevens, Karen A. Franck

Memorials as Spaces of Engagement (eBook, ePUB)

Design, Use and Meaning

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Using examples from different countries and historical periods, Memorials as Spaces of Engagement explores how the design, use and meaning of memorials, both formal and informal ones, generate different physical, cognitive and emotional relationships between commemorative sites and their visitors.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. August 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317600022
• Artikelnr.: 43591727

Autorenporträt

Quentin Stevens is Associate Professor of Urban Design at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, and previously worked at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, UK. He is author of The Ludic City and co-editor of Loose Space, The Uses of Art in Public Space and Transforming Urban Waterfronts.

Karen A. Franck is Professor in the College of Architecture and Design at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA. Memorials as Spaces of Engagement addresses two topics she has explored previously: uses of public space in Loose Space and intentions and consequences of design decisions in Design through Dialogue and Architecture from the Inside Out.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Part I: Memorials as Objects and Spaces 2. From Viewing to
Engaging 3: From Straightforward To Challenging 4. From General To
Particular Part II: Memorials as Used and Understood 5. Commemorating 6.
Occupying 7. Interpreting Part III: Memorials As Responsibilities 8.
Managing 9. Planning 10. A Special Kind Of Public Space