TransUrbanism

by Joke Brouwer

First published 2002 · 216 pages

About this book

"TransUrbanism is urbanism plus transformation. TransUrbanism is urbanism plus globalization. The city is no longer a clearly localizable spatial unit, but has transformed into an "urban field," a collection of activities instead of a material structure. Cities today are in a state of continuous decomposition, but are also continually reorganizing and rearranging themselves, expanding and shrinking." "TransUrbanism is a design strategy that allows cities to organize themselves as complex systems, where small local structures incorporate global flows."--BOOK JACKET.

  • Urbanization
  • Cities and towns
  • Postmodern Architecture
  • City planning in art
  • City planning
  • Architecture
  • Architecture / General
  • General

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