[PDF] Finding Lost Space eBook

Author : Roger Trancik
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 21,24 MB
Release : 1991-01-16
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780471289562

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The problem of "lost space," or the inadequate use of space, afflicts most urban centers today. The automobile, the effects of the Modern Movement in architectural design, urban-renewal and zoning policies, the dominance of private over public interests, as well as changes in land use in the inner city have resulted in the loss of values and meanings that were traditionally associated with urban open space. This text offers a comprehensive and systematic examination of the crisis of the contemporary city and the means by which this crisis can be addressed. Finding Lost Space traces leading urban spatial design theories that have emerged over the past eighty years: the principles of Sitte and Howard; the impact of and reactions to the Functionalist movement; and designs developed by Team 10, Robert Venturi, the Krier brothers, and Fumihiko Maki, to name a few. In addition to discussions of historic precedents, contemporary approaches to urban spatial design are explored. Detailed case studies of Boston, Massachusetts; Washington, D.C.; Goteborg, Sweden; and the Byker area of Newcastle, England demonstrate the need for an integrated design approach--one that considers figure-ground, linkage, and place theories of urban spatial design. These theories and their individual strengths and weaknesses are defined and applied in the case studies, demonstrating how well they operate in different contexts. This text will prove invaluable for students and professionals in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, and city planning. Finding Lost Space is going to be a primary text for the urban designers of the next generation. It is the first book in the field to absorb the lessons of the postmodern reaction, including the work of the Krier brothers and many others, and to integrate these into a coherent theory and set of design guidelines. Without polemics, Roger Trancik addresses the biggest issue in architecture and urbanism today: how can we regain in our shattered cities a public realm that is made of firmly shaped, coherently linked, humanly meaningful urban spaces? Robert Campbell, AIA Architect and architecture critic Boston Globe

Author : Peter Bosselmann
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 15,67 MB
Release : 1998-03-21
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780520918269

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People live in cities and experience them firsthand, while urban designers explain cities conceptually. In Representation of Places Peter Bosselmann takes on the challenging question of how designers can communicate the changes they envision in order that "the rest of us" adequately understand how those changes will affect our lives. New modes of imaging technology—from two-dimensional maps, charts, and diagrams to computer models—allow professionals to explain their designs more clearly than ever before. Although architects and planners know how to read these representations, few outside the profession can interpret them, let alone understand what it would be like to walk along the streets such representations describe. Yet decisions on what gets built are significantly influenced by these very representations. A portion of Bosselmann's book is based on innovative experiments conducted at the University of California, Berkeley's Visual Simulation Laboratory. In a section titled "The City in the Laboratory," he discusses how visual simulation was applied to projects in New York City, San Francisco, and Toronto. The concerns that Bosselmann addresses have an impact on large segments of society, and lay readers as well as professionals will find much that is useful in his timely, accessibly written book.

Author : Jane Espenson
Publisher : Smart Pop
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 31,90 MB
Release : 2005-03-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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In this eclectic anthology of essays, former cast member Jewel Staite, "Kaylee," philosopher Lyle Zynda, sex therapist Joy Davidson, and noted science fiction and fantasy authors Mercedes Lackey, David Gerrold, and Lawrence Watt-Evans contribute to a clever and insightful analysis of the short-lived cult hit "Firefly."

Author : Kevin Lynch
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 20,40 MB
Release : 1964-06-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780262620017

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The classic work on the evaluation of city form. What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and memorable to the city dweller? To answer these questions, Mr. Lynch, supported by studies of Los Angeles, Boston, and Jersey City, formulates a new criterion—imageability—and shows its potential value as a guide for the building and rebuilding of cities. The wide scope of this study leads to an original and vital method for the evaluation of city form. The architect, the planner, and certainly the city dweller will all want to read this book.

Author : Rebecca Stefoff
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,5 MB
Release : 2000-09
Category :
ISBN : 9780788195204

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The early years of archaeology were the era of the enthusiast: the lone travelers who stumbled across the first signs of a mighty ruin; the scholars who spent years & fortunes searching for the site of a fabled city. Much of what we know today about civilizations of the past is based on the work of these intrepid men & women. Stefoff recounts the search for 12 legendary cities: Petra, Troy, Nineveh, Zimbabwe, Hattusha, Knossos, Copan, Gournia, Chaco Canyon, Machu Picchu, Angkor, & Ur. Offers evidence about the civilizations which created the cities, & the life, times, & habits of the people who lived there. Photos of the discoveries & excavations.

Author : Rebecca Solnit
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 26,52 MB
Release : 2006-06-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1101118717

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“An intriguing amalgam of personal memoir, philosophical speculation, natural lore, cultural history, and art criticism.” —Los Angeles Times From the award-winning author of Orwell's Roses, a stimulating exploration of wandering, being lost, and the uses of the unknown Written as a series of autobiographical essays, A Field Guide to Getting Lost draws on emblematic moments and relationships in Rebecca Solnit's life to explore issues of uncertainty, trust, loss, memory, desire, and place. Solnit is interested in the stories we use to navigate our way through the world, and the places we traverse, from wilderness to cities, in finding ourselves, or losing ourselves. While deeply personal, her own stories link up to larger stories, from captivity narratives of early Americans to the use of the color blue in Renaissance painting, not to mention encounters with tortoises, monks, punk rockers, mountains, deserts, and the movie Vertigo. The result is a distinctive, stimulating voyage of discovery.

Author : Dannah Gresh
Publisher : WaterBrook
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 32,17 MB
Release : 2013-04-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0307730646

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Have you ever ditched a friend for a guy? Filled your journal with more thoughts about guys than God? Found yourself jealous because that other girl gets all the dates? Maybe it’s time to get lost—in God. Discover how to get so lost in God that a guy has to seek Him to find you. Dannah Gresh traces God’s language of love through Scripture to help you pursue your heart’s deepest desires and seek love the way God designed it to be. Because once you identify your true longings and let God answer them, you’ll know just how to respond when romantic love comes along. With a guided ten-day Love Feast Challenge, Get Lost will help you see for yourself how getting lost in God opens the door to lifelong fulfillment.

Author : Kevin G. Roberts
Publisher :
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 35,16 MB
Release : 2005
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The intent of my 5th year comprehensive architectural project is to explore Roger Trancik's concept of lost space as detailed in his book Finding Lost Space: Theories in Urban Design. Lost space is described by Trancik as a void in the urban fabric; the unwanted or undeveloped spaces within the core and at the edges of our cities. Charlotte posses many of these types of spaces within its built environment and it is my belief these lost spaces can be filled with positive spaces which aid and support Charlotte's urban environment as a whole. With this concept in mind, I have chosen a site that fits Trancik's description well. The parcels of land bound by Seigle Avenue, East Tenth Street, and the US 74 / I-277 ramp are situated at the intended gateway of the neighborhood of Belmont, which is in the early stages of a revitalization as seen in the nearby neighborhoods of First Ward and Plaza-Midwood. As it is currently developed, the site is isolated and disconnected from Charlotte's uptown, First Ward, as well as its own community within Belmont. The program for this project includes the addition of a perimeter block and two mid-rise towers of residential housing on the site to anchor the gateway into the Belmont neighborhood and reestablish a connection to Charlotte's growing uptown environment. In addition to establishing a relationship to the buildings soon to replace Piedmont Courts, a derelict section 8 housing development across the street, this building will address the streets of Belmont and recognize the site's proximity to uptown Charlotte. The design of this project explores how a building, related to the street and considerate of its surroundings, can rehabilitate lost space and begin to remedy the blight currently found throughout our urban environment. Additionally, design emphasis will be focused on the facade's layering, which will allow residents to capture the views of the city while regulating the impact of the traffic noise from the US 74 / I-277 ramp. In doing so, I hope to justify the viability of this building typology and its marketability in this area of Charlotte.