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The City as a System
Metabolic Design for New Urban Forms and Functions
2022 || Paperback || Eric Frijters e.a. || trancityXvaliz
Difficult problems do not always require far-fetched solutions, but in order to arrive at the solution a change of perspective may be in order. The City as a System advocates such a change of perspective in the study of the urban environment. It posits that designers who wish to truly improve the functioning of the city and solve tricky urban problems cannot afford to only focus on the spatial manifestation of the city, but should also conduct thorough research into the underlying system, int...
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Neighbourhoods for the Future
Envisioning a Pathway to Sustainable Cities
2022 || Paperback || Maarten Hajer e.a. || trancityXvaliz
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Make Your City
De stad als casco - NDSM Shipyard, Amsterdam/The City as a Shell - NDSM Shipyard, Amsterdam
2017 || Paperback || Eva de Klerk e.a. || trancityXvaliz
Make Your City geeft een fascinerend beeld van twintig jaar pionieren in de stad, aangevuld met de lessen die daaruit te trekken zijn. In 1999 trok een bont gezelschap van skateboarders tot theatermakers en bijstandsmoeders in de toen verlaten scheepsbouwloods op de NDSM-werf in Amsterdam-Noord. Op eigen kracht ontwikkelden zij een toekomststrategie voor het gebouw en zijn omgeving: geen sloop maar herbestemming; een plek voor kleine maakindustrie en kunstenaars; geen tijdelijke invulling maa...
Urban challenges, resilient solutions
Design thinking for the future of urban regions
2017 || Paperback || Tijs van den Boomen e.a. || trancityXvaliz
The future of humanity is urban. We are facing major problems such as climate change, social inequality, large-scale migration, and resource depletion. Cities (and those who 'make' the city) play an important role in addressing these problems. In Urban Challenges, Resilient Solutions the 'Future Urban Regions Lectorate' offers designers, their commissioners and (local) governments new models and ideas to deal with healthy urban development. Illustrated by more than fifty case studies and glob...