Seville: Through the Urban Void

Informationen zum Autor Miguel Torres García is an architect, holding an MSc degree in Spatial Planning (KTH, Sweden) and a PhD in Human Geography (University of Manchester, UK). Experienced in the fields of architecture, planning, heritage, and landscape, his research interests encompass urban studies, history, and the rapport between practice and the built environment. Klappentext Urban voids are spaces for encounter, conflict and otherness, and can be springboards to foster change, creativity and political action. Zusammenfassung Urban voids are spaces for encounter, conflict and otherness, and can be springboards to foster change, creativity and political action. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction, 1. Towards Understanding Urban Voids, 2. The Bricolage of an Urban Space: Seville and the Alameda as Colonial Centres in the 16th Century, 3. Clashing Urbanisms: Enlightened vs. Religious Ritualisation in the Alameda de Hércules, 4. A Void Again: Decay of the Alameda from the 19th Century to Francoism, 5. Fetishisation and the Recovery of the Alameda, Conclusions, Appendice

Product details

• Authors: Miguel Torres
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.09.2016
• EAN: 9781138644328
• ISBN: 978-1-138-64432-8
• No. of pages: 132
• Series: Built Environment City Studies; Built Environment City Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education