Underground Cities

Zusatztext 'Underground Cities  is afascinating read and clearly the product of years of painstaking research forprojects across the globe. It reveals the possibilities opened up by diggingdown, unlocking places that are suffering from the harshest conditions, whichwill become ever more relevant during the climate emergency.' - Rob Fiehn, The London Society Informationen zum Autor As editor of AA Publications for almost three decades, Pamela Johnston has extensive experience of producing innovative, thought-provoking books with a broad visual appeal. John Endicott has specialised in geotechnical engineering since 1970 and has been practising in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia since 1975. Nancy F. Lin is the Head of Strategy & Growth and Chief of Staff for AECOM's Asia Pacific and is a civil engineer, architect and urban designer. Klappentext Underground City explores how new ideas and technologies are transforming the ways we build and inhabit underground space and how these innovations can help to make our increasingly dense, climate-stressed cities both more resilient and more of a pleasure to live in. Zusammenfassung Underground City explores how new ideas and technologies are transforming the ways we build and inhabit underground space and how these innovations can help to make our increasingly dense, climate-stressed cities both more resilient and more of a pleasure to live in. Inhaltsverzeichnis I A new frontier Experimental cities; Ville intérieure: Montréal’s 1960s multi-level downtown core as prototype for the continuous interior; Deep inspirations in Helsinki and Finland II People-centred spaces Resilient city; Homo subterraneus; Reinventing the underground – bringing in the elements of nature III Moving people / transporting goods Of loops, pumps, pipes and hypes; Cargo sous terrain IV New techniques of representation Reclaiming the no-man’s land of Paris La Défense; V Looking forward Going underground: Singapore’s next frontier; A Hong Kong Story; Tokyo ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John Endicott, John Johnston Endicott, Pamela Johnston, Pamela Endicott Johnston, Nancy F. Lin
• Con la collaborazione di: John Endicott (Editore), Endicott John (Editore), Nancy F Lin (Editore), Pamela Johnston (Editore), Johnston Pamela (Editore), Nancy F. Lin (Editore)
• Editore: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781848223585
• ISBN: 978-1-84822-358-5
• Pagine: 248
• Dimensioni: 157 mm x 256 mm x 22 mm
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Architettura; Architectural structure & design, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Architectural structure and design, City and town planning: architectural aspects, urban planning;cities;public spaces;utopia;future