Architecture And Urban Transformation Of Historical Markets

Author : Neveen Hamza
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-02
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781000645460

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Architecture and Urban Transformation of Historical Markets: Cases from the Middle East and North Africa by Neveen Hamza Pdf

This book explores the complex relationship between societies, architecture, and urbanism of market halls, traditional souqs, bazaars, and speciality street markets in the Middle East and North Africa. It addresses how these trading environments influence perceptions of place and play an extended social, political, and religious role while adapting to their local climates. Through Archival research and social science methodologies, this book records and maps markets in urban fabrics, expanding on practices underlying the push towards historical listings and the development of markets as landmarks in the urban fabric. The role of markets in delivering sustainable place-making strategies and influencing the development of cities’ socio-economic and historical strength is addressed as key to their survival in the urban fabric and as place-making landmarks for preserving tangible and intangible heritage. Going beyond heritage and conservation studies, this book discusses how positioning and restoring markets challenges urban renewal policies, access to public space planning, environmental sustainability, security of food supply, cultural heritage, and tourism. This is an ideal read for those interested in the history of urban development, architecture and urban planning, and architectural heritage.

Author : Christopher Curtis Mead
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Architecture and society
ISBN : 027105087X

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Making Modern Paris by Christopher Curtis Mead Pdf

Investigates how architecture, technology, politics, and urban planning came together in French architect Victor Baltard's creation of the Central Markets of Paris. Presents a case study of the historical process that produced modern Paris between 1840 and 1870.

Author : Ali Madanipour,Sabine Knierbein,Aglaée Degros
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-20
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781134738243

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Public Space and the Challenges of Urban Transformation in Europe by Ali Madanipour,Sabine Knierbein,Aglaée Degros Pdf

European cities are changing rapidly in part due to the process of de-industrialization, European integration and economic globalization. Within those cities public spaces are the meeting place of politics and culture, social and individual territories, instrumental and expressive concerns. Public Space and the Challenges of Urban Transformation in Europe investigates how European city authorities understand and deal with their public spaces, how this interacts with market forces, social norms and cultural expectations, whether and how this relates to the needs and experiences of their citizens, exploring new strategies and innovative practices for strengthening public spaces and urban culture. These questions are explored by looking at 13 case studies from across Europe, written by active scholars in the area of public space and organized in three parts: strategies, plans and policies multiple roles of public space and everyday life in the city. This book is essential reading for students and scholars interested in the design and development of public space. The European case studies provide interesting examples and comparisons of how cities deal with their public space and issues of space and society.

Author : Kevin Lynch
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1964-06-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0262620014

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The Image of the City by Kevin Lynch Pdf

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 : Mark Mukherjee Campbell
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780429829215

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Architecture and Urbanism in a Contact Zone by Mark Mukherjee Campbell Pdf

This book explores how histories of migration, cultural encounter and transculturation have shaped formations of urban space, domestic architecture and cultural modernity in Kolkata from the early colonial period to the beginning of the era of India’s economic liberalization. It charts how these themes were manifest in what was an important ‘contact zone’ in the history of globalization and the modern city. Drawing on a wide range of resources and representations, from urban plans and architectural drawings to European travel journals and Bengali literature and cinema, the book investigates the history of Kolkata through an examination of key urban and architectural spaces across the colonial and postcolonial epochs. Through illustrated chapters, it sheds new light on questions of difference and segregation, cultural hybridity, migration, and entanglements of tradition and modernity in the city, analyzing spaces inhabited by a diverse range of cultures, including several neglected in previous studies. Architecture and Urbanism in a Contact Zone offers an instructive contribution to the fields of global architectural history and theory, urban studies and postcolonial cultural studies for scholars, researchers and students alike.

Author : Donatella Calabi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351885942

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The Market and the City by Donatella Calabi Pdf

The early modern period is often characterised as a time that witnessed the rise of a new and powerful merchant class across Europe. From Italy and Spain in the south, to the Low Countries and England in the north, men of business and trade came to play an increasingly pivotal role in the culture, politics and economies of western Europe. This book takes a comparative approach to the effect such merchants and traders had on the urban history of market places - streets, squares and civic buildings - in some of the great commercial European cities between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries. It looks at how this in period, the transformations of designated commercial areas were important enough to modify relationships throughout the entire urban context. Market places tend to be very ancient, continuing to function for centuries on the same location; but between the middle of the fourteenth and the first decades of the seventeenth, their structures began to change as new regulations and patterns of manufacture, distribution and consumption began to install a new uniformity and geometry on the market place. During the period covered by this study, most major European cities undertook the rebuilding of entire zones, constructing new buildings, demolishing existing structures and embellishing others. This book analyses the intentions of innovation, in parallel with sanitary and hygienic reasons, the juridical regulations of the architecture of certain building types and the urban strategies as efficient tools to better control the economic activities within the city.

Author : Stefan Al
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9789888208968

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Mall City by Stefan Al Pdf

Hong Kong is the twenty-first-century paradigmatic capital of consumerism. Of all places, it has the densest and tallest concentration of malls, reaching tens of stories. Hong Kong’s malls are also the most visited, sandwiched between subways and skyscrapers. These mall complexes have become cities in and of themselves, accommodating tens of thousands of people who live, work, and play within a single structure. Mall City features Hong Kong as a unique rendering of an advanced consumer society. Retail space has come a long way since the nineteenth-century covered passages of Paris, which once awed the bourgeoisie with glass roofs and gaslights. It has morphed from the arcade to the department store, and from the mall into the “mall city”—where “expresscalators” crisscross mesmerizing atriums. Highlighting the effects of this development in Hong Kong, this book raises questions about architecture, city planning, culture, and urban life. “At the nexus of density, humidity, topography, and prosperity, Hong Kong has spawned more malls per square mile than any place on earth. This fantastic book decodes and graphically depicts an environment both apart and ubiquitous, a convulsive form of public space in a liquid territory where intensely contested politics, commerce, and sociability weirdly merge in a city like no other.” —Michael Sorkin, distinguished professor of architecture of the City University of New York “Hong Kong may be packed with the most shopping malls per square kilometer in the world, but Mall City is packed with the most drawings, information, and fascinating mall facts. The book dissects, categorizes, and displays all kinds of intriguing data on the city-state’s shopping complexes and culture. Its richly layered analysis perfectly matches Hong Kong’s multi-story machines for consumption.” —Clifford Pearson, director of USC American Academy in China “Stefan Al has again produced a book that provides a sharp lens on radically new urban forms that are emerging in China. While his previous books, Villages in the City andFactory Towns of South China introduced the site of production and housing for the migrant labor of the Pearl River Delta, here we enter the phantasmagoria of the enormous interconnected free-trade shopping zone of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Mall City dissects the basic unit of this climate-controlled consumer landscape—the mall. This beautifully illustrated book is a must-read for those who wish to understand the future of public space in high-density cities.” —Brian McGrath, professor of urban design and dean of constructed environments, Parsons School of Design

Author : Aldo Rossi
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1984-09-13
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0262680432

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The Architecture of the City by Aldo Rossi Pdf

Aldo Rossi was a practicing architect and leader of the Italian architectural movement La Tendenza and one of the most influential theorists of the twentieth century. The Architecture of the City is his major work of architectural and urban theory. In part a protest against functionalism and the Modern Movement, in part an attempt to restore the craft of architecture to its position as the only valid object of architectural study, and in part an analysis of the rules and forms of the city's construction, the book has become immensely popular among architects and design students.

Author : Cui Liu
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-14
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781315312644

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University Spatial Development and Urban Transformation in China by Cui Liu Pdf

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- PART I The spatial, temporal and social perspectives -- 1 The evolution of universities in Chinese history: spatio-temporal perspectives -- 2 The role of universities in the knowledge society: socio-spatial perspectives -- PART II The global, national and local scales -- 3 Urban universities in the globalizing world -- 4 University-city coalitions between the state and the market in China -- 5 University development and urban restructuring in Shanghai -- PART III Case studies -- 6 A top-down strategy for urbanization: Songjiang University Town -- 7 A bottom-up strategy for urban renewal: Tongji Creative Cluster -- Conclusion -- Index

Author : Florian Wiedmann,Ashraf M. Salama
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781788316255

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Building Migrant Cities in the Gulf by Florian Wiedmann,Ashraf M. Salama Pdf

Human history has seen many settlements transformed or built entirely by expatriate work forces and foreigners arriving from various places. Recent migration patterns in the Gulf have led to emerging 'airport societies' on unprecedented scales. Most guest workers, both labourers and mid to high-income groups, perceive their stay as a temporary opportunity to earn suitable income or gain experience. This timely book analyses the essential characteristics of this unique urban phenomenon substantiated by concrete examples and empirical research. Both authors have lived and worked in the Gulf including Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates during various periods between 2006 and 2014. They explore Gulf cities from macro and interconnected perspectives rather than focusing solely on singular aspects within the built environment. As academic architects specialised in urbanism and the complex dynamics between people and places the authors build new bridges for understanding demographic and social changes impacting urban transformations in the Gulf.

Author : United States. National Capital Planning Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Buildings
ISBN : PURD:32754081230959

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Downtown Urban Renewal Area Landmarks, Washington D.C. by United States. National Capital Planning Commission Pdf

Author : Nadia Alaily-Mattar,Davide Ponzini,Alain Thierstein
Publisher : Springer
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 3030239276

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About Star Architecture by Nadia Alaily-Mattar,Davide Ponzini,Alain Thierstein Pdf

Cities across the world have been resorting to star architects to brand their projects, spark urban regeneration and market the city image internationally. This book shifts the attention from star architects to star architecture, arguing that the process of deciding about and implementing relevant architectural and urban projects is not the product of any single actor. Star architecture can, in fact, be better studied and understood as assembled by multiple actors and in its relationship with urban transformation. In its 18 chapters, the book presents a multidisciplinary collection of expert contributions in the fields of urban planning, architecture, media studies, urban economics, geography, and sociology, consistently brought together for the first time to deal with this topic. Through a vast array of case studies and analytical techniques touching over 20 cities in Europe, the book shows the positive and more problematic impacts of star architecture with reference to the preservation of built heritage, tourism and media. The book will be of interest to architects, sociologists, urban planners, and public administrators.

Author : Yasser Mahgoub,Nicola Cavalagli,Antonella Versaci,Hocine Bougdah,Marta Serra-Permanyer
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030148690

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Cities' Identity Through Architecture and Arts by Yasser Mahgoub,Nicola Cavalagli,Antonella Versaci,Hocine Bougdah,Marta Serra-Permanyer Pdf

This book covers a broad range of topics relating to architecture and urban design, such as the conservation of cities’ culture and identity through design and planning processes, various ideologies and approaches to achieving more sustainable cities while retaining their identities, and strategies to help cities advertise themselves on the global market. Every city has its own unique identity, which is revealed through its physical and visual form. It is seen through the eyes of its inhabitants and visitors, and is where their collective memories are shaped. In turn, these factors affect tourism, education, culture & economic prosperity, in addition to other aspects, making a city’s identity one of its main assets. Cities’ identities are constructed and developed over time and are constantly evolving physically, culturally and sociologically. This book explains how architecture and the arts can embody the historical, cultural and economic characteristics of the city. It also demonstrates how cities’ memories play a vital role in preserving their physical and nonphysical heritage. Furthermore, it examines the transformation of cities and urban cultures, and investigates the various new approaches developed in contemporary arts and architecture. Given its scope, the book is a valuable resource for a variety of readers, including students, educators, researchers and practitioners in the fields of city planning, urban design, architecture and the arts.

Author : Dongwoo Yim
Publisher : Actar D, Inc.
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-16
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781638408390

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[UN]Precedented Pyongyang by Dongwoo Yim Pdf

Despite the notorious fact of it being one of the most veiled countries in modern history, North Korea recently has started to get engaged with the rest of the world, and now we can easily witness various socio-economic changes of the nation which was seen in the 1990s in other post-socialist countries. And as the capital of the nation, Pyongyang has already entered into fast transformation stage with numbers of developments both in public and private sectors since the new regime of Kim Jung Un. However, we sometimes overlook the fact that the city was built based on the goal to be an ideal socialist city. After the three years of Korean War in the 1950s, Pyongyang was completely demolished and had a unique chance to build a new city based on the socialist ideology. Although the current morphology may not be exactly same as the original master plan, many urban spaces and infrastructures remain as evidences of socialist urban planning. And interestingly enough, these are urban elements that have major conflict with the idea of market-oriented economy, and at the moment, the morphology of the city is already changing. Then, the question is, will Pyongyang become one of post-socialist cities, having them as precedents to the city, or will it have its own development path that is unprecedented?

Author : Xiaoxi Hui
Publisher : TU Delft
Page : 799 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-07
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781481999526

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Housing, Urban Renewal and Socio-Spatial Integration by Xiaoxi Hui Pdf

This issue of A+BE addresses two critical urban issues China faces today: housing and urban renewal. In the recent two decades, the Chinese urban housing stock underwent a significant, if not extreme, transformation. From 1949 to 1998, the urban housing stock in China largely depended on the public sector, and a large amount of public housing areas were developed under the socialistic public housing system in Beijing and other Chinese cities. Yet in 1998, a radical housing reform stopped this housing system. Thus, most of the public housing stock was privatized and the urban housing provision was conferred to the market. The radical housing privatization and marketization did not really resolve but intensified the housing problem. Along with the high-speed urbanization, the alienated, capitalized and speculative housing stock caused a series of social and spatial problems. The Chinese government therefore attempted to reestablish the social housing system in 2007. However, the unbalanced structure of the Chinese urban housing stock has not been considerably optimized and the housing problem is still one of the most critical challenges in China.