Recombinant Urbanism：Conceptual Modeling in Architecture, Urban Design and City Theory

Thisbookprovidesasimplebutcomprehensiveframeworkfortheemergingacademicdisciplineofurbandesign,fromitsoriginsinEuropeandAmerica,tocontemporaryissuesofimagery,financeandmarketinginanageofglobalisationThereiscurrentlynocontemporarytextbookforurbandesignthatincludesageneralhistoryandtheoryofthesubject.Internationally,urbandesignismoreandmorebecomingacoresubjecttaughtinarchitectureschools.TheAIA(US)andtheRIBA(UK)bothrequireundergraduatesandgraduatestostudytheurbandimensionofarchitecturaldesign.Onawiderscale,inEurope,theEUisdevelopingacommonarchitecturalcurriculum,whichincludesanurbancomponentforunder–graduates.ThesituationissimilarinschoolsacrossAsiaandAustralia.Aimedatbothstudentsandteachers,thisbookprovidesasimpleandaccessibleframework,fromtheoriginsofurbandesignandthemaintechniquesdevelopedtodealwiththedesignoffragmentsofcities,toparticipatoryplanningprocesses,codes,imagery,financeandmarketing.Finally,itproposesaninnovativevisionofcontemporarypracticebasedontheworkofleadingactorsandprojectsinthefield.ThisbookissettobecomethekeytextbookatundergraduateandgraduatelevelsItiswritteninanaccessibleanddirecttone,andhighlyillustratedwithmanycolourandblackandwhitediagramsItincludesageneralhistoryandtheoryofurbandesignandprovidesanup–to–dateaccountofcontemporaryurbanconditionsPraiseforRecombinantUrbanism:"Documentsamajorintellectualadvance…eagerlyawaitedbyacademicsandpractitionersallaroundtheworld…shouldbecomeastandardtextforschoolsofarchitectureandurbanism."LeonVanSchaik,InnovationProfessorofArchitecture,RMIT,Australia?"?…bothuniqueandinstrumentallypositive.?Thebookistheresultofmanyyearsofresearchandwriting,andisasmallmasterpieceinurbanstudies.?Ithasalreadyproveditsworthintheteachingofurbanstudies,atColumbia,theAA,theBartlettSchool,andCooperUnion,tomentiononlyafewoftheuniversitieswhereDrShanehashadapowerfulinfluence...Itis,indeed,oneoftheverybestmanuscriptsIhavereadinthefieldinthelastfewyears."?AnthonyVidler,ProfessorandDean,IrwinSChaninSchoolofArchitecture,CooperUnion,NewYork,USA"IcansaywithouthesitationthatIfullyendorseGrahame’swork…theissuesitcoversarehighlytopicalandsuchabookwouldindeedbewidelyreadbyarchitecturestudents,urbandesignersandplanners."ColinFournier,ProfessorofArchitecture&Urbanism,BartlettSchoolofArchitecture,UCL,UK"Ofgreatnecessityforundergraduateandpostgraduatestudents,scientistsandprofessionalsinurbanplanninganddesign[This]publicationwillcertainlyinspireworkwithcitymodelsinawiderangeofpractice."?HenrikWJensen,AssociateProfessorinTownPlanning,AarhusSchoolofArchitecture,TheNetherlands"Averyimportantbook.?Shane…hasmadelegibleandsensiblethereamsofrecenturbandiscourseforageneralcollegereader.Becauseofthislabor–intensiveeffort,thisbookwillbeaccessiblebyundergradarchitectureprogramsaswellasgraduateseminarsinurbandesignandplanning.AdditionallythereisabiginterestinUDandUPtheoryinecologyandsocialsciencenow,andbecauseofGrahame’sgenerouswritingstylethebookwillcrossovertotheseotherdisciplines.…Icanalsospeaktotheinternationalinterestinthisbook;…againShanehasmadeimportanturbantheoriesandthinkingmorewidelyavailabletoaninternationalstudentaudience.…Thelegacythebookwillhave(willbein)convincingpeoplethatthedesignofcitiesmatters,notintheoverbearingandover–controllingsenseofnewurbanism,butinreinforcingthemultiplepossibilitiesofcontemporarylife.?BrianMcGrath,AdjunctAssociateProfessorofArchitecture,ColumbiaUniversity,USA