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Open: New Designs for Public Spaces by Raymond Gastil; Zoë Ryan; Van Alen Institute is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Open: New Designs for Public Spaces about?

Open: New Designs For Public Space Puts Forth The Simple Proposition That New Public Spaces Need Not Be The Banal Leftovers Of Design Neglect. Open Showcases The Best Recent Public Projects From Some Of The World's Most Talented Designers, Including Elizabeth Diller And Ricardo Scofidio, Craig Dykers, Peter Eisenman, Zaha Hadid, Walter Hood, Un Studio, Norman Foster, Weiss/manfredi, And Will Alsop. More Than 300 Images, Many Commissioned For This Publication, Illustrate A Range Of Projects From Memorials To New Types Of Urban Plazas And Parks. Essays B Raymond Gastil, Linda Pollak, And Zoe Ryan, Argue That The Most Successful Urban Spaces Are Those That Combine Large-scale Operations And Small-scale Experiences, Major Infrastructure With Recreation And Culture, And Grand Civic Events With Intimate Daily Interaction.--jacket. Tiananmen, Trafalgar, And The Abiding Impertinence Of Public Space / Deyan Sudjic -- Movement And Public Space / Elizabeth Mossop -- Will Alsop Speaks Out / Will Alsop And Zoë Ryan -- Paradoxical Spaces / Linda Pollak -- Memory Work / Marc Kristal -- Temp Work / Zoë Ryan -- Design Of/for/by The Public / Raymond W. Gastil And Jonathan Cohen-litant -- In Favor Of

Author

Raymond Gastil; Zoë Ryan; Van Alen Institute

Publisher

New York: Van Alen Institute ; distributed by Princeton Architectural Press

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9781568984704

Subjects

Art, Arts