Research Catalog

Title

Landscapes of development : the impact of modernization discourses on the physical environment of the Eastern Mediterranean / edited by Panayiota Pyla.

Publication

• Cambridge, Mass. : Aga Khan Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, [2013]
• ©2013

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Additional Authors

• Pyla, Panayiota I. (Panayiota Ioanni)
• Aga Khan Program at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

Description

215 pages : illustrations, maps, plans; 26 cm

Summary

Landscapes of Development analyzes the impact of development policies and politics on the physical environment of the Eastern Mediterranean, a region defined here not as a rigid geographical area but as a larger cultural context. Since the end of World War II, the drive toward development has featured dreams of progress and emancipation intertwined with processes of reconstruction, decolonization, and nation-building, as well as transnational agendas for socioeconomic restructuring (capitalist or otherwise) and larger postwar/Cold War power politics. In physical terms, the drive toward development has been responsible for the rapid growth of metropolitan centers, the radical restructuring of rural landscapes, and the proliferation of dams, irrigation systems, and other infrastructures. Eight essays examine formal manifestations of development, placing the spotlight on urban and rural schemes, housing projects, and agro-landscapes and dams from Israel to Turkey, and from Greece to Syria. These contributions are all grounded in new scholarly research, employing a variety of critical tools to situate built works within the larger sociopolitical context that influenced their design and implementation, and to reflect on their social, cultural, and environmental impact.

Subjects

• Urbanization
• Cities and towns > Growth > Environmental aspects
• Cities and towns > Mediterranean Region > Growth
• Urbanization > Mediterranean Region
• Mediterranean Region
• Architecture > Mediterranean Region
• Cities and towns > Growth > Environmental aspects > Mediterranean Region

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1.Rowing Boats In The Reservoir: Infrastructure As Transplanted Seascape / Panayiota Pyla -- 2.The Strait, The Beach, And The Highway: Shifting Edges Of Istanbul / Aslihan Demirtas -- 3.Control Room: Visible And Concealed Spaces Of The Aswan High Dam / Neyran Turan -- 4.Modernization And Its Discontents In Post-1950s Thessaloniki: Urban Change And Urban Narratives / Elizabeth Bishop -- 5.Residential Architecture And Urban Landscape In Istanbul Since 1950 / Eleni Bastea / Vilma Hastaoglou-Martinidis -- 6.State-Constructed Everyday: Envisioning A Place For The National Community / Sibel Bozdogan -- 7.Architects As Development Experts: Model Communities In Iraq And Syria / Rachel Kallus -- 8.Improvising Urbanism In Postwar Athens (1952-1974): Techniques And Processes Of Another Development / Panayiota Pyla.

ISBN

• 9780977122448 (pbk.)
• 0977122441 (pbk.)

OCLC

• ocn830818539
• 830818539
• SCSB-5771311

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Columbia University Libraries