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URBANbuild : local global /

Title
URBANbuild : local global / [authors, Ila Berman, Mona El Khafif].
Author
Berman, Ila (Ila Leslie), 1960-
Publication
Richmond, CA : Distribution, William Stout Pub., c2008.

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El Khafif, Mona,
Description
2 v. in 1 (463 p.) : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.); 31 cm.
Summary
Documents the development of the URBANBuild program, launched to be a unique multi-scaled laboratory for city research as well as a vehicle to generate innovative design strategies and site-specific interventions to aid in the city of New Orleans' revitalization and future urban development, not only by Hurricane Katrina, but also by a long history of neglect and urban decay.
Alternative Title
URBANbuild : global local
Subject
  • 2005
  • Architecture > New Orleans
  • Architecture
  • City planning > New Orleans
  • City planning
  • Economic history
  • Hurricane Katrina (2005)
  • Hurricane Katrina, 2005
  • Louisiana > New Orleans
  • New Orleans (La.) > Economic conditions
  • New Orleans (La.) > Social conditions
  • Social history
  • Urban renewal > New Orleans
  • Urban renewal
Note
  • Bound front to back.
Contents
Local: Water city, event city, dense city -- City datascapes -- Fields networks topographies -- Urban cartography -- Urban strategies -- Megablock housing+ -- Urbanbuild exhibition -- Portable + mobile infill -- Mobile urban devices -- Portable dwelling units -- Prototype inventory -- Microbuild -- Filmic archive -- Global: Globalmatrix -- City scan -- Urban imprint -- Block morphology -- Block typologies -- Housing inventory -- Unit assemblies.
ISBN
  • 0979550890
  • 9780979550898
LCCN
2009927362
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library