The Venice variations tracing the architectural imagination /
Psarra, Sophia,
The Venice variations tracing the architectural imagination / [electronic resource] : Sophia Psarra. - London : UCL Press, 2018. - 1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations
From the myth of Arcadia through to the 21st century, ideas about sustainability remain persistently relevant, and raise recurring questions. How do cities evolve as complex spaces nurturing both urban creativity and the fortuitous art of discovery, and by which mechanisms do they foster imagination and innovation? While past utopias were conceived in terms of an ideal geometry, contemporary exemplary models of urban design seek technological solutions of optimal organisation. 'The Venice Variations' explores Venice as a prototypical city that may hold unique answers to the ancient narrative of utopia. Venice was not the result of a preconceived ideal but the pragmatic outcome of social and economic networks of communication. Its urban creativity, though, came to represent the quintessential combination of place and institutions of its time.
9781787352391 (PDF ebook) : No price
Architectural design--Italy--Venice.
Architecture and society--Italy--Venice.
Sustainable architecture--Italy--Venice.
Architecture and Planning.
The Venice variations tracing the architectural imagination / [electronic resource] : Sophia Psarra. - London : UCL Press, 2018. - 1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations
From the myth of Arcadia through to the 21st century, ideas about sustainability remain persistently relevant, and raise recurring questions. How do cities evolve as complex spaces nurturing both urban creativity and the fortuitous art of discovery, and by which mechanisms do they foster imagination and innovation? While past utopias were conceived in terms of an ideal geometry, contemporary exemplary models of urban design seek technological solutions of optimal organisation. 'The Venice Variations' explores Venice as a prototypical city that may hold unique answers to the ancient narrative of utopia. Venice was not the result of a preconceived ideal but the pragmatic outcome of social and economic networks of communication. Its urban creativity, though, came to represent the quintessential combination of place and institutions of its time.
9781787352391 (PDF ebook) : No price
Architectural design--Italy--Venice.
Architecture and society--Italy--Venice.
Sustainable architecture--Italy--Venice.
Architecture and Planning.
