donderdag 19 december 2013

The 100 "Best" Books on City-Making Ever Written?

Brent Toderian selects the 100 best books on city-making that he's collected and read over the years.




Brent Toderian is a nationally & internationally Spractitioner with over 20 years of experience in advanced urbanism, city planning and design. He launched his new consultancy, TODERIAN UrbanWORKS, following 6 years of significant achievement as Vancouver Canada’s Chi
ef Planner (2006-2012).


woensdag 11 december 2013

How to Study Public Life



In How to Study Public Life Jan Gehl and Birgitte Svarre draw from their combined experience of over 50 years to provide a history of public-life study as well as methods and tools necessary to recapture city life as an important planning dimension.

Gehl, J. and Svarre, B. (2013) How to Study Public Life, Island Press

Link:Public Space Public Life Studies

THE HUMAN SCALE [DOCU]






DVD nu verkrijgbaar / DVD now available

Andreas Dalsgaard (based on the work of Jan Gehl architects), 2012
The Human Scale meets thinkers, architects and urban planners across the globe. It questions our assumptions about modernity, exploring what happens when we put people into the center of our planning.
Plot summary: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2414454/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

maandag 2 december 2013

2013 _ THURN & TASSIS


Link:  
Richtschema Thurn & Taxis Bas Smets (2008)
PAYSAGE Bas Smets (2008)
ATO – SYNTHESE VAN DE ONTWIKKELING VAN DE ZONE VAN THURN & TASSIS (2010)
Stedenbouwkundige en landschappelijke studieopdracht: ontwikkeling van de openbare ruimten op de site van TOUR & TAXIS MICHEL DESVIGNE PAYSAGISTE(2011)
MDP_SAMENVATTENDE NOTA Tour&Taxis MICHEL DESVIGNE PAYSAGISTE

Bral vzw
adt-ato _ Irisnet


Thomas Heatherwick _ Garden bridge


Garden bridge across the River Thames, London. 


Link: Dezeen

2010 _ Korenmarkt Square, Mechelen

 by ORKA