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Eco-Urbanism: Sustainable Human Settlements, 60 Case Studies (Arquitectura y diseno + ecologia)

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Ecourbanism.
Sustainable Human Settlements: 60 case studies
Miguel Ruano

192 pp
30 x 23 cm
Paperback
english/español
ISBN: 978-84-252-1723-4

This book is conceived as a basic desk-side reference manual for anyone involved in the field of urban design and planning. It presents, in an accessible form, the current state of the art in sustainable development master-planning, setting out, mostly in a graphic format and by means of 60 carefully illustrated case-studies, what is considered best-practice in the field.

The projects are drawn from all corners of the world, illustrating a global concern for these matters that transcends political and cultural frontiers. The resulting international list of masterplanners whose work is presented in the book includes small highly-specialised local practices as well as various internationally-known firms such as Norman Foster, Renzo Piano, SITE and Daniel Libeskind.


Miguel Ruano is an architect who provides design and consultancy services to large-scale projects. His particular area of expertise concerns sustainability issues, as well as the impact of converging technologies in computing, telecommunications and media on human habitats.

Excerpts of:
Ecourbanismo - Miguel Ruano

Ecology and technology have only recently begun to settle their long-standing difference and to trascend their entrenched and confrontational ideological positions. Strategies for sustainable development now integrates both realms in a new and bold vision of the future. "Sustainability", the term made famous by the Rio `92 Conference, is rapidly finding its way into all human activities, and urban design and planning are no exception. The new agenda is now the design , development and management of sustainable human communities.

The projects are world-wide in origin (Europe, North and South America, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Africa), thus manifesting a global concern for such matters that trascend political and cultural barriers. The deliberate diversity of the selection takes account of the wide variety of conceptual approaches, scales, climatic and cultural responses, construction technologies, stylistic and formal stances, and even representation techniques shown. The intention is to provide the reader with a broad, quasi-kaleidoscopic picture of the different directions the growing discipline of EcoUrbanism is taking.

The list of architects and urban designers featured here ranges from pioneers such as Sergio Los, Peter Calthorpe and Lucien Kroll to leading names on the contemporary international scene such as Norman Foster, Peter Walker, Daniel Libeskind, Richard Rogers, SITE and Renzo Piano, and includes ecological organisations with a direct involvement in urban projects, such as Greenpeace.

Index of contents of:
Ecourbanism. Sustainable Human Settlements: 60 case studies - Miguel Ruano

Contents:

Introduction

MOBILITY

1. Puchenau Garden City (Linz, Austria, 1962- ), Roland Rainer Architekt

2. Eurpôle Méditerranéen de l'Arbois (Arbois, France, 1994), Norman Foster and Partners

3. Communications Hill (San Jose, California, 1991), Solomon architecture and planning

4. Can Llobera (Barcelona, Spain, 1992), Miquel Roa

5. Beethovenpark (Cologne, Germany, 1994), Bödeker, Wagenfeld & Partners

6. Curitiba (Paraná, Brazil, 1974- ), Municipio de Curitiba

7. Old Mill Neighbourhood (Mountain View, California, 1994- ), Peter Calthorpe Assoc.

RESOURCES

8. Solar Quarter (Regensburg, Germany, 1996- ), Norman Foster and Partners

9. IGA 2003 (Dresden, Germany, 1995), SITE

10. Symbiotic Housing (Tokyo, Japan, 1994- ), Iwamura Atelier

11. Olympic Village (Sydney, Australia, 1992- ), Greenpeace

12. Anningerblick Ecovillage (Gunstramsdorf, Austria, 1992- ), Helmut Deubner

13. Ecological housing (Colonia, Alemania), Reimund Stewen

14. Solar City (Linz-Pichling, Austria, 1995- ), Norman Foster and Partners

15. Urbanización bioclimática (Tenerife, España, 1995- ), ITER

16. Eco-Housing (Altötting, Germany, 1993- ), Demmel+Mühlbauer, Legdobler

17. Center for Regenerartive Studies (Pomona, California, 1976- ), John Tillman Lyle

18. Tokyo EcoRenewal (Tokyo, Japan, 1994- ), Yuichiro Kodama

19. Solar Village nº3 (Athens, Greece, 1989), Meletitiki-Alexandros N. Tombazis

20. Morra Park (Smallingerland, Holanda, 1989), J. Kristinson

21. Diplomatic Quarter (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1988), Bödeker, Wagenfeld & Partners

22. Postdamer Platz (Berlin, Germany, 1999), Renzo Piano Building Workshop

23. Manheim Wallstadt-Nord (Germany, 1987- ), Joachim Eble

PARTICIPATION

24. Tid, människor och hus (Malmö, Sweden, 1981), Nobis, Johannesson, Calsapeu

25. Geroldsäcker (Kalsruhe, Germany, 1994), Löffler, Schneider, Schmeling, Leicht

26. Blairs College Estate (Aberdeen, UK, 1994- ), John Thomson & Partners

27. EcoVillage CoHousing (Ithaca, New York, USA, 1991- )

28. Halifax EcoCity (Adelaida, Australia, 1992- ), Paul F. Downtown

COMMUNITY

29. Riesefeld (Fribourg, Germany, 1992), Lucien Kroll, Tillman Lyle, Jörn Coppijn

30. Playa Vista (Los Angeles, California, 1989), several architects

31. Otay Ranch (San Diego, California, 1989- ), Joint Project Team

32. Glendale Town Center (Glendale, California, 1995- ) Moule & Polyzoides

33. Kirchsteigfeld (Postdam, Germany, 1992- ), Krier/Kohl

34. Urban Development Plan (Washington, Missouri, 1995), Tim T. Franke

35. Ecolonia (Alphen aan der Rijn, Netherlands, 1993), Atelier Lucien Kroll

36. Volcano Cliffs (Alburquerque, New Mexico, USA,1996- ), Sim van der Ryn

37. Celebration (Osceola, Florida, 1987), The Disney Development Co.

38. Subic Bay (Filipinas, 1994), Koetter, Kim and Assoc.

39. Williamsburg New Town (Virginia, USA, 1995), Arenas & Ruano

40. Middle Farm (Poundbury, UK, 1996), Leon Krier

41. Torsted Vest (Horsens, Danmark, 1990- ) Gruppen for by-o landskabsplanlaegning a/s

42. New City Center (Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, 1994- ), Koetter, Kim and Assoc.

43. Prairie Crossing (Garyslake, Illinois, 1987- ), Peter Walker, William Johnson & Patners.

ECORESORTS

44. EcoIsland (Barcelona, 1993- ), Javier Barba

45. Las Terrenas (Dominican Republic, 1989- ), Gigantes Zenghelis

46. Seven Spirit Wilderness(Arnhem, Australia, 1990), Ecosystems

47. Puerto Escondido (Baja California, Mexico, 1985- ), François Spoerry

REVITALIZACTION

48. New Feng Shui City (Nara, Japan, 1994), Tsutomu Shigemura & Team Zoo.

49. Ecocenter Ispra(Ispra, Italia, 1993- ), Sergio Los, Natasha Pulitzer, Severpaolo Tagliasacchi

50. Towards a sustainable Seattle(Seattle, Washington, USA, 1994-2014), Seattle City Council

51. Ostia Saline (Rome, Italy, 1996), PRAU srl

52. Bucuresti 2000 (Bucarest, Romania, 1996), @ kubik, Arenas, Canals, Raventós y Ruano

53. Eco-estatuto(gubbio, Italy, 1996), Massimo Bastinai

54. Le-Puy-en-Velay (France, 1993), SITE

55. Leipzig Ostraum (Leipzig, Germany, 1989- ) Ekhart Hahn, Öko-Stadt

56. Landsberger Alle/Rhinstrasse (Berlin, Germany. 1994), Daniel Libeskind

57. Equipamientos universitarios (Mestre, Italy, 1995), Sergio Los, Valeriano Pastor, Natasha Pulitzer

58. Long Walls(Athens, Greece, 1990), Gigantes Zenghelis

TELEPUEBLOS

59. Colleta di Castelbianco (Savona, Italy, 1994- ), Giancarlo De Carlo

60. Parc BIT (Majorca, Spain, 1994- ), Richard Rogers Partnership