Representation of Places: Reality and Realism in City Design [Hardcover]

Peter Bosselmann (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0520206584 | ISBN-13: 978-0520206588 | Publication Date: April 20, 1998 | Edition: 1

People live in cities and experience them firsthand, while urban designers explain cities conceptually. In Representation of Places Peter Bosselmann takes on the challenging question of how designers can communicate the changes they envision in order that "the rest of us" adequately understand how those changes will affect our lives. New modes of imaging technology--from two-dimensional maps, charts, and diagrams to computer models--allow professionals to explain their designs more clearly than ever before. Although architects and planners know how to read these representations, few outside the profession can interpret them, let alone understand what it would be like to walk along the streets such representations describe. Yet decisions on what gets built are significantly influenced by these very representations. A portion of Bosselmann's book is based on innovative experiments conducted at the University of California, Berkeley's Visual Simulation Laboratory. In a section titled "The City in the Laboratory," he discusses how visual simulation was applied to projects in New York City, San Francisco, and Toronto. The concerns that Bosselmann addresses have an impact on large segments of society, and lay readers as well as professionals will find much that is useful in his timely, accessibly written book.

Editorial Reviews

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"Bosselmann's extensive academic explorations and professional experience make him the acknowledged expert to guide us in this new era of design simulation. Besides his broad knowledge of media, he brings to his subject a genuine concern for design quality and social responsibility. . . . [This book] is likely to become required reading for anyone interested in design."--Robert S. Harris, FAIA, University of Southern California

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"Bosselmann's extensive academic explorations and professional experience make him the acknowledged expert to guide us in this new era of design simulation. Besides his broad knowledge of media, he brings to his subject a genuine concern for design quality and social responsibility. . . . [This book] is likely to become required reading for anyone interested in design." (Robert S. Harris, FAIA, University of Southern California)

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 232 pages
• Publisher: University of California Press; 1 edition (April 20, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0520206584
• ISBN-13: 978-0520206588
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #860,751 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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