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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
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