Quantum City

ISBN-13: 9780750650120 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 257 str.

Ayssar Arida

Opis

Urban design is currently a hot topic thoughout the world. Ayssar Arida explores the discipline, asking: can a world view based on quantum theory produce a better approach to the problems of the city? The reader is invited to explore the quantum city and the ways in which it is set to make a significant contribution to the development of architectural theory. By linking the concepts of quantum theory to the field of urban design, Arida encourages the urban designer and architect to look at the design of cities from a new perspective. This is a non-technical read with a serious aim: to change the way designers, and the public in general, look at the urban realm.

Recenzje

"A refreshing provocation which may generate the concepts and schemes to bridge the chasm between traditional urban design practice and graphic futures." Brian Goodey Joint Centre for Urban Design Oxford Brookes University, UK

Spis treści

Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Worldviews and the city; 2. Science and worldviews; 3. Quantum theory: an introduction to basics; Interlude: mathematical chaos and urban complexity; 4. The quantum worldview; Interlude: Feng shui or the Tao of the city; 5. Twentieth century cities; Interlude: Cities and worldviews and cinema; 6. Urban design and the quantum worldview; 7. A quantum look to the postgraduate education and practice of urbanism; 8. Quantum analysis of the urban realm; 9. Implications for built form; 10. Transition.

O autorze

Ayssar Arida