Recommended Readings

Climate change

The heat is on

A new analysis of the temperature record leaves little room for the doubters. The world is warming

Oct 22nd 2011 | from the print edition

        

http://www.economist.com/node/21533360

Solar power

A painful eclipse

Solar power companies are struggling. But the survivors will have a bright future

Oct 15th 2011 | YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA | from the print edition

http://www.economist.com/node/21532279

Oct 17. Cross Section Pin Up

Prof. David Gouverneur with studios LARP 601.002 and 601.004

Purva Chawla

Prof. Christopher Marcinkoski and Design Critic Assistant Todd Montgomery

Susanna Burrows and Jessica Rossi-Mastracci

Prof. Christopher Marcinkoski with Shushmita Mizan and Kenneth Tang

Design Critic Assistant Todd Montgomery and Melissa Levin

Kuan Gao

Agnes Ladjevardi and Shuo Yan

Hang Su

Mingyu Yin

Chenlu Fang

Recommended Readings

PART 2 URBAN CULTURE AND SOCIETY

"The Negro Problems of Philadelphia," "The Question of Earning a Living," and "Color Prejudice" by W.E.B Dubois

PART 6 URBAN PLANNING THEORY AND PRACTICE

"Green Urbanism and the Lessons of European Cities: 'The Vision of Green Urbanism' and 'Creating Green and Sustainable Cities in the United States: Lessons from Europe'" by Timothy Beatley

PART 8 THE FUTURE OF THE CITY

"Planning Sustainable and Livable Cities" by Stephen Wheeler

Chapter Four: Redesigning Communities

1. History and Bioregion

2. Purification and Recycling

3. Soil

4. Working with Existing Structures

5. Biology and Architecture: the New Synthesis

6. Growing Food in Communities

7. Transportation, Power and New Shapes of Employment

Precedent Studies. Analysis. 10.03.11

More than 20 projects presented, among the most significant ones: Seattle Olympic Park by Weiss + Manfredi, Emerald Necklace by Olmsted, Copacabana, Amsterdam Airport, Louisville Master Plan, Porta Susa, Atlanta Beltline, Living Cities by Olin, Broadacre City by Wright, Agronica by Branzi, Pig City by MVRDV, Ile Seguin by Desvignes and Nouvel, Toronto Lower Don Lands Master Plan by MVVA, Duisburg Inner Harbor, Hafen City, Borneo Sporenburg by West 8, Taichung Gateway Park by Stan Allen, Edinburgh, West Kowloon Cultural Center by Foster and Partners, Hammarby Sjöstad, Back Bay Boston, Madrid Rio by West 8, Barcelona Forum, Yokohama by foa, Moll de la Fusta and Bilbao.

Nathan Dickman and Jiaqi Wang

Matthew Ells

Eunjee Kim and Victor Czulak

Jeong Hwa Lee

Jianchun Zhu, Yi Wang and Yitian Zhao

Kyung Keun Lee and Huan Zheng

Hang Su and Mingyu Yin

Zhe Chen and Chenlu Fang

Melissa Levin

Recommended Reading


Landscapes of Infrastructure, by Elizabeth Mossop 163

The Landscape Urbanism Reader

Charles Waldheim, editor

Recommended Readings

Territories of Urban Design Practice

113 Where and How Does Urban Design Happens? 

Alex Krieger

131 Defining the Urbanistic Project: Ten Contemporary Approaches

Joan Busquest

16 Part One

Landscape, Urbanization, and Waste

46 Chapter Two

The Production of Waste Landscape