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The Unknown City - Contesting Architecture and Social Space (Paperback, Revised)
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The Unknown City - Contesting Architecture and Social Space (Paperback, Revised)
Series: The MIT Press
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Essays on architecture as narrative and urban space as experience
and the new geographies they create. The Unknown City takes its
place in the emerging architectural literature that looks beyond
design process and buildings to discover new ways of looking at the
urban experience. A multistranded contemplation of the notion of
"knowing a place," it is about both the existence and the
possibilities of architecture and the city. An important
inspiration for the book is the work of Henri Lefebvre, in
particular his ideas on space as a historical production. Many of
the essays also draw on the social critique and tactics of the
Situationist movement. The international gathering of contributors
includes art, architectural, and urban historians and theorists;
urban geographers; architects, artists, and filmmakers; and
literary and cultural theorists. The essays range from abstract
considerations of spatial production and representation to such
concrete examples of urban domination as video surveillance and
Regency London as the site of male pleasure. Although many of the
essays are driven by social, cultural, and urban theory, they also
tell real stories about real places. Each piece is in some way a
critique of capitalism and a thought experiment about how designers
and city dwellers working together can shape the cities of
tomorrow.
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