Landscape infrastructure

Landscape infrastructure: case studies by SWA

by Hung, Ying-Yu

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Infrastructure, as we know it, no longer belongs in the exclusive realm of engineers and transportation planners. This book, now available in a second revised edition,examines the potential of landscape as infrastructure via essays by notable authors and supporting case studies by SWA landscape architects and urban designers.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Landscape infrastructure : case studies by SWA / the Infrastructure Research Initiative at SWA (ed.) ; Ying-Yu Hung [and others].

Summary

Infrastructure, as we know it, no longer belongs in the exclusive realm of engineers and transportation planners. This book, now available in a second revised edition,examines the potential of landscape as infrastructure via essays by notable authors and supporting case studies by SWA landscape architects and urban designers.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2013.
  • Edition:2nd and rev. ed

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Birkhäuser
  • Place of Publication:Basel
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2013.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (192 pages) : : color illustrations, maps

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9783034615853, 303461585X
  • oclc:ocn975207395
  • LC Classification:SB472
  • Dewey Decimal:712.0222

Table of Contents

Preface; Essays; Reading the recent work of SWA; LANDSCAPE INFRASTRUCTURE: SYSTEMS OF CONTINGENCY, FLEXIBILITY, AND ADAPTABILITY; INFRASTRUCTURAL ECOLOGIES: FLUID, BIOTIC, CONTINGENT; FOREGROUNDING; SECOND NATURE: NEW TERRITORIES FOR THE EXILED; MODULATING INFRASTRUCTURAL FLOWS to CREATE OPEN SPACE; Case Studies; PERFORMANCE; BUFFALO BAYOU PROMENADE + ROSEMONT PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE > HOUSTON, TEXAS, USA; ANNING RIVER NEW SOUTH TOWN > MIYI COUNTY, CHINA; CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES > SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, USA; NINGBO ECOCORRIDOR > NINGBO, CHINA; AGGREGATE

LEWIS AVENUE CORRIDOR > LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USAGUBEI PEDESTRIAN PROMENADE > SHANGHAI, CHINA; MILTON STREET PARK > LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA; NETWORK; SHUNDE NEW CITY > SHUNDE, CHINA; KATY TRAIL > DALLAS, TEXAS, USA; BEIZHI RIVER WATERFRONT > FUYANG, CHINA; INCREMENT; CENTRAL OPEN SPACE IN MAC COMPETITION > CHUNGCHEONGNAMDO PROVINCE, SOUTH KOREA; JEFFREY OPEN SPACE TRAIL > IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, USA; MASTER PLAN FOR THE NORTH LAKE REGION OF CHONGMING ISLAND > SHANGHAI, CHINA; KYUNGCHUN CLOSED RAILWAY RENOVATION > SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA; PROJECT CREDITS; THE AUTHORS; ILLUSTRATION CREDITS

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Subjects

Architecture du paysage Landscape architecture

Writers

Hung, Ying-Yu

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