Title Architecture, media, and memory : facing complexity in post-9/11 New York / Joel McKim

Published New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2019

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Description 1 online resource Contents Mourning and protest : the spontaneous memorials at Union Square -- Absence and plenitude : the National September 11 Memorial and Museum -- Creative recall : digital design, architecture and the challenge of memory -- Algorithmic remembrance : the interaction designs of local projects -- False targets and social media : confronting conspiracy theories -- Landfills and lifescapes : the transformation of New York's Fresh Kills Summary Architecture, Media and Memory examines the wide range of urban sites impacted by September 11 and its aftermath - from the spontaneous memorials that emerged in Union Square in the hours after the attacks, to the reconstruction at Ground Zero, to vast ongoing landscape urbanism projects beyond. Yet this is not simply a book about post-9/11 architecture. It instead presents 9/11 as a multifaceted case study to explore a discourse on memory and its representation in the built environment. It argues that the reconstruction of New York must be considered in relation to larger issues of urban development, ongoing global conflicts, the rise of digital media, and the culture, philosophy and aesthetics of memory. It shows how understanding architecture in New York post-9/11 requires bringing memory into contact with a complex array of political, economic and social forces. Demonstrating an ability to explain complex philosophical ideas in language that will be accessible to students and researchers alike in architecture, urban studies, cultural studies and memory studies, this book serves as a thought-provoking account of the intertwining of contemporary architecture, media and memory Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 9, 2018) Subject Memorials -- New York (State) -- New York September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York Collective memory and city planning -- New York (State) -- New York History of architecture. Architecture. ARCHITECTURE -- Adaptive Reuse & Renovation. ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Landmarks & Monuments. ARCHITECTURE -- Professional Practice. ARCHITECTURE -- Reference. Buildings Collective memory and city planning Memorials Social aspects SUBJECT New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc Subject New York (State) -- New York Form Electronic book ISBN 9781350037649 1350037648 135003763X 9781350037632

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