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Author Casanova, Helena, author

Title Public space acupuncture : strategies and interventions for activating city life / Helena Casanova & Jesús Hernández
Published New York : Actar Publishers, 2014

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Description 324 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Summary "Analyzes nine case studies realized in eight European cities by different designers in collaboration with different stakeholders. Based on this analysis, nine strategies of public space acupuncture have been defined, which are grouped into three general categories: time-based strategies, citizen participation and re-placemaking. The characteristics of the different strategies and how they work are illustrated using 21 projects or test-cases developed by Casanova+Hernandez in collaboration with a number of municipalities, public and private clients, as well as universities and cultural institutions. In this way, the theoretical investigation is complemented with examples of its implementation in the fields of urban planning and landscape architecture, as well as with the diffusion of the built knowledge through educational activities and thematic lectures held at several universities and cultural institutions worldwide. . . . The strategies included in the book . . . experiment with a wide variety of topics, including flexible strategies, bottom-up strategies, temporary interventions, citizen participation, low-cost interventions, self-building, transformable structures and nomadic interventions"--Page [13]
Notes Title from cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-317)
Subject Public spaces -- Europe -- Design -- Case studies.
Public spaces -- Design -- Philosophy.
Public architecture -- Europe -- Case studies.
Urban renewal -- Europe -- Case studies.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Author Hernández, Jesús, 1967- author
Casanova+Hernandez Architects, architect
ISBN 0989331709 (paperback)
9780989331708 (paperback)
Other Titles Public space acupuncture : casanova+hernandez architects