Author: Mehrotra Rahul
Place: Italy
Publisher: List Lab
Year: 2017
Pages: 405
ISBN: 9789569571213
Source: Purchased
Subject: Urbanisation
Sub-Subject: Urban Studies
Keyword: Ephemeral Urbanism, Temporary Settlements, Urban Discourse
Classification: 307.1216
Shelf: C1R3
Accession No: B1109
Contents: Preface, Introduction, Ephemeral Urbanism, Kumbh Mela: Extreme Case, Afterword, Does Performance Matter?, Biennale Director Statement, Acknowledgments, Credits, Bibliography, Biographies
Abstract: Ephemeral Urbanism invites us to ponder material impermanence. Is a recognition of the transitory nature of physical substances integral to the city construction process? This book makes a convincing argument in the affirmative. A creation of the Ephemeral City Research Project – conceived at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, with the aim of making non-permanent configurations of the city landscape a legitimate addition to current urban discourse – this book features temporary settlements from all over the world that challenge the illusion of urban immutability.