Author: Strickland Roy
Place: New York
Publisher: University of Michigan
Year: 2005
Volume: III
Pages: 90
ISBN: 1-891197-36-3
Subject: Urbanisation
Sub-Subject: Urban Design
Keyword: Post Urbanism, ReUrbanism, Post-Structuralism, Contemporary Urbanism
Classification: 711.4
Shelf: C1R3
Accession No: B268
Contents: Foreword, Preface, Michigan Debate III, Thoughts on the World Trade Center, Urban Design in Lower Manhattan, Proposal for the World Trade Center, Discussion, Editor’s Afterword: Urban Design and War Without End, Contributors
Abstract: This volume is part of The Michigan Debates on Urbanism series, which includes Everyday Urbanism and New Urbanism. It explores emerging paradigms in contemporary urbanism through debates held at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning in 2004. The book features a discussion between Peter Eisenman, a renowned New York architect and theorist, and Barbara Littenberg and Steven Peterson, prominent design practitioners from New York. Eisenman presents his recent projects, including his team’s controversial entry for the Ground Zero competition at the World Trade Center site. His work is categorized as Post Urbanism, which is a critical, post-structuralist approach that expresses avant-garde sensibilities and reflects the techno-flow of a globalizing society. Littenberg and Peterson, on the other hand, showcase their entry for the Ground Zero competition and other urban design projects that are labeled as ReUrbanism. ReUrbanism emphasizes a more grounded, pragmatic approach to urban design. The book captures the tensions between these two perspectives, as both sides strongly disagree on each other’s approach. The debate is moderated by Roy Strickland, Director of the Master of Urban Design program at Taubman College, making it a critical exploration of evolving urban design ideologies.