New Geographies, 3 - Urbanisms of Color

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-934510-26-1
Verlag: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Buch, Englisch, Band 7, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 200 mm x 251 mm, Gewicht: 766 g

Reihe: New Geographies

Color is a ubiquitous yet essential part of the city, creating and shaping urban form. Who can forget the whites of modernist Brasilia? The greens of historic Cairo? The rosy reds of Petra? The terracottas of South America’s shantytowns? The color cacophonies of Times Square and Shinjuku? Colors have a presence over and beyond the objects—buildings, spaces, billboards, artifacts, and people—that make up the city. Not only does color give meaning to cities, cities give meaning to color. Whether carefully coordinated, clashing, or an expression of materials, color is a powerful cultural, economic, and political force in cities. Yet discussions on the city do not usually focus much on color, perhaps because urban colors are too often understood as being beyond any one authority or taste, or are simply dismissed as cosmetic, naïve, or intangible. Volume 3 of New Geographies brings together artists and designers, anthropologists, geographers, historians, and philosophers with the aim of challenging the status quo and exploring the potency, the interaction, and the neglected design possibilities of color at the scale of the city.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Doherty, Gareth

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Ökologische Aspekte in der Architektur
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Städtebau, Stadtplanung (Architektur)

Über Autor(innen)

Doherty, Gareth
Gareth Doherty is a doctoral candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.