Quentin Stevens, Karen A Franck

Gebundenes Buch

Memorials as Spaces of Engagement

Design, Use and Meaning

Beschreibung

Using examples from different countries and historical periods, Memorials as Spaces of Engagement explores how the design, use and meaning of memorials, both formal and informal ones, generate different physical, cognitive and emotional relationships between commemorative sites and their visitors.

Autor

Quentin Stevens is Associate Professor of Urban Design at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, and previously worked at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, UK. He is author of The Ludic City and co-editor of Loose Space, The Uses of Art in Public Space and Transforming Urban Waterfronts. Karen A. Franck is Professor in the College of Architecture and Design at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA. Memorials as Spaces of Engagement addresses two topics she has explored previously: uses of public space in Loose Space and intentions and consequences of design decisions in Design through Dialogue and Architecture from the Inside Out.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 257mm x 180mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 907g
• ISBN-13: 9780415631433
• ISBN-10: 0415631432
• Artikelnr.: 37596439