Miguel Torres

Seville: Through the Urban Void

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Urban voids are spaces for encounter, conflict and otherness, and can be springboards to foster change, creativity and political action. The author describes how the void in the city intervenes in place-making, and uses the example of the Alameda de Hércules in Seville, Spain as a case study which stands both as an outstanding instance of urban space and an influential urban type in Western planning.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 132
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 145mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9781138644328
• ISBN-10: 1138644323
• Artikelnr.: 45749539

Autorenporträt

Miguel Torres García is an architect, holding an MSc degree in Spatial Planning (KTH, Sweden) and a PhD in Human Geography (University of Manchester, UK). Experienced in the fields of architecture, planning, heritage, and landscape, his research interests encompass urban studies, history, and the rapport between practice and the built environment.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Towards Understanding Urban Voids
2. The Bricolage of an Urban Space: Seville and the Alameda as Colonial Centres in the 16th Century
3. Clashing Urbanisms: Enlightened vs. Religious Ritualisation in the Alameda de Hércules
4. A Void Again: Decay of the Alameda from the 19th Century to Francoism
5. Fetishisation and the Recovery of the Alameda
Conclusions
Appendice