{"product_id":"the-horizontal-metropolis-a-radical-project","title":"The Horizontal Metropolis: A Radical Project","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Horizontal Metropolis: A Radical Project\u003c\/strong\u003e argues that the spread-out, low-rise territory surrounding the world's cities deserves to be designed as a city in its own right—not written off as sprawl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAbout This Book\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdited by Paola Viganò and Chiara Cavalieri, the book pairs two ideas usually held apart: the metropolis, with its density, hierarchy and vertical centre, and horizontality, where settlement, farmland and infrastructure are woven together and the line between centre and edge dissolves. Its starting point is the \u003cem\u003edesakota\u003c\/em\u003e—the Indonesian-derived term for the thickly populated, intensively farmed yet distinctly urban landscapes that stretch along roads between Asian cities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom there the research turns to comparable territories in the United States, Italy and Switzerland, reading dispersion as a resource to be worked with. The case it builds is economic, ecological and social, and it is made with the urgency of a world in which urbanisation leaves no 'outside' and urban ecosystems are pushed to their limits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eKey Features\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eResearch on territories that are neither fully urban nor rural\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCase studies from Asia, the United States, Italy and Switzerland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContributions by Martina Barcelloni Corte, Chiara Cavalieri and Paola Viganò\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIllustrated with 213 colour and 27 black-and-white images\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat You'll Discover\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy the opposition of centre and periphery no longer describes how cities work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow the desakota idea translates to European and North American conditions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe economic, ecological and social arguments for designing with dispersion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat a horizontal metropolis could mean for sustainable urban futures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eChiara Cavalieri is an architect and professor of urbanism and territorial management at UCLouvain in Belgium, and sits on the executive committee of the Habitat Research Center at EPFL in Lausanne. Paola Viganò is a professor at EPFL and at the Università Iuav di Venezia, has taught as a visiting professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and is a founding member of the European Postgraduate Master in Urbanism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 170 × 240 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 232\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 9783038600626\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Park Books\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect For:\u003c\/strong\u003e Urban designers, planners, landscape architects and students interested in territorial urbanism, peri-urban landscapes and the future shape of the city.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Park Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51489865826529,"sku":"9783038600626","price":79.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1116\/0464\/files\/images_b5779818-5c0a-49ff-bf88-e9e885611c05.jpg?v=1794540484","url":"https:\/\/bookshopbyuro.com\/products\/the-horizontal-metropolis-a-radical-project","provider":"Bookshop by Uro","version":"1.0","type":"link"}