Bagaimana kota modern terbentuk melalui siklus pergolakan, pembongkaran, dan perdebatan yang tak berujung. Kota sementara adalah kota yang terus-menerus dihapus dan dihancurkan. Melalui apa yang disebut Dana Cuff sebagai "tindakan urban yang gejolak," pengembang publik dan swasta menghancurkan situs urban dan membubarkan penghuninya, menggantinya dengan visi kehidupan yang lebih baik yang tidak…
"The first book to provide a comprehensive approach to architecture as spatial justice by a renowned, award-winning author, educator, and director of Los Angeles's cityLAB"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Original, action-oriented humanist practices for interpreting and intervening in the city: a new methodology at the intersection of the humanities, design, and urban studies. Urban humanities is an emerging field at the intersection of the humanities, urban planning, and design. It offers a new approach not only for understanding cities in a global context but for intervening in them, interpret…
How the modern city is formed through an endless cycle of upheavals, demolition, and debate. The provisional city is one of constant erasure and eruption. Through what Dana Cuff calls a "convulsive urban act," developers both public and private demolish an urban site and disband its inhabitants, replacing it with some vision of a better life that leaves no trace of the former structure. Archite…