Architecture of Public Space (Paperback)

Labics

ISBN 10: 3038603112 / ISBN 13: 9783038603115

Published by Park Books, Zurich, 2023

About this Item

Paperback. This new book by Labics, one of Italy's leading architectural firms, is devoted to the country's architecture of public space. Squares, galleries, loggias, porticoes, and courtyards, are the elements that characterise Italy's historic towns and cities - and that make these places so timelessly attractive to visitors. Yet the volume does not feature new designs by Labics themselves. Rather, Maria Claudia Clemente, Francesco Isidori and their collaborators set out to explore these enchanting spaces, to analyse their history and typologies, and to document and describe them through newly taken and historic photographs, plans and diagrams. The Architecture of Public Space forms a captivating collection of visually explained characteristics of these core elements of Italian cities. It highlights the architectural solutions from the 13th to the 20th centuries that make the particular spatial quality of these urban structures and sets out how they are being constituted for and used by the people. AUTHORS: Maria Claudia Clemente and Francesco Isidori are the founding partners of Rome-based architecture firm Labics. They also lecture and serve as guest critics at international universities, such as Cornell University's School of Architecture in Itahca, NY, and Rome. SELLING POINTS: . Features the result of Rome-based architecture firm Labic's extensive research into the public spaces of Italy's historic towns and cities, revealing what makes these famous urban spaces so timelessly attractive to visitors and locals alike . Labics is one of Italy's leading architecture firms that has earned much international recognition for both its designs and research work . Heavily illustrated with newly taken and historic photographs, plans and drawings 120 colour, 182 b/w illustrations, 78 line drawings A captivating and heavily illustrated chronicle of architectural research into the public spaces of Italys historic towns and cities, put together by leading Italian architecture firm Labics and forming a timeless theory for the design of public spaces. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Architecture of Public Space (Paperback)
• Publisher: Park Books, Zurich
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3038603112
• ISBN 13: 9783038603115
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

A heavily illustrated chronicle of architectural research into the public spaces of Italy’s historic towns and cities.
 
This new book by Labics, one of Italy’s leading architectural firms, is devoted to the country’s architecture of public space. Squares, galleries, loggias, porticoes, and courtyards are the elements that characterize Italy’s historic towns and cities—and that make the experience of these public spaces intense and attractive. Labics sets out to explore these enchanting spaces, to analyze their history and typologies, and to document and describe them through newly produced photographs, plans, and diagrams. They offer a taxonomy of solutions that, as a whole, forms a timeless theory for the design of public spaces.
 
The Architecture of Public Space forms a captivating collection of image material that visually decodes the characteristic core elements of Italian architecture and specifies their role in the definition of public space. The beautiful volume highlights the architectural solutions from the thirteenth to the twentieth centuries that produce the particular spatial quality of these urban structures and sets out how they were originally established for and are continuing to be used by the people.
 

About the Author

Labics, a Rome-based architecture firm, was founded by Maria Claudia Clemente and Francesco Isidori.