Steel Cities : The Architecture of Logistics in Central and Eastern Europe

Rutvica Andrijasevic

ISBN 10: 3038601896 / ISBN 13: 9783038601890

Published by Park Books, 2020

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Neuware - In der Mitte Europas, im tschechischen Westböhmen, breiten sich an strategisch optimaler Position riesige Lagerhäuser der Logistikindustrie aus. Diese «stählernen Städte» belegen Hunderttausende von Quadratmetern Fläche in einer landwirtschaftlich geprägten Landschaft und produzieren - nichts: In den meisten Hallen werden lediglich Pakete für den Versand bereitgestellt; sie sind die konkrete Materialisierung des Onlineshoppings. Die Autorinnen und Autoren des Forschungsprojekts Steel Cities. The Architecture of Logistics in Central and Eastern Europe untersuchen die Auswirkungen der Logistikparks auf Landschaft, Ortsbilder und Menschen. Ihr Buch beleuchtet mit zahlreichen Fotografien und einordnenden Texten den kontinentalen Zusammenhang, die fast militärische Planung der Logistikunternehmen ebenso wie die lokalen Bedingungen für die mehreren Tausend Arbeiter in den fensterlosen Stahlboxen.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Steel Cities : The Architecture of Logistics in Central and Eastern Europe
• Publisher: Park Books
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3038601896
• ISBN 13: 9783038601890
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 236W x 173H x 23D millimeters 236 millimeters width by 173 millimeters height by 23 millimeters depth
• Weight: 689 grams

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Synopsis

In the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, a certain type of industry has rapidly developed—an industry that produces nothing physical. Storing, packaging, classifying, assembling, and other ancillary processes of manufacturing and distribution are carried out 24/7 in extensive logistics parks. Their vast sites, often brightly lit during night hours, have doubled in terms of area covered every four years during the past two decades. These “steel cities”, as some locals have termed them, occupy increasing amounts of what has been fertile farmland, deeply affecting the lives of local residents and creating entirely new relationships.

Steel Cities investigates impact of these vast industrial estates on landscape and society from various perspectives. It reveals the architectural and spatial, legal, economic, social, and environmental ramifications of the logistics system in this region and elsewhere. It examines the ensembles of windowless steel boxes on three scales: as an architectonic-landscape entity the size of a small town, as a network that reshapes the map of Europe so to define its own territoriality, and as part of the everyday life of the workers inside and the residents around them.

About the Authors

Katerina Frejlachová is an architect working with Prague-based firm MCA. 

Miroslav Pazdera is an architect working as a research assistant at Czech Technical University’s School of Architecture in Prague and with Bernd Schmutz Architekten in Berlin. 

Tadeáš Ríha is an architect and writer currently working with 6a architects in London. 

Martin Špicák is an architect and cofounder of Placemakers.cz collective. He works at the city of Prague’s department of urban planning.