Urban Design Thinking: A Conceptual Toolkit - Softcover

Dovey, Kim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1472566947 ISBN 13: 9781472566942

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016

Synopsis

Urban Design Thinking provides a conceptual toolkit for urban design. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, it shows how the design of our cities and urban spaces can be interpreted and informed through contemporary theories of urbanism, architecture and spatial analysis.

Relating abstract ideas to real-world examples, and taking assemblage thinking as its critical framework, the book introduces an array of key theoretical principles and demonstrates how theory is central to urban design critique and practice. Thirty short chapters can be read alone or in sequence, each opening a different kind of conceptual window onto how cities work and how they are transformed through design practice. Chapters range from explorations of urban morphology, typology, meaning and place identity to particular issues such as urban design codes, informal settlements, globalization, transit and creative clusters.

This book is essential reading for those engaged with the practice of urban design and planning, as well as for anyone interested in the theoretical side of urbanism, architecture, and related disciplines.

About this title

Book Description:

Drawing on examples from cities around the world, this book introduces and explores a range of key concepts to bridge the gap between the theory and practice of urban design.

About the Author:

Kim Dovey is an architectural critic and Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Melbourne, Australia, where he has served as Associate Dean, Head of Urban Design and Head of Architecture. He has worked with government, industry and community groups and has written and broadcast widely in the mass media.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1472566947
• ISBN 13: 9781472566942
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304