Green dream : how future cities can outsmart nature /

Green dream : how future cities can outsmart nature /

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Imprint:	Rotterdam : NAi Publishers ; New York : [Distributed by] D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, c2010.
Description:	406 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 21 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Future cities series ; 2 Future cities series 2.
Subject:	Urban ecology (Sociology) City planning -- Environmental aspects. Sustainable urban development. Sustainable architecture. City planning -- Environmental aspects. Sustainable architecture. Sustainable urban development. Urban ecology (Sociology)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8133612

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Other authors / contributors:	Maas, Winy, 1959- Hackauf, Ulf. Haikola, Pirjo. Why Factory.
ISBN:	9789056627416 (pbk.) 9056627414 (pbk.)
Notes:	Cover title. "Based on the MSc Studio 'Green Dream', spring 2008 at the Faculty of Architecture of Delft University of Technology"--P. 406. Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	Everybody's talking about Green these days; sustainable architecture and urbanism are getting almost universal attention. And they deserve it. Who could possibly oppose Green? But there's also a lot of suspicion around Green. Research is contradictory. Conclusions are ambiguous. Born-again sustainability gurus are appearing out of nowhere, advocating new truths. Politicians and developers misuse ecology to promote their own agendas. Greenwashing has become the state-of-the-art marketing tool. Who can we trust? Some things are wrong with Green... Can we overcome this moment of confusion and abuse? What we need, to proceed effectively, is a neutral, rational tool that can balance and validate vague assumptions about Green. Can we invent a calculator for Green that exposes our dilemmas and judges our efforts? That brings about a new aesthetics, linked to a more advanced understanding of nature? That could even beat nature? The Why Factory is a global think-tank and research institute, run by MVRDV and Delft University of Technology and led by professor Winy Maas. The Why Factory's Future Cities research programme explores possibilities for the development of our cities by focusing on the production of models and visualizations for cities of the future. --Book Jacket.

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Summary:	Green Dream investigates what "green" means in practical terms for design, architecture and urbanism. Led by The Why Factory, the global urbanist thinktank headed by Winy Maas, experts in the field debate what is currently considered green and how the term ought to be defined going forward, challenging architectural conventions and looking into the potential of new green architecture. Recognizing that green buildings alone do not make a green city, Green Dream also looks at broader green solutions for cities and how they might be implemented. Most importantly of all, the book dares to ask "Is a green city actually feasible?" and attempts to answer this question through the help of case studies. Drawing on 36 illustrated green projects, and with essays by John Thackara and Winy Maas, this volume outlines future goals for architectural and urban projects, and draws on research by The Why Factory, MVRDV and Delft University of Technology.
Item Description:	Cover title. "Based on the MSc Studio 'Green Dream', spring 2008 at the Faculty of Architecture of Delft University of Technology"--P. 406.
Physical Description:	406 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9789056627416 9056627414