Cities from Zero
ISBN-13:
9781902902609
ISBN-10:
1902902602
Edition:
illustrated edition
Author:
Shumon Basar
Publication date:
2016
Publisher:
Architectural Association Publications
Format:
Paperback
128 pages
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Book details
ISBN-13:
9781902902609
ISBN-10:
1902902602
Edition:
illustrated edition
Author:
Shumon Basar
Publication date:
2016
Publisher:
Architectural Association Publications
Format:
Paperback
128 pages
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Cities from Zero (ISBN-13: 9781902902609 and ISBN-10: 1902902602), written by authors
Shumon Basar, was published by Architectural Association Publications in 2016.
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At the start of the 21st century there has been a marked shift - both economic and political - from the West to the East. Dubai vies with other Gulf cities to create the ultimate Middle Eastern hub for business, culture and leisure. China's feverish construction industry is operating at an unprecedented scale, as it builds higher and faster than anyone else. At the heart of these turbo-fuelled visions is a renewed commitment to the idea of the future city. What distinguishes these kinds of cities from the vast majority of those we already live in?One simple fact: most arise from a 'degree-zero' condition in the urban equivalent of seconds instead of decades. "Cities from Zero" focuses on Dubai and the Far East, and asks: are we in the presence of new, proto-typical urban conditions? Are these cities subject to and the product of particular political regimes? Do they merely further the cliches of globalisation by collaging the bad bits of western cities? Or are "Cities from Zero" actually inventive in ways that elude our current critical judgement? A compelling cast of researchers, theorists, architects and documentalists report from the ground-zero of urban tabula rasa. This publication is produced through the AA's 'Architectural Urbanism, Social and Political Space' Research Cluster.
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