Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 720 EAN: 9780972553520 ISBN: 0972553525 Label: Van Alen Institute Manufacturer: Van Alen Institute Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 96 Publication Date: February 02, 2003 Publisher: Van Alen Institute Release Date: February 02, 2003 Sales Rank: 2340473 Studio: Van Alen Institute
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Product DescriptionAfter the attacks on the World Trade Center, the question of how cities renew, rebuild, and remember has become ever more pertinent. By placing the event within a global, cultural, and historical context, and examining the ways in which cities around the world have rebuilt in the wake of natural and man-made disasters, Van Alen Institute offers some possible answers to the question. Information Exchange explores a range of temporary and permanent public art and architecture projects built in the damaged cities of Berlin, Beirut, Kobe, Manchester, Sarajevo, Oklahoma City, and San Francisco by such firms as Germany's Schneider + Schumacher Architekten, New York's Eisenman Architects, England's EDAW Ltd., Oklahoma City's Butzer Design Partnership, and Sarajevo's Ferhad Mulabegovic. At the center of Information Exchange is a roundtable discussion, 'Retread or Reinvention: How Cities Change after Disaster,' with participants including the director of the Temple Hoyne Bell Center for the Study of American Architecture at Columbia University, the chair of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, and the head of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT. Also featured are interviews with designers, artists, journalists, cultural programmers, and academics; comprehensive historical narratives in the form of timelines; photographs of the cities' new buildings, including the Nojima Fault Museum in Kobe, the Oklahoma City National Memorial, and the Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe; and renderings of upcoming projects, master plans outlining developments, and maps to help further illustrate the various projects in each city.
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Rating: - Interesting
It's interesting to compare the rebuilding of ground zero to that of other cities, and puts the destruction of the WTC in perspective. Having worked for a large 9/11 relief fund, I know first hand how grieving families are preoccupied with what will become of Ground Zero and even its smallest particles of dust (thought to be the remains of loved ones.) Tying together memorialization and urbanization in this way is a great concept -this NY public space will always be personal for us at many levels. ... Read More
Rating: - Rebuilding New York
Comparing the rebuilding of New York, with that of other cities, is an interesting concept. Having worked for one of the biggest 9-11 Relief Funds in New York I know that Ground Zero, and what becomes of it, is a very important part of the grieving process for families who lost someone. Even the smallest particles of dust remaining at Ground Zero are thought to be the remains of loved ones whose bodies were incinerated. The book is great for bringing together ideas about memorialization and rebuilding. ... Read More
Rating: - Fascinating Topic... Quick Interesting Read
Information Exchange: How Cities Renew, Rebuild, and Remember is a concise work published by architectural and urban design advocate Van Alen Institute. Instigated by the events of September 11th, this book examines seven cities forced to rebuild after a catastrophic event (be it an act of man or nature). Opening with the unfinished chronicle of New York City's revisioning operation, a genealogy of rebuilding in various cities-Beirut, Berlin, Kobe, Manchester, Oklahoma City, San Francisco, Sarajevo-is subsequently ... Read More
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- Fascinating Topic... Quick Interesting Read
