The Ludic City: Exploring the Potential of Public Spaces

The Ludic City: Exploring the Potential of Public Spaces - Paperback

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The Ludic City: Exploring the Potential of Public Spaces - Paperback

The Ludic City: Exploring the Potential of Public Spaces - Paperback

by Quentin Stevens
$134.44
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Book Overview

This international and illustrated work challenges current writings focussing on the problems of urban public space to present a more nuanced and dialectical conception of urban life.

Detailed and extensive international urban case studies show how urban open spaces are used for play, which is defined and discussed using Caillois' four-part definition - competition, chance, simulation and vertigo. Stevens explores and analyzes these case studies according to locations where play has been observed: paths, intersections, thresholds, boundaries and props.

Applicable to a wide-range of countries and city forms, The Ludic City is a fascinating and stimulating read for all who are involved or interested in the design of urban spaces.
ISBN9780415401807
Author Quentin Stevens
PublisherRoutledge
GenreNews & politics, Education, Design, and Society & culture
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 2007
LanguageENG- English
Pages238
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Quentin Stevens

Quentin Stevens is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Research and Innovation in the School of Architecture and Urban Design at RMIT University in Melbourne. He studied temporary uses of urban spaces in Germany as an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, and currently leads an Australian Research Council-funded project examining temporary and tactical urbanism in Australia and internationally. His publications include The Ludic City (2007), Loose Space (2007), Activating Urban Waterfronts (2020) and numerous journal articles.Kim Dovey is a Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Melbourne and Director of the Informal Urbanism Research Hub (Infur-). His research on social issues in architecture and urban design has included investigations of urban place identity, creative clusters, transit-oriented urban design and the morphology of informal settlements. His books include Framing Places (1999/2008), Fluid City (2005), Becoming Places (2010) and Urban Design Thinking (2016).

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