Urban Acupuncture : txt celebrating pinpricks of change that Enrich City Life. /
Lerner, Jaime 1937-
Urban Acupuncture : celebrating pinpricks of change that Enrich City Life. / txt Jaime Lerner. - xvi, 143 p. ill. ; 22 cm. book
Collection of short essays and poems on different aspects of city life and city planning. "This is not a technical or theoretical book; it is a book filled with poetry and magic that communicates the importance of dreaming and, at the same time, being pragmatic and making things happen; to always ask if we have the right solution or if there is a better, maybe a simpler way."--Foreword.
Contents:
Preface by Carol Coletta, Knight Foundation --
Foreword by Jan Gehl --
Introduction --
24 Hour Shopkeepers in New York City --
The Old Cinema Novo --
Rescuing a River --
The Forbidden City --
Cali --
Do Nothing! Urgently --
Around the Clock or The 24 Hour City --
Urban Kindness --
Musical Acupuncture --
Continuity is Life --
Street Sounds, Colors and Scents --
Good Recycling --
People in the Streets --
Smart Car, Smart Bus --
Commitment to Solidarity --
Draw Your City --
Instructions for Performing Urban Acupuncture --
Creative Leisure vs. Insdustrious Mediocrity --
Self Esteem Is Good Acupuncture --
Light Is Good Acupuncture --
Aqua puncture --
The Mobility Card --
Eco clock --
Arborescence --
Produced Memory --
Of Parks, Squares and Monuments --
The One Page Guide --
Urban Cholesterol --
Buildings with Dignity --
Acupuncture of Silence --
Ramblas and Galleries --
A Pinprick Doesn’t Hurt --
Trompe L’oeil --
A Letter to Fellini --
How to Find Someone in a City --
The Presence of Genius --
Markets and Street Fairs --
The Bar Counter --
Love for the City --
"As Mayor of Curitiba, Brazil, architect and urbanist Jaime Lerner transformed his city into a global model of sustainability and livability. During more than forty years of innovation in cities, he has learned that changes do not need to be large-scale and expensive to transform -- one block, park, or person can have an outsized effect on life in the surrounding city."--Provided by publisher.
Translated from the Portuguese.
9781610915830
2014944763
Urban renewal
City planning
Civic improvement.--Brazil.
Civic improvement.
HT170 L464 / 2014
307.3/416
Urban Acupuncture : celebrating pinpricks of change that Enrich City Life. / txt Jaime Lerner. - xvi, 143 p. ill. ; 22 cm. book
Collection of short essays and poems on different aspects of city life and city planning. "This is not a technical or theoretical book; it is a book filled with poetry and magic that communicates the importance of dreaming and, at the same time, being pragmatic and making things happen; to always ask if we have the right solution or if there is a better, maybe a simpler way."--Foreword.
Contents:
Preface by Carol Coletta, Knight Foundation --
Foreword by Jan Gehl --
Introduction --
24 Hour Shopkeepers in New York City --
The Old Cinema Novo --
Rescuing a River --
The Forbidden City --
Cali --
Do Nothing! Urgently --
Around the Clock or The 24 Hour City --
Urban Kindness --
Musical Acupuncture --
Continuity is Life --
Street Sounds, Colors and Scents --
Good Recycling --
People in the Streets --
Smart Car, Smart Bus --
Commitment to Solidarity --
Draw Your City --
Instructions for Performing Urban Acupuncture --
Creative Leisure vs. Insdustrious Mediocrity --
Self Esteem Is Good Acupuncture --
Light Is Good Acupuncture --
Aqua puncture --
The Mobility Card --
Eco clock --
Arborescence --
Produced Memory --
Of Parks, Squares and Monuments --
The One Page Guide --
Urban Cholesterol --
Buildings with Dignity --
Acupuncture of Silence --
Ramblas and Galleries --
A Pinprick Doesn’t Hurt --
Trompe L’oeil --
A Letter to Fellini --
How to Find Someone in a City --
The Presence of Genius --
Markets and Street Fairs --
The Bar Counter --
Love for the City --
"As Mayor of Curitiba, Brazil, architect and urbanist Jaime Lerner transformed his city into a global model of sustainability and livability. During more than forty years of innovation in cities, he has learned that changes do not need to be large-scale and expensive to transform -- one block, park, or person can have an outsized effect on life in the surrounding city."--Provided by publisher.
Translated from the Portuguese.
9781610915830
2014944763
Urban renewal
City planning
Civic improvement.--Brazil.
Civic improvement.
HT170 L464 / 2014
307.3/416