Shannon, Kelly.

The landscape of contemporary infrastructure / txt Kelly Shannon, Marcel Smets. - 272 p. ill. (some col.), col. maps 29 cm. book

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-267) and index.

1. Imprints of mobility on the landscape : Introduction : Shaping mobility through infrastructure --
Standard profiles as a means of identification : Lechwiesen service station, Munich-Lindau Highway, Germany ; Bilbao Metro, Bilbao, Spain ; Houston Metrorail, Houston, Texas ; Curitiba bus system, Curitiba, Brazil ; Leidsche Rijn Bridges, Utrecht, the Netherlands --
The network as a gateway to regional character : Denver International Airport, Denver, Colorado ; TGV Méditerranée, Aix-en-Provence, Avignon and Valence, France ; A16 service station, Bay of Somme, France ; Ijburg Bridges, Amsterdam, the Netherlands ; Humber River Bridge, Toronto, Canada --
2. Physical presence in the landscape : Introduction : From urbanism to engineering and back --
The artifice of hiding : Jardins Wilson, Plaine Saint-Denis, France ; Place des Célestins, Lyon, France ; Tårnby Station, Tårnby, Denmark ; Silicon Graphics, North Charleston campus, Mountain View, California --
Assimilation through camouflage : Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, Norway ; Parc de la Gare D'Issy-Val de Seine, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France ; Plateau de Kirchberg, Luxembourg ; Ballet Vale Parking Garage, Miami Beach, Florida --
Fusion into a new composite : Louisville Waterfront Park, Louisville, Kentucky ; Faliron Coast, Athens, Greece ; Hoenheim-Nord Terminus, Strasbourg, France ; Verneda Parking Lot, Barcelona, Spain ; Toledo escalators and car park, Toledo, Spain --
Incorporation into a piece of megastructure : Chassé site, Breda, The Netherlands ; Gran Via de ls Corts Catalanes, Barcelona, Spain ; Porta Susa TGV station, Turin, Italy ; Baveno Bridge, Baveno, Italy --
Detachment through self-reliance : Millau Viaduct, Millau, France ; Oriente Station, Lisbon, Portugal ; Casar de Cáceres bus station, Casar de Cáceres, Spain ; North terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, DC ; Fietsappel Bike Storage, Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands --
3. The perception of landscape through movement : Introduction : Changing modes of perception --
Staging the scenery : National Routes Project, Norway ; Garabit Highway rest area, Garabit, France ; Mont Saint-Michel Jetty, Mont Saint-Michel, France ; High Line Park, New York City ; Bibliothèque François Mitterrand Station, Paris, France --
Marking transitions by a threshold : Rijeka Memorial Bridge, Rijeka, Croatia ; A16 Highway, Bienne (Switzerland) to Belfort (France) ; Craigieburn bypass, Melbourne, Australia ; Portland Aerial Tram, Portland, Oregon ; Robben Island Ferry Terminal, Cape Town, South Africa ; Enkhuizen Naviduct and Dike, Enkhuizen, The Netherlands --
The montage of distinctive sequences : Strasbourg Tram (Line A), Strasbourg, France ; Douro Promenade, Porto to Matosinhos, Portugal ; Øresund Bridge and Tunnel, Copenhagen (Denmark) to Malmö, (Sweden) ; Hangzhou Bay Bridge, Hangzhou, China --
Constructing a cinematographic itinerary : Mur Island, Graz, Austria ; Simone de Beauvoir Footbridge, Paris, France ; Salerno Maritime Terminal, Salerno, Italy ; Arnhem Central Station, Arnhem, The Netherlands ; Incheon International Airport, Seoul, South Korea --
4. Infrastructure as public space : Introduction : Changing perceptions of the public realm --
Beautified leftover : Murcia parking garage and plaza, Murcia, Spain ; Cedar Lake Park and Trail, Minneapolis, Minnesota ; The Embarcadero, San Francisco, California ; Alicante tram stop, Alicante, Spain --
Money-making commodity : Leipzig Central Station, Leipzig, Germany ; Nordseepassage, Wilhelmshaven, Germany ; Kyoto Station, Kyoto, Japan ; Dubai International Airport, Dubai, United Arab Emirates --
Cenotaph for technological ability : Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok, Thailand ; Webb Bridge, Melbourne, Australia ; Orival Service Station and Restaurants, Nivelles, Belgium ; Qinghai-Tibet Railroad, Xining (China) to Lhasa (Tibet) --
Backdrop for flux animation : Berlin Central Station, Berlin, Germany ; Yokohama Port Terminal, Yokohama, Japan ; Seattle Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, Washington ; Souterrain Tunnel Complex, The Hague, the Netherlands --
Gallery of civic understanding : Barajas Airport extension, Madrid, Spain ; Wall Street ferry terminal, New York City ; Mamihara Bridge, Kumamoto, Japan ; Intermodal Station Square, Louvain, Belgium.


Around the globe the importance of infrastructure as the motor of economic development rising owing to increasing mobility and the need to make urban territories accessible. As a result, infrastructure networks are among the most complex and significant design tasks today.

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2010379628


City planning
Architecture, Modern
Public buildings
Infrastructure Economics
Architecture
Urban landscape architecture
Landscape architecture

NA9050 / S53 2010