TY - BOOK AU - Shannon,Kelly AU - Smets,Marcel TI - The landscape of contemporary infrastructure SN - 9789056627201 AV - NA9050 S53 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - Rotterdam PB - NAi Publications KW - City planning KW - Local KW - Architecture, Modern KW - Public buildings KW - Infrastructure Economics KW - Architecture KW - Urban landscape architecture KW - Landscape architecture N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -