Antwerp, territory of a new modernity. / txt
Bernardo Secchi, Paola Viganò ; [translations, Ilene Steingut ; photography, Christian Nitti, Teresa Cos].
- 241 p. ill. ; maps ; plans ; photo. ; 23 cm. book
- Explorations in/of urbanism 2 .
"The Structure Plan for Antwerp was drawn up between May 2003 and June 2006. During that period Milan based architects Bernardo Secchi and Paola Viganò experienced Antwerps [sic] ambitions and its need for a vision. This book measures their ideas and imagination with the myth that is Antwerp, but also with that remarkable contemporary reality of Antwerp-- the territory of a New Modernity"--P. [4] of cover. Co-production by the City of Antwerp and Studio09. - Realized in commission of the City of Antwerp.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [243-245]).
Antwerp, Territory of a New Modernity -- A Project Atlas. Scenario Zero: Baseline -- Images: Antwerp as Waterstad -- Antwerp as Ecostad -- Antwerp as Ecostad -- Antwerp as Havenstad -- Antwerp as Spoorstad -- Antwerp as Poreuzestad -- Antwerp: Villages and Metropolis -- Antwerp in a Megastad -- Spaces: Strategies -- Actions: a Strategy for Antwerp -- Hard Spine -- Soft Spine -- Green Singel -- Living Canal -- Lower Network and Civic Centres -- Implementing the Structure Plan. The Learning Process -- Epilogue: The Structure Plan: Traditional Cooking or Nouvelle Cuisine?.
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City planning--History--Belgium--Antwerp--21st century. Architecture--History--Belgium--Antwerp--21th century.