Bowling : water, architecture, urbanism / UrbanLab ; [texts by] Sarah Dunn and Martin Felsen ; essays by Stan Allen and John McMorrough ; edited by Ellen Grimes

Author:: Dunn, Sarah
Additional Titles:: UrbanLab bowling, Urban lab bowling, and Water, architecture, urbanism
Published:: [San Francisco, California] : Applied Research and Design, [2017]
Copyright Date:: ©2017
Edition:: First edition.
Physical Description:: 271 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, plans ; 21 cm
Additional Creators:: Felsen, Martin, Allen, Stan, McMorrough, John, Grimes, Ellen, and UrbanLab

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Contents:

Dry ... wet -- Water, every where: the aqueous humor of UrbanLab / John McMorrough -- Bowling -- Free water district -- Growing water -- Block party -- Dam it -- Free rain -- Flood Death Valley : Town ; Mini city ; Suburb -- For an aesthetics of sustainability: on the recent projects of UrbanLab / Stan Allen.

Summary:

As populations steadily increase in cities, the world's natural resources are consumed at ever-faster rates. The majority of the world's populations live in countries where clean water supplies are dwindling, and these water shortages are also quickly translating into food shortages. What can designers do to avert looming water-related realities? Bowling views potential water crises as opportunities to speculate on future urban design possibilities, especially in cities. Several projects are presented that take an ecological approach to re-thinking received urban design methodologies of addressing the design of water-related infrastructures in existing and new cities.

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ISBN:

1940743133 (paperback)
9781940743134 (paperback)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Source of Acquisition:

Purchased with funds from the Sylvia Stein Memorial Libraries Endowment; 2017

Endowment Note:

Sylvia Stein Memorial Libraries Endowment

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