{"product_id":"the-city-as-a-project-1","title":"The City As A Project","description":"The city is often depicted as a sort of self-organizing chaos. This collection of essays ; edited by Pier Vittorio Aureli ; makes the case for the opposite hypothesis: The city is always the result of political intention ; often in the form of specific architectural projects. Cities are shaped not only by material forces ; but also by cultural and didactic visions. This thesis is substantiated by eight thoroughly researched essays scrutinizing a fascinating line-up of urban conditions across more than two thousands years of history: from the political theology of the Islamic city to the political economy of Renaissance architecture ; from the rise of public architecture in 17th-century France to the laissez-faire development of the contemporary Greek city ; from the exemplary teachings of Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand to the collaborative work of Hannes Meyer ; and from the plan of the Mesoamerican metropolis to that of the Fordist factory floor. In challenging the split between theory and practice ; The City as a Project reveals the powerful ways in which the city arises from the constant interaction between ideas and spatial conditions.\u003cp class=\"search-metadata\"\u003ePier Vittorio Aureli, Pier Vittorio Aureli, Fernando Donis, Hamed Khosravi, Amir Djalali, Maria Shéhérazade Giudici, Christopher C. M. Lee, Francesco Marullo, Bernardina Borra, Platon Issaias 978-3-944074-06-1\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ruby Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54286522909000,"sku":"9783944074061","price":46.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/0255\/9816\/files\/978-3-944074-06-1.jpg?v=1791811111","url":"https:\/\/www.hochparterre-buecher.ch\/products\/the-city-as-a-project-1","provider":"Hochparterre Bücher","version":"1.0","type":"link"}