Starting From Zero

Reconstructing Downtown New York
1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-415-94734-3
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Architect and social critic Michael Sorkin develops his own vision of the future lower Manhattan through a series of chronologically organized essays illustrated with full-color images of his own plans. Mixing his inimitable brand of social criticism with more personal reflections, Starting From Zero offers a striving challenge to the Ground Zero redevelopment plan recently chosen by New York's establishment insiders.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sorkin, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Städtebau, Stadtplanung (Architektur)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction
2. After the Fall
3. Temporary Schemes
4. Forever After
5. Rebuilding New York
6. Disaggregated/Off-Site Schemes
7. Six Months
8. Yamasaki's Original
9. A Plan for Downtown
10. Thinking Inside the Box
11. Crossing the Site/Authenticity of the Grid
12. The Dimensions of Aura
13. The World Peace Dome
14. A Plan for Downtown Revised
15. Freedom's Gate
16. Herbert's List
17. The Final Scheme
18. Back to Zero
19. The (Magnificent) Seven
20. Who Decides
21. A Program for Reconstruction

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Sorkin is America's most provocative architectural critic. He is a frequent contributor to the New York Times, and is generally regarded as one of the most prominent architectural writers in America. His books include After the World Trade Center (Routledge), Some Assembly Required, and Variations on a Theme Park.