The Infrastructural City (ACTAR) - Tapa blanda

A With funding now in sight, ["The Infrastructural CityA ] reminds us of the unseen physical pieces and a designer's role...The timing could hardly be better for A The Infrastrucural CityA ... A doggedly detailed guide to Los Angeles as a physical thing." The LA TIMES A The outcome of four years research on the changing conditions of infrastructure in Los Angeles, this book is a fascinating excavation of the unique workings of the largest city on the West Coast, but one that illuminates conditions found elsewhere.A ARCHIDOSE A The Infrastructural City will drive you way beyond Los Angeles. The idiosyncrasies, stories and lessons described are thought-provoking enough to make you look at your own city with a more inquisitive eye...A We Make Money Not Art A As commissions continue to elude practitioners during the current global economic malaise, architects and urban planners may be left wondering where they went wrong. The Infrastructural City will help them.A Tropolism A A worthy compendium of invaluable theoretical and practical concepts, and a highly recommended contribution to college and professional architectural studies libraries. --The Midwest Bookreview

¨The outcome of four years research on the changing conditions of infrastructure in Los Angeles, this book is a fascinating excavation of the unique workings of the largest city on the West Coast, but one that illuminates conditions found elsewhere.¨ --Archidose

¨The Infrastructural City will drive you way beyond Los Angeles. The idiosyncrasies, stories and lessons described are thought-provoking enough to make you look at your own city with a more inquisitive eye...¨ --We Make Money Not Art

Si en otro tiempo fue el principal ejemplo norteamericano de la ciudadmoderna por su eficacia, hoy, la infraestructura de los ángeles experimenta una crisis crónica: ha dejado de apoyar los planes arquitectónicos para la ciudad y en lugar de ello, fuerza a la arquitectura a someterse a sus exigencias; en un mundo de redes, organizado cada vez más por flujos de objetos e información, las estructuras estáticas sólo evitan resultar superfluas integrándose en el sistema para convertirse en contenedores temporales para la gente, los objetos y el capital; una provocativa recopilación que, mediante fotografías, artículos y mapas, evalúa la infraestructura como un modode cartografiar nuestro lugar en el capitalismo tardío y la ciudad, ymuestra cierto optimismo sobre la función de la arquitectura para comprenderlo y promover los necesarios cambios.