Global Village Media: Coming Together in the Early 1970s at Whiz Bang Quick City

Felicity D Scott , Associate Professor of Architecture at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), describes here the instant city events of the early 1970s. These foreshadowed current global village media practices in what now seems a quaintly material manner: communication between sites involved the physical mailing of videotapes and ‘wire photos’ through the postal service. The sites themselves – in the US and elsewhere – were transformed into ‘instant cities’ through the erection of physical geodesic domes, teepees and inflatables in seas of mud. The true antecedents of today's instant networking, these pioneers embraced the newest technology available at the time and the most innovative forms of temporary architecture.     

Design for the Future: Educational Institutions in the Gulf

Despite a distinguished heritage of learning in the Middle East, the expansion of provision for higher education is currently at an unprecedented scale. The Gulf States, in particular, are seeking to keep up with accelerated population growth and a demographic ‘youth bulge’. Guest-Editor Kevin Mitchell describes the architectural approaches employed in the design of institutions in the region from the first universities in Saudi Arabia to Foster + Partners's ground-breaking sustainable design for the Masdar Institute in Abu Dhabi and future projects.     

In the Pursuit of Pleasure: The Not so Fleeting Life of the Pavilion and its Ilk

Author and architecture critic for the London Evening Standard, Robert Bevan reflects on the enduring appeal of the temporary structure, speaking ‘to a latent desire for freedom and movement’ as a hangover of our nomadic past in a sedentary ‘civilised’ society. He highlights the type's historical apex in Henry VIII's palatial pop-up on the Field of the Cloth of Gold, questioning the purpose and purposelessness of more recent examples.     

新疆博乐市空间发展战略、博河新区控制性详细规划及城市设计

作为我国及新疆面向中亚的重要开放城市,新疆博乐市的发展应统筹区域资源、结合口岸特色,走出一条新型城镇化道路。规划抓住博河新区发展的有力契机,战略先行、规划引领、理念科学、对接实施,创新了规划编制方式、规划组织形式和规划技术手段,提升了规划可行性,谱写了博乐城市发展的新篇章。     

基于物联网与GIS的“智慧上海”建设研究

上海市在加快城市信息化领域的进程中,提出建设“智慧上海”的战略.物联网作为“物物相连的互联网”,是在信息化互联网基础上的延伸和拓展,而GIS则更深化了物联网的空间信息管理能力.提出将GIS与物联网相结合,发挥物联网目标身份快速识别的特点以及GIS空间管理分析优势,从而构建城市智能网络,使得多方协作、高效灵活的“智慧上海”运作成为可能.     

荷兰的绿色城市:豪滕新城的发展历史与规划实践

作为荷兰紧凑与绿色新城的典范,豪滕的发展模式和经验开始受到越来越多的关注,尤其在气候变化和低碳发展成为全球关注的重点之后.为了全面地展现豪滕的发展经验,文章从豪滕的发展历史、规划理念、空间模式、交通体系、发展绩效等多个方面展开分析.通过豪滕的案例可以看到,好的规划理念与设计是城市绿色及可持续发展的基础,自行车与步行优先以及良好的公共交通体系是绿色城市规划设计的核心,而公共政策与教育对于城市的绿色与可持续发展尤为重要.     

文化适应策略下的美好乡村构建

基于当前农村城市化和城镇化的社会背景,从文化适应的角度,分析文化适应的四种策略,探讨乡村文化与城市文化适应的模式,提出美好乡村建设中乡村文化现代化发展要走农民城市化、农村的现代化、乡村文化的激活与强化和可持续发展的文化整合策略。     

唐崖土司城宫殿区遗址复原初考

宫殿区是中国古代城池中核心的部分,是最重要的建筑类型。唐崖土司城宫殿区遗址是鄂西地区土司城宫殿区遗址的典型代表,具有很高的研究价值。宫殿区原有的建筑风格既体现汉族官式建筑的特点,又融入了土家族特有的建筑形制。本文从整体平面格局、建筑单体形制特征等方面在现有的资料基础上对唐崖土司城宫殿区遗址进行了初步复原,为进一步还原其真实性提供参考依据,以期为研究土司时期建筑技术与艺术有一定的借鉴意义。     

城市人性空间解析

在当前的城市规划中注重物质空间的规划设计,但能同时关照到人的身体与心灵的设计才是人性化设计追求的目标。城市需要人性空间,人性空间是对日常生活与人的关怀与尊重,对宜人小尺度的推敲,以及对历史文脉的探求。其核心在于空间场所的塑造和历史文化的滋养,由物质空间与自然人文等多重维度共同构成。