Transdisciplinary Urbanism and Culture: From Pedagogy to Praxis (The Urban Book Series)

This book presents a collection of critical, multi-disciplinary essays on urban research by established and early career researchers who participated in the 9th Annual AHRA (Architectural Humanities Research Association) Research Student Symposium. The symposium was held at the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment, Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen from Saturday 19th May to Sunday 20th May 2012. The authors highlight contemporary research issues in urban development in search of new and fresh approaches that reflect the changing principles and praxis of urban conditions. The common ambition is to create new lines of knowledge enquiry in urban research. Due to socio-economic, political and technological changes to urban production and patterns of consumption, as well as a drive for inter-, cross-, multi- and transdisciplinary practice, the essays also reflect the ideological shift currently underway in academic faculties and external research organisations.r>. Read more... Abstract: This book presents a collection of critical, multi-disciplinary essays on urban research by established and early career researchers who participated in the 9th Annual AHRA (Architectural Humanities Research Association) Research Student Symposium. Read more... Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Introduction: Transdisciplinary Urbanism and Culture (Quazi Mahtab Zaman, Igea Troiani)....Pages 3-12 Reflection 1 The City: A Shift in Mindset? (David McClean)....Pages 13-16 Reflection 2 Shifting Research Paradigms: Urbanism and Culture (Richard Laing)....Pages 17-20 Front Matter ....Pages 21-21 Pursuing Resilience in Architectural Design Through International Experimental Projects: Exploring New Boundaries in the Design Studio Pedagogy (Silvia Bassanese, Benedetta Rodeghiero, Aida Espanyol)....Pages 23-39 When Practice Dictates Change: A New Framework for Architectural Education (Yasser Zarei)....Pages 41-51 Recycling the City: A New Pedagogical Approach to the 21st-Century City (Rosa Cervera)....Pages 53-72 Front Matter ....Pages 73-73 Cloud10: Inflated Ideas (Lisa Cumming)....Pages 75-88 Live Montage in Mediated Urban-Experience: Between Media and Architecture (Maryam Fazel)....Pages 89-97 Boredom and Space (Christian Parreno)....Pages 99-109 Front Matter ....Pages 111-111 A Street with Informal Regulation (Antonius Karel Muktiwibowo)....Pages 113-125 ‘Kampung Kota’ as Third Space in an Urban Setting: The Case Study of Surabaya, Indonesia (Rully Damayanti)....Pages 127-139 Dialectical Materialism and the Alternative Architecture of John F.C. Turner (Richard Bower)....Pages 141-152 Front Matter ....Pages 153-153 Good Places Through Community-Led Design (Vera Hale)....Pages 155-164 Strategies for Modern Schemes for the Inner Ring Road of Sheffield (Like Jiang)....Pages 165-179 Strategic Design: Implications for Wider Practice (Jordan J. Lloyd)....Pages 181-192 Bionic Science as a Tool for Innovation in Mega-Cities (Rosa Cervera, Javier Pioz)....Pages 193-212 A Search for Genuine Regionalism: A Regenerative Agenda for the Peripheries (Vilmos Katona)....Pages 213-226 Back Matter ....Pages 227-232 This book presents a collection of critical, multi-disciplinary essays on urban research by established and early career researchers who participated in the 9th Annual AHRA (Architectural Humanities Research Association) Research Student Symposium. The symposium was held at the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment, Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen from Saturday 19th May to Sunday 20th May 2012. The authors highlight contemporary research issues in urban development in search of new and fresh approaches that reflect the changing principles and praxis of urban conditions. The common ambition is to create new lines of knowledge in urban research. Due to socio-economic, political and technological changes to urban production and patterns of consumption, and a drive for inter-, cross-, multi- and transdisciplinary practice, the essays also reflect the ideological shift currently underway in academic faculties and external research organisations.