Studies in Temporal Urbanism: The urbanTick Experiment

Description

This book is very much about what the name urbanTick literally says, about the ticking of the urban, urban life as we experience it everyday on the bus, in the park or between buildings. It is about the big orchestrated mass migration of commuters, the seasonal blossoms of the trees along the walkway and the frequency of the stamping rubbish-eater-trucks. It is also about climate, infrastructure, opening hours, term times, parking meters, time tables, growing shadows and moon light. But most of all it is about how all this is experienced by citizens on a daily basis and how they navigate within this complex structure of patterns. The content of this book is based on the content of the urbanTick blog from 2008 to 2010. One year blogging about this topic brought together a large collection of different aspects and thoughts. It is not at all a conclusive view, the opposite might be the case, it is an exploratory work in progress, while trying to capture as many facets of the topic as possible. Front Matter....Pages 1-12 Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Cycle Study as the Basis of Adaptive Urbanism....Pages 3-6 urbanMachine....Pages 7-20 Front Matter....Pages 21-21 Memory: Collective vs. Individual Narratives....Pages 23-26 timeSpace....Pages 27-56 Front Matter....Pages 57-57 Body, Space and Maps....Pages 59-64 bodySpace....Pages 65-97 Front Matter....Pages 99-99 Urban Narratives of Time Images or the Drift of Alienation....Pages 101-103 urbanNarrative....Pages 105-138 Front Matter....Pages 139-139 Mental Maps: The Expression of Memories and Meanings....Pages 141-144 LocationInformation....Pages 145-171 Front Matter....Pages 173-173 From urbanTick to UrbanDiary....Pages 175-178 UrbanDiary....Pages 179-208 Front Matter....Pages 209-209 Footprints, a Regeneration Process....Pages 211-213 Review....Pages 215-272 Back Matter....Pages 274-283