Suburban Transformations

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Architecture

ISBN: 9781568986838
English edition
Princeton Architectural Press
Softcover, 192 pages
21,6 x 27,9 cm
colour/black & white
November 2007
€30,00 (excl. VAT)

Suburban Transformations

Paul Lukez

Suburban Transformations is both a work of theory and a practical tool for suburban community planning. It introduces the adaptive design process: a method that allows for the organic transformation of communities from siteless suburbs and edge cities into places with their own distinct identity and unique character. Five case studies provide fully expressed examples of the process, beginning with a sophisticated system of mapping and culminating in computer projections of likely future outcomes, giving the designer the ability to project changes in the community fabric and adding that knowledge to the designer’s kit of place-making tools.