GAM 08 Dense Cities: Architecture for Living Closer Together (Graz Architektur Magazin Graz Architecture Magazine) - Softcover

GAM 08, entitled „Dense Cities“, focuses on the topic of the density of urban areas and architectural production. Since 2008, more than half of the world’s now lives in urban areas and forecasts from the UN predict this rate will rise to 70% by the year 2050. A large part of this development is taking place in the megacities in Asia and South America. The open development of mid-sized historical cities with clear centralized concentration serves as a basis for new approaches to architectural design and planning. If a city is considered to be any urban area with a certain density, we are then able to apply such terms as „densification“ or „increased densification“ new perspectives to all a range of scales. The contributions to this volume range from the topic of urban landscapes to the development of new building types.

Redaktion Urs Hirschberg, Anselm Wagner, Daniel Gethmann (Executive Editor), Petra Eckhard (Administrative Editor), Hans Gangoly (Guest Editor)   Beiträge von (unter anderen) Dietmar Eberle, Ole Fischer, Rob Krier, Vittorio Lampugnani, Christian Mueller Inderbitzin, Richard Rogers, Nikolai Roskamm, Wolfgang Sonne, Michael Sorkin, Paola Viganò Urs Hirschberg, Anselm Wagner, Daniel Gethmann (Executive Editor), Petra Eckhard (Administrative Editor), Hans Gangoly (Guest Editor)