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Charles & Ray Eames JĂ¸rn Utzon Louis I. Kahn Alison & Peter Smithson

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Le Corbusier

Bo Jensen has written numerous articles on architecture and has also made a small number of brick sculptures. Photo: Martin Mydtskov

P.V. JENSE N-KLINT

Mies van der Rohe

Thomas Bo Jensen (b. 1964). Architect, Ph.D., Associate Professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture. Thomas

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SCH O O L O F A RCH I T EC T U RE P U B L ISH E RS

IN ARCHITECTURE

THOMA S BO JE NSEN

Anne Beim

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BOOKS 2009

The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture Publishers

BOOKS 2009

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Contents Introduction P.V. Jensen-Klint Le Corbusierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Villa Shodhan Futures of Cities The City of the Hunter St. Thomas & St. Croix SHU YIN LOU Techtonic Visions Drawings The Colours of Copenhagen Le Corbusier Porte Email Publications Other titles

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Introduction The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture Publishers is dedicated to publishing architectural research based results, primarily produced by the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own academic staff. We are a non-profit publishing company, which are able to produce high quality works in relatively small numbers through the support from private funding. Our most immediate target group is architects and others interested in danish architecture or subjects related to architecture. We have successfully translated many titles, and seek cooperation and cooproduction for current or future productions with relevant partners. If some of the titles in this catalogue should interest you and could be relevant to publish or distribute in your market please do not hesitate to contact The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture Publishers.

Author: Thomas Bo Jensen Translator: Martha Gaber Abrahamsen Publisher: The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture Publishers 456 pages + index Approx. 800 ill., most in colour Format 26 x 30 cm Hard cover + dust jacket Available from 1 July 2009 ISBN: 978-87-87136-75-4 Price ÂŁ75/$135 Excl. VAT Distributor: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Books 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon Oxon, OX14 4RN Tel: +44 (0) 207 01 76157 Fax: +44 (0) 207 01 76707 Email: Fran.Ford@tandf.co.uk

and then made his mark as one of Denmark’s most celebrated and original architects. In a life-long, uncompromising quest, P. V. Jensen-Klint challenged the norms of his day in many ways. His serious and profoundly reﬂective approach

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from the past. The book captures many heretofore-unknown aspects of P. V. Jensen-Klint’s multi-faceted personality, and presents his distinctive architectural production as a whole for the ﬁrst time. He is known primarily for the Grundtvig Church – that fabulous colossus that carried the concept of what could be done with the common brick to unparalleled heights. But Jensen-Klint left behind a large number of other buildings as well, all of which bear his sensitive and highly personal mark, and taken as a whole comprise an important focal point in Danish architecture. P. V. Jensen-Klint was a character in every way. Stubborn, polemical, and touchy, but at the same time possessed of a passion and commitment that made a powerful impression wherever he went. With a brilliant mind – which was math-

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19th century, he evolved from an engineer into a gifted, multi-talented artist,

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ﬁgures for 20th-century Danish architecture and design. Toward the end of the

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Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint (1853-1930) is one of the most important background

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of work, to the very last – he is no longer alive. P. V. Jensen-Klint, 1926

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He who does not see progress, development, personal expression in each piece

ematically inclined but was also driven by powerful poetical and religious impulses – he tenaciously involved himself in the period’s cultural life. He was the driving force behind the Danish Skønvirke movement and the most important source of inspiration for the Danish Society for Better Building Practices. Although he was autodidactic as an architect, he learned to master every step in architectural design, and he was famous for never finishing a project until he was satisfied, no matter how much unpaid time he spent in the process. He gave the younger architects who flocked to him a respect for the material, technique, detail, and cohesive architectural organism, enabling him to influence a whole generation.

P.V. Jensen-Klint - the Headstrong Master Builder The book “P. V. Jensen-Klint - the Headstrong Master Builder” tells us about the genius P. V. Jensen-Klint and his importance as a architect and role model. For the first time you can find a summary of his very personal production of architecture, as well as a very thorough examination of the Gruntvigs Church which is admired world wide for its formidable brick art. As an architect, pioneer, discoverer and the beacon of public opinion P. V. Jensen-Klint has been of significant importance for the focus within the field of Danish architecture and design. As a transitional figure between a time of vivid historical awareness and the urge for liberation and social responsibility, he managed to gather the best elements from the tradition into an architecture which held a special respect for context, materiality and the importance of the detail in the complete architectural expression. All combined elements settled in time as a natural part of the aesthetical and ethical field of Danish architecture and design. The work of P. V. Jensen-Klint is therefore considered as having an important role in making Denmark a highly profiled design-nation.

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ManiSha Shodhan BaSu

Manisha Shodhan Basu pratices architecture at Ahmedabad, India. She is a graduate of C.E.P.T, Ahmedabad with master’s degree in Town Planning from The Royal Danish Academy of Arts, School of Architecture, Copenhagen.

Author: Manisha Shodhan Basu Photographer: Jens Frederiksen ‘ The purpose of architec ture is to car ve out simple spaces in design’ Publisher: The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture Publishers Info: 118 pages, soft cover, 24,5 x 29 cm., illustrated ISBN: 978-87-87136-78-5 Published 5 February 2009 Price DKK 280 excl. VAT

Le Corbusier’s Distributor: 'Villa Shodhan The'Danish Architectural Press

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Le Corbusier’s VILLA SHODHAN In the 1950’s Le Corbusier designed a number of buildings in India. The most famous is Chandigarh, the government town in Kashmir, and the least known building is Villa Shodhan in Ahmedabad. As a privately owned home it has been protected from fame and only a few have been granted access to this fantastic house, the last villa to be designed by Le Corbusier. The building has been preserved exactly as it was constructed in 1957. The book is written by the Indian architect Manisha Shodan Basu, which has close relations to Denmark - she graduated from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture –and furthermore she is related to the inhabitants of the villa. The book is a thorough examination of the large and complicated building in which Corbusier makes use of all his experience, at the same time adjusting them to the local conditions like climate, building tradition and family relations. Among the numerous illustrations are a number of new photographs of Villa Shodhan as it appears today. They convey the densely grown garden, the four large and very different facades as well as the complicated spatial organisations, which together form the masterly designed interior. No book about the villa has been published previousely.

NØRREbRO PARK In the context of a densely built urban area with a lack of green spaces and varied requirements by the local population, this project proposes the creation of 94 gardens. These 94 gardens create frameworks to integrate processes comprising the requirements of users, economic conditions and the development of programmes over time.

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SWIMMING POOL HUDIKSVALL This project for a swimming pool in Hudiksvall is structured around a space for bathing and physical activity on the first floor of the building. This space provides 360 degrees views over the city, sea and harbour. A large foyer is located on the ground floor as a transitional street space, with information desk, ticket sale, swimming club, café and restaurant.

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THE SITE IS CoNSIDERED AS THE lAST HoPE foR Editors:THE Peder Duelund CITY To Mortensen, Gustavo Ribeiro, ACqUIREHess A and Rasmus Jakobsen Regitze Marianne BIG, NATURAl GREEN CoRE.

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KETERMINDE HARbOUR This project proposes to re-connect the city of Keterminde with its harbour and to create a new landmark through the implementation of canals. The canals will integrate city and harbour and generate a varied waterscape, where watersports can be practiced close to the city center of Keterminde and where people can live and work in attractive urban environments by the water.

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“THE DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTAL LEVELS MUST ACT AS GOOD ExAMPLES TO EACH OTHER AND WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THE CITy SUSTAINAbLE. THERE IS NO POINT IN ONE LOCAL GOVERNMENT REDUCING ITS CARbON FOOTPRINT IF THE REST OF THE CITy DOESN’T FOLLOW SUIT.”

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THE CLOVER BLOCK

CRAIG WILLIAMS, FOUNDER, ARCHITECTS WITHOUT bORDERS

HoNoURABlE MENTIoNS Involving city users in city planning is crucial to urban sustainable development. We must encourage participatory citizenship, because the city users are the real experts on city life. Nobody knows more about commuter needs than the bus driver. The real expert on the activities taking place in public squares is the street vendor or outdoor performance artist. The day-to-day experience of these ëcity expertsí is critical if we are to gain a better, in-depth understanding of how cities work. SWIMMING POOL HUDIKSVALL ThisRedefine project for a swimming pool in Hudiksvall is structured around a space participatory citizenship. Involving city users in sustainable urban planning is a major organisational for bathing and physical activity on the first floor of the building. This space challenge. It requires a whole new perspective on who the real experts are. Providing better access to public provides 360 degrees views over the city, sea and harbour. A large foyer is hearings ensuring decision-making processes are more transparent are important for the development located on theand ground floor asthat a transitional street space, with information ofticket sustainable cities. As is the to identify and involve specific citizens as knowledge partners according desk, sale, swimming club, caféneed and restaurant.

to the way they make use of the city. Public legitimacy. Public hearings on specific building projects ñ currently the main feature of ëcitizen participationí ñ risk being overrun by ëthe usual suspectsí ñ activists who do not really represent the majority in all its diversity. Citizen participation must still involve these ëactive citizensí, but also reach out to people who would not normally take part of their own accord. In this sense, citizen participation can also be used as a tool to support democratisation in broader terms, in the effort of ensuring that scarce resources are distributed more equally. Citizen involvement: Participatory citizenship also means working to ensure people support overall sustainability objectives. This encourages and motivates them to alter their behaviour and attitudes. If we are to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, we have to provide more public transport, as well as encourage and motivate people to switch from using their cars to taking the tram, train or bus. To help people reduce their energy consumption, we must give them incentives to turn down air conditioners, turn down the heat and turn off unnecessary appliances and lights. New approaches are needed to make this happen. Internet access and new technologies provide new ways for the general public to get more deeply involved in the planning process. We need to get city users more involved in the future of their cities. Engagement must be strengthened through dialogue and knowledge exchange, facilitated through activities that strengthen the interaction of citizens, together with commissions and community networks, where city users participate as city experts. We must encourage citizens to make use of their democratic rights, thereby acknowledging and supporting social movements that promote this kind of understanding and engagement. A bottom-up, user-driven approach is

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AS THE CITY STRUCTURE ACTUAllY IS UNDERGoING A DEMATERIAlIzATIoN, ElEoNAS TRIES To DECoNSTRUCT THE TYPICAl BloCk AND REDEfINES A NEW STRUCTURE IN A GREATER SCAlE. A MoUNTAINoUS foRM IS CoNSTRUCTED oN THE ToP of THE CITY AS A CoNTINUoUS WAlk fIllED WITH PUBlIC SqUARES, oPEN AIR ACTIvITIES AND NATURAl ElEMENTS. THE WAlkWAYS END UP IN THE CITY DEvEloPED UNDERNEATH. AT PoINTS of INfoRMATIoN AND SPECIAl AlloCATIoN TAll BUIlDINGS ERECT fRoM THE GRoUND. THE ARCHITECTURE IS CoNCEPT DRIvEN AND fUTURISTIC, BUT RATHER SCHEMATIC AND PRoBABlY UNREAlISTIC, WHIlE THE PRESENTATIoN IS BEAUTIfUl - A SINGlE AND vISUAl GESTURE INClUDES DIAGRAMMATIC ANAlYSIS AND ExPlANATIoNS WITHIN A ToTAl lAYoUT.

Accompanying the printed matter is a DVD with short 4 minute film developed with the Squint/Opera Ltd,THE animating SITE IS CoNSIDERED the many issues and ideas for the Futures of Cities.

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AS THE CITY STRUCTURE ACTUAllY IS UNDERGoING A DEMATERIAlIzATIoN, ElEoNAS TRIES To DECoNSTRUCT THE TYPICAl BloCk AND REDEfINES A NEW STRUCTURE IN A GREATER SCAlE. A MoUNTAINoUS foRM IS CoNSTRUCTED oN THE ToP of THE CITY AS A CoNTINUoUS WAlk fIllED WITH PUBlIC SqUARES, oPEN AIR ACTIvITIES AND NATURAl ElEMENTS. THE WAlkWAYS END UP IN THE CITY DEvEloPED UNDERNEATH. AT PoINTS of INfoRMATIoN AND SPECIAl AlloCATIoN TAll BUIlDINGS KETERMINDE HARbOUR ERECT fRoM THE GRoUND. This project proposes to re-connect the city of Keterminde with its harbour and

to create a new landmark through the implementation of canals. The canals will integrate city and harbour and generate a varied waterscape, where watersports can be practiced close to the city center of Keterminde and where people can live

work in attractive urban environments by the water. THE ARCHITECTURE ISandCoNCEPT DRIvEN AND fUTURISTIC, BUT RATHER SCHEMATIC AND PRoBABlY UNREAlISTIC, WHIlE THE PRESENTATIoN IS BEAUTIfUl - A SINGlE AND vISUAl GESTURE INClUDES DIAGRAMMATIC ANAlYSIS AND ExPlANATIoNS WITHIN A ToTAl lAYoUT.

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The City of the Divine King (vol. 1) ISBN 978-87-87136-38-9 Price DKK 260 excl. VAT The City of the Landowner (vol. 2) ISBN 978-87-87136-41-9 Price DKK 288 excl. VAT The City of the Merchant (vol. 3) ISBN 978-87-87136-53-2 Price DKK 288 excl. VAT

The City of the Hunter (vol. 4) Author: Finn Barnow Publisher: The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture Publishers Info: 152 pages, hard cover, 21,5 x 30 cm., illustrated ISBN 978-87-87136-62-4 Available from late 2009 Price DKK 288 excl. VAT Distributor: The Danish Architectural Press Overgaden oven Vandet 10, 1 1415 Copenhagen K, Denmark Tel: +45 32 83 69 70 Fax: +45 32 83 69 41 Email: eksp@arkfo.dk

The City of the Hunter

Urban Systems and Urban Architecture in the Aboriginal Community “An Outline of the History of Urban Development” The City of the Divine King (1. volume), The City of the Landowner (2. volume), The City of the Merchant (3. volume) and The City of the Hunter (4. volume) are the collected works about “An Outline of the History of Urban Development”. The books are the result of a long-term research project at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture. The books deal with urban systems and architecture in the river kingdoms of the Near East the Orient by drawing attention to the relationship between social, spatial and architectural aspects. The books are addressed to architects, city planners and those interested in historical and theoretical urban issues. The City of the Hunter, the latest title, deals with urban systems and urban architecture in Original Societies, i.e. societies that conceptually antedate but historically are behind the agrarian class societies.

Authors: Thorkel Dahl & Kjeld de Fine Licht Publisher: The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture Publishers Info: 300 pages, 30 x 24 cm, clothbound, illustrated ISBN: 978-87-87136-67-8 Published 25 January 2005 Price DKK 319 excl. VAT Distributor: The Danish Architectural Press Overgaden oven Vandet 10, 1 1415 Copenhagen K, Denmark Tel: +45 32 83 69 70 Fax: +45 32 83 69 41 Email: eksp@arkfo.dk

St. Thomas & St. Croix The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts West Indian survey is based on a study trip in 1961 to the former Danish islands of St. Thomas, St. Jan and St. Croix. The purpose of the trip was to survey, draw and photograph buildings that were built while the islands were under Danish supremacy (1671-1917), and particularly during the first half of the 19th century. During this entire period the authors have been very interested in this particular part of the Danish colonial history and made yet another trip in 2001 in order to gather further material for the conclusion of the book. This book portrays the results of these trips, and contains information about the construction and utilisation of the buildings as well as information about their occupants, their owners, and (to some extent) their builders. The book is based on studies of the archives and details of town planning. General construction is also explained in this richly illustrated work.

Editors: Henrik Egede Glahn, and Mette Pihler Publisher: The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture Publishers 180 pages, 30 x 20 cm, softcover in cassette, Illustrated ISBN: 978-87-87136-63-1 Published 7 October 2004 Price DKK 280 excl. VAT Distributor: The Danish Architectural Press Overgaden oven Vandet 10, 1 1415 Copenhagen K, Denmark Tel: +45 32 83 69 70 Fax: +45 32 83 69 41 Email: eksp@arkfo.dk

SHU YIN LOU

The House of secluded books The study was carried out in 1999 in a cooperation between students and lecturers from the School of Architecture, representing a range of disciplines; building archaeology, measuring, restoration, furniture design, garden and landscape design, building techniques and history of architecture. The results are presented here in a collection of articles describing the historical background of SHU YIN LOU, and individual topics relating to many aspects of the house. The text is supplemented with measurementdrawings of the buildings, the condition of the constructions, decorations, interiors and furniture, and with photographs, old and new. To perceive, experience, understand and impart architecture - therein lies the cornerstones of all architectural theory and history. This treatise is an example of an on-the-spot registration relying on foreknowledge and subsequent processing in order to set the object in its time-place context and preserve its cultural continuity. The accounts of this time-space journey is itself phrased in broad terms in the hope that you, the reader, will be prompted to venture out and discover for yourself what a joy it is - to perceive, experience and to understand.

Author: Anne Beim Publisher: The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture Publishers 200 pages, 21 x 26 cm, paperback, 100 illustrations ISBN: 978-87-87136-60-0 Published 28 May 2004 Price DKK 198.40 excl. VAT Distributor: The Danish Architectural Press Overgaden oven Vandet 10, 1 1415 Copenhagen K, Denmark Tel: +45 32 83 69 70 Fax: +45 32 83 69 41 Email: eksp@arkfo.dk

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TECTONIC VISIONS IN ARCHITECTURE

Mies van der Rohe Le Corbusier Charles & Ray Eames JĂ¸rn Utzon Louis I. Kahn Alison & Peter Smithson

Techtonic Visions - in Architecture Tectonics and the ethics of construction Tectonics has to do with the design and joining of form elements so that they form an architectural synthesis - in this way, tectonics refers to the interrelationship between the basic idea, the form principles, the choice of building technology and the constructive structures present within a given building. Every building holds a tectonic vision per se that may be more or less explicit, more or less primitive or more or less sophisticated, whether such a vision is capriciously or deliberately determined. This book unfolds the tectonic realm of ideas and describes in essay form how tectonic visions are manifest in the architecture of Ludvig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Charles and Ray Eames, JĂ¸rn Utzon, Louis I. Kahn, and Alison and Peter Smithson. In a concluding discussion, the book designates tectonic strategies as the key to maintaining an ethical dimension in the design of our physical environment.

Author: Lars Steffensen Publisher: The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture Publishers 128 pages, 22 x 24 cm, hard cover, illustrated ISBN: 978-87-87136-46-4 Published 2003 Price DKK 196 excl. VAT Distributor: The Danish Architectural Press Overgaden oven Vandet 10, 1 1415 Copenhagen K, Denmark Tel: +45 32 83 69 70 Fax: +45 32 83 69 41 Email: eksp@arkfo.dk

Drawings This book is a compilation of drawings from numerous sketch-books. They have been completed over a number of years, from the authors years as a student of architecture to the present day, in which his time is divided in private tractice and teacher. Almost all of these drawings deal with building and their surrounding spaces; built environments which have been affected over time by use, mis-use or dereliction. The book is divided in three sections. The first includes drawings from the authors travels. The theme for the second set of drawings is that they are started on the spur of the moment of worth while investigations, and the last section contains drawings that represent attempts to put dow on paper what is held in the imagination.

Author: Bente Lange Publisher: The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture Publishers 226 pages, 21 x 25,5 cm, hardback, illustrated ISBN: 978-87-87136-17-4 Published 1997 Price DKK 280 excl. VAT Distributor: The Danish Architectural Press Overgaden oven Vandet 10, 1 1415 Copenhagen K, Denmark Tel: +45 32 83 69 70 Fax: +45 32 83 69 41 Email: eksp@arkfo.dk

The Colours of Copenhagen The Colours of Copenhagen is a culture-historical review of the changing face of Copenhagen. It also serves as a guide to the use of colour, at a time when there is an increasing uncertainty in this area. The author, Bente Lange reviews Copenhagen’s changing colours throughout the city’s history – an exciting story, which reveals that in former times, the citizens of Copenhagen were daring in their use of colour. The book is beautifully illustrated with photographs and the author’s watercolours. Bente Lange is an architect, specialized in restoration, and the book contains a brilliant chapter on natural colour pigmentation and sustainable restoration techniques.

Author: Mogens Krustrup Publisher: The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture Publishers and The Danish Architectural Press 168 pages, 28 x 23,5 cm, hardback, illustrated ISBN: 87-7407-115-7 Published 1991 Price DKK 396 excl. VAT Distributor: The Danish Architectural Press Overgaden oven Vandet 10, 1 1415 Copenhagen K, Denmark Tel: +45 32 83 69 70 Fax: +45 32 83 69 41 Email: eksp@arkfo.dk

Le Corbusier - Porte Email The author analyses Le Corbusier’s sculpture masterpiece: The Enamel Gate at Chandigarh. The sources of inspiration behind the great work are demonstrated, and Mogens Krustrup’s theory of the gate as part of a greater metaphysical project is explained. Because of the authors life long research and interest in Le Corbusier the book contributes uniquely to the understanding of Le Corbusier’s symbol universe. The sketch books of Le Corbusier are published in this book for the very first time. Danish, English and French text.

PUBLICATIONS

Authors: Jens Kvorning, Jens Christian Leth Pasgaard, Tom Avermaete and Joan Ockman Publisher: The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture Approx.100 pages, 21 x 28 cm, soft cover, illustrated ISBN: 978-87-7830-212-0 Available from September 2009 Price DKK 80 excl. VAT Distributor: The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture Library Danneskiold-Samsøes Allé 50 1434 Copenhagen K Phone: +45 3268 6800 E-mail: kasb@karch.dk

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Tourism and Strategic Planning Conference report For decades the tourism industry has been an important parameter in the worldwide transformation of outdated industrial sites to urban entertainment and leisure complexes. The economical potential of international tourism is becoming more and more evident and today mass tourism is the predominant driver in all aspects of urban and landscape planning regardless if it is developments at virgin land or if it is reprogramming/restructuring of existing structures. The report is a qualitative discussion of architectural and urban typologies (spatial innovations/experiments) generated or influenced by mass tourism. The â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Tourism and Strategic Planningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; conference is part of a series of conferences organized by the Center for Urbanism. The Center for Urbanism is a research centre under The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture in Copenhagen, Denmark. The purpose of the centre is to accumulate knowledge of recent ways of planning and planning projects and make this knowledge accessible to planning practise and education through databases, publications and conferences.

Authors: Katrine Østergaard Bang, Jens Kvorning, Stephen Essex, Chris Gratton, Josep Acebillo, Elisa Rosso, Michael Heesch, and Luis Viana Baptista Publisher: The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture 80 pages, 21 x 28 cm, soft cover, illustrated ISBN: 978-87-7830-211-3 Available from June 2009 Price DKK 80 excl. VAT Distributor: The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture Library Danneskiold-Samsøes Allé 50 1434 Copenhagen K Phone: +45 3268 6800 E-mail: kasb@karch.dk

Events and After The Centre for Urbanism focuses on forms of planning and planning strategies, which under processes of globalization and de-industrialization promote relevant urban transformation processes. Major events have considerable impact on the urban development of a host city. Awareness of the possible positive effects obtained by hosting events is widespread; as a result, an increasing number of cities are trying to use events in their urban development strategies. The Events and After conference brings together practitioners â&#x20AC;&#x201C; urban planners and decision-makers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; involved in the urban planning and implementation of events and academics who have done research on the subject. The idea is to create a discussion of the potentials of events as catalysts in processes of urban change and development, with a focus on the ways in which strategies may or may not lead to successful urban development and which assessment parameters are used to qualify success criteria. The publication is based on papers by the speakers and in the case of Barcelona an edited transcription of a video recording from the conference Events & After (November 2006).

Authors: Jens Kvorning, Martin Zerlang, Franco Bianchini, Paul Collard and Trevor Davies Publisher: The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture 80 pages, 21 x 28 cm, soft cover, illustrated ISBN: 87-7830-106-8 Published September 2005 Price DKK 80 excl. VAT Distributor: The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture Library Danneskiold-Samsøes Allé 50 1434 Copenhagen K Phone: +45 3268 6800 E-mail: kasb@karch.dk

Cultural Planning The Centre for Urbanism focuses on forms of planning and planning strategies, which under processes of globalization and de-industrialization promote relevant urban transformation processes. From that perspective, cultural planning emerges as an area of particular interest. Cities and culture have always been connected. In the last twenty years, in the light of globalization and the network society, a lot has been said about culturally based development strategies and culturally based planning, and there is a rich body of literature which discusses that phenomenon both on a theoretical level and in connection with planning practice. The publication is based on a transcription of video recordings from the conference Cultural Planning (April 2004). This has given a particular character to these proceedings, which we hope will make them more accessible and readable.

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