Porosity and Open Form

Publications

What is the porous city? Porosity refers to the ambiguous zones, inbetween spaces, and thresholds that permeate urban environments. Such spaces merge into each other, providing the backdrop for the unforeseen and improvised, and blur the boundary between physical and social space. Experts in the fields of architecture, urbanism, and landscape design offer a wide-ranging critique of the modernist city and discuss the potential of porosity to enliven and illuminate a progressive urban agenda.

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Information

Dell, C., Kniess, B., Peck, D., and Richter, A., 2018. Porosity and Open Form. In: Wolfrum, S., Stengel, H., Kurbasik, F., Kling, N., Dona, S., Mumm, I., and Zöhrer, C., eds. Porous City. From Metaphor to Urban Agenda. Basel: Birkhäuser, 122–125.

ISBN: 978-3-0356-1578-4

Contributors

Prof. Dr. habil. Christopher Dell

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Professor, UFoK, OT and RFoP

Prof. Dipl. Ing. Bernd Kniess

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Professor, Urban Design

M.Sc. Dominique Peck

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Academic Staff, Ph.D. Candidate

Dr. Anna Richter

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Post-doctoral Researcher