Josep Lluis Sert : The Architect of Urban Design, 1953-1969

by Edited by Eric Mumford and Hashim Sarkis; With contributions by Mardges Bacon, R

• ISBN13: 9780300120653
• ISBN10: 0300120656
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2008-07-15
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

This book examines the emergence and evolution of the discipline of urban design as articulated through the work of Josep Lluis Sert (19021983), one of its most influential practitioners. Sert was noted for his city planning and urban development projects in Europe, South America, and the United States, and the master plans of his later career were significant for their integration of natural landscape features into the urban building scheme. With essays by leading scholars and a wide selection of archival materials, illustrations, plans, and maps, this book provides a timely look at the man who advocated the idea of "urban consciousness" and an architecture that dealt with the total environment--well before these concepts became commonplace.

Author Biography

Eric Mumford is associate professor of architecture and art history at Washington University in St. Louis. Hashim Sarkis is Aga Khan Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism in Muslim Societies at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
The Ciam Legacy
Sert, Ciam, and the Gsd: A Memoir	p. 8
The Aesthetic Dimension in Le Corbusier's Urban Planning	p. 24
Creating a Public for Modern Architecture: Sert's Use of Images from gatcpac to The Heart of the City	p. 38
The Latin American Planning Experience
Planos, Planes Y Planificacion: Josep Lluis Sert and the Idea of Planning	p. 54
Josep Lluis Sert's Evolving Concept of the Urban Core: Between Corbusian Form and Mumfordian Social Practice	p. 76
The Parameters of Urban Design
Breaking Common Ground: Joseph Hudnut and the Prehistory of Urban Design	p. 116
Josep Lluis Sert's Urban Design Legacy	p. 130
From the Heart of the City to Holyoke Center: Ciam Ideas in Sert's Definition of Urban Design	p. 144
From the Ground Up: Hideo Sasaki's Contributions to Urban Design	p. 166
A Conversation with Josep Lluis Sert	p. 198
Commentary on Selected Projects by Sert: Curated by Ines Zalduendo and Mary Daniels	p. 215
Contributors	p. 232
Index	p. 235
Illustration Credits	p. 248
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