Sprawl and Public Space

by Smiley, David J.; Robbins, Mark; Smiley, David J.

• ISBN13: 9781568983769
• ISBN10: 156898376X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Pr

Summary

Considers strategies for the reuse of abandoned malls in America's first-ring suburbs. Since the late 1990s, the National Endowment for the Arts, under the direction of Mark Robbins, has been promoting design excellence through an ambitious series of symposia, best-case design studies, and prototype projects. The results of these programs are now documented in a new series of publications, each focusing on design in the public realm and the potential for innovative architecture, landscape architecture, and planning.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 1
Redressing the Mall	p. 3
Towards an Open-Minded Space	p. 9
Addressing Redress	p. 13
Suburban Life and Public Space	p. 21
Civic Space	p. 31
Antidotes to Sprawl	p. 37
Repositioning the Older Shopping Mall	p. 49
Villa Italia, Lakewood, Colorado	p. 51
Two Malls, Kettering, Ohio	p. 53
Urban Elements	p. 58
Three Landscapes	p. 62
Mixed Uses, Mixed Masses, Mixed Finances	p. 68
Reassembling the Strip and Building around the Big Box	p. 72
A Vertical Mixed-Use Suburb	p. 74
VMall: Vertical Density	p. 76
Design Competitions as Catalysts	p. 78
From Shopping Centers to Village Centers	p. 81
Roundtable: Obstacles to Development	p. 85
Organizations	p. 98
Bibliography	p. 99
Image Credits	p. 99
Contributors	p. 100
Endnotes	p. 104
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