Squares

by Childs, Mark C.

• ISBN13: 9780826330031
• ISBN10: 0826330037
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-11-15
• Publisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr

Summary

This refreshing discussion of what makes public places succeed will inspire anyone involved with their design or development.

Table of Contents

Table of Queries	xii
Table of Figures	xix
Part 1 Schools of Thought
Introduction: The Joy of the Commons	3	(8)
Schools of Thought	6	(2)
Civitas	6	(1)
Genius Loci	7	(1)
Urbanitas	7	(1)
Components of the Book	8	(3)
Theories of the Commons	11	(10)
The Public Sphere and Public Realm	11	(2)
Strategic Cooperation: Game Theory Commons	13	(2)
Common Pool Resources: Economic Commons	15	(2)
Public Forum: Legal Commons	17	(3)
Crosstalk	20	(1)
Dreams of a Common Language	21	(22)
Types of Urban Commons	21	(3)
Parts of a Civic Room	24	(2)
A Patchwork Quilt of American Civic Places	26	(9)
Unsung Civic Places	35	(2)
Excursion: The Economic Value of Parks and Open Space	37	(6)
Ted O. Harrison
Part 2 Civitas
Writing the Syllabus	43	(18)
Process	43	(6)
Finding Seeds	44	(1)
Community Built	44	(2)
Sustaining Nonprofits	46	(1)
The Structure of Costs	47	(2)
A Taxonomy of Uses	49	(4)
Meeting the Hierarchy of Needs	49	(1)
The Tree of Idleness	50	(1)
Different Strokes	50	(1)
Tuesday Morning	51	(1)
Anchors	52	(1)
Permanent and Deployable Markets	52	(1)
Community Cultural Development	53	(6)
Storied Landscapes	53	(2)
Dedications	55	(1)
Games and Local Rituals	55	(1)
The Broccoli Queen	56	(3)
Excursion: Farmers' Markets: What Lies Beneath	59	(2)
Stanley Crawford
Collective and Incremental Design	61	(16)
Collective Work	62	(3)
The Design of Zoning	62	(1)
Embed and Catalyze	62	(1)
Subsuming	63	(1)
Public Record and Public Dialog	64	(1)
Increments	65	(6)
Small Victories	65	(1)
Resonant Ensembles	65	(1)
Nested Types	66	(1)
Variable Speed Adaptation	67	(1)
Designer in Residence	68	(1)
Maintenance as Incremental Design	68	(3)
Excursion: Public Space/Urban Beach: Lummus Park, South (Miami) Beach, Florida	71	(6)
Marilys R. Nepomechie
Reasonable Risk	77	(10)
Physical Hazards	78	(1)
Wear and Tear	78	(1)
Open Program	78	(1)
Miscues	79	(1)
Social Risk	79	(2)
Alternatives and Adjustments	79	(1)
House vs. Stage	80	(1)
Social Conflict	80	(1)
Crime Prevention	81	(6)
Broken Window Theory	82	(1)
Natural Scrutiny	82	(1)
Lighting Dark Alleys	82	(5)
Part 3 Genius Loci
On the Earth, Under the Sky	87	(10)
The Folds of the Land	88
The Fourth Wall	87	(3)
The Waters of the Earth	90	(1)
Local Sky	91	(1)
Wild and Cultivated	92	(1)
The Fruits of the Land	93	(1)
Local Habitats	94	(1)
Excursion: Community Gardens---Volunteer-Run Neighborhood Commons	95	(2)
Andrew Stone
Singing in the Rain	97	(14)
Moderating	97	(7)
The Sunny Side	98	(1)
Sailing	98	(2)
Shaping the Shade	100	(1)
Water Tempered	100	(1)
Admit Breezes, Block Storms	101	(2)
Water Harvesting	103	(1)
High Water	104	(1)
Celebrating	104	(3)
Observe and Measure	104	(1)
Small Doses	105	(1)
Play	105	(1)
Contrast	106	(1)
Excursion: A Winter City	107	(4)
Alf Simon
Local Stones	111	(8)
The Pedagogy of a Hand Pump	111	(1)
Shedding Skins and Durable Frames	112	(1)
Artisan Made	113	(1)
Local Craft and Local Stones	114	(1)
Storied Stones	115	(1)
Scales of Context	116	(3)
Part 4 Urbanitas
Civic Rooms	119	(14)
Gestalt	119	(8)
Magic Squares	119	(2)
Figure and Ground	121	(1)
Implication and Elision	121	(2)
Small, Medium, and Large	123	(1)
A Place to Sit, A Place to Dance	123	(3)
Hard or Soft?	126	(1)
Where?	127	(6)
Catchments	127	(1)
District	127	(2)
Streets in the Square	129	(1)
Ensembles	129	(1)
Town Patterns	130	(3)
Walls, Floors, and Ceilings	133	(14)
Walls	133	(5)
Active Walls	133	(2)
Arcades	135	(1)
Onion Skins	136	(2)
Corners	138	(1)
Floors	138	(6)
City Carpets	140	(1)
City Level	141	(1)
Texture	142	(1)
Gameboard	143	(1)
Ceilings	144	(3)
Cornice and Silhouette	144	(1)
Canopy	144	(1)
Light	145	(2)
Open Doors	147	(8)
Physical Doorways	147	(4)
Fuzzy Threshold	147	(1)
Porta Triumphalis	148	(1)
Mystery	149	(1)
Threshold	149	(1)
Building Entrances	150	(1)
Universal Design	151	(1)
Electronic Doorways	151	(2)
Virtual Presence	152	(1)
Data Feed	152	(1)
Responsive Environments	153	(1)
Conceptual Doorways	153	(2)
Existential Thresholds	153	(2)
Props	155	(10)
Appointments	155	(6)
Furniture Habitats	155	(1)
Seats	156	(1)
Places to Sit	157	(1)
Places to Lean	158	(1)
Civic Fixtures	159	(1)
Civic Equipment	159	(1)
Pushcarts and Booths	160	(1)
Attendant Buildings	161	(4)
Gazebo	161	(1)
Stage	162	(1)
Kiosks	162	(1)
Ceremonial Storehouses	163	(1)
Stands	163	(1)
Pavilions	163	(2)
Cars	165	(18)
Parking Commons	165	(5)
Parking Bread and Butter	166	(1)
Parking-Lot Catchments	166	(1)
Dedicated Pedestrian Space	167	(1)
Intertidal Zone	168	(1)
The Language of the Street	168	(1)
Messy Beasts	169	(1)
Shared Streets	170	(2)
Cul-de-sacs	170	(2)
Streetyards and Streetcourts	172	(1)
Great Sidewalks	172	(5)
The Uses of the Sidewalk	172	(1)
Sidewalk Seating	173	(2)
Bus-Stop Shelters	175	(2)
Excursion: The Art and Architecture of Collaboration	177	(6)
David
Deborah Rutherford
The Architectural Roles of Public Art	183	(10)
Dialog	184	(3)
Campfires and Snowmen	184	(1)
Numinous Presence	185	(1)
Time Marks	185	(1)
On Stage	186	(1)
The Writing on the Wall	186	(1)
Open-Source Artwork	187	(1)
Anchoring	187	(2)
Sky Light	187	(1)
Wind things	188	(1)
City Water	188	(1)
Structuring	189	(4)
The Yellow Brick Road	189	(1)
Meet Me at the Brass Pig	189	(1)
Towers and Columns	190	(1)
Legible Infrastructure	191	(2)
Coda: Stop Making Sense	193	(2)
Acknowledgments	195	(2)
Bibliography	197	(8)
Index	205