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City as Loft
Adaptive Reuse as a Resource for Sustainable Urban Development
SESC Pompeia, São Paulo. Foto: Sherman Ong
Baumwollspinnerei Leipzig. Foto: Martina Baum
CITY AS LOFT
Martina Baum, Kees Christiaanse (eds.)
City as Loft
Adaptive Reuse as a Resource for
Sustainable Urban Development
Eastern Europe & Russia
Telliskivi Creative City – Tallin, Estonia
PROEKT_FABRIKA – Moscow, Russia
Rog Factory – Ljubljana, Slovenia
Europe
North America
Distillery District – Toronto, Canada
Granville Island – Vancouver, Canada
GMCD – New York, USA
The High Line – New York, USA
Sulzer Areal – Winterthur, Switzerland
Warteck – Basle, Switzerland
Rote Fabrik – Zurich, Switzerland
Baumwollspinnerei – Leipzig, Germany
Ex Rotaprint – Berlin, Germany
Zeche Zollverein – Essen, Germany
WUK – Vienna, Austria
La Friche la Belle de Mai – Marseille, France
NDSM – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Westergasfabriek – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Suvilahti – Helsinki, Finland
Matadero – Madrid, Spain
LX Factory – Lisbon, Portugal
Technopolis Gazi – Athens, Greece
Santralistanbul, Turkey
With contributions by Martina Baum, Tom
Bloxham, Kees Christiaanse, James Corner,
Angelus Eisinger, Annette Gigon / Mike Guyer,
Anne Lacaton / Jean-Philippe Vassal, Yan
Meng, Neo Rauch, Ronald Rietveld / Erik
Rietveld et al.
Bookdesign and infographics by Joost Grootens
English
Asia & Australia
Huashan 1914 Creative Park – Taipei City, Taiwan
Beijing 798 – Beijing, China
M50 – Shanghai, China
Inujima Art Project – Inujima, Japan
Bankart 1929 – Yokohama, Japan
17 x 24 cm, hardcover
c 360 pages, numerous ill., maps, diagrams
ISBN 978-3-85676-302-2
68.00 CHF / 58.00 Euro
To be published in September 2012
It’s always about each specific location, the people, and a vision. This is the message distilled from these portraits of 30 reused industrial areas. In a wide variety of
places all round the globe, reinterpretations of the legacy of the industrial age are
releasing tremendous potential energy and creativity – in the USA, Russia, Brazil
and China just as much as in Europe. The book examines the background, protagonists and concepts involved and shows various strategies for reuse. In essays and
interviews, specialists from both the theoretical and practical fields explain their
findings and experiences. Dutch book designer Joost Grootens, well known for his
self-explanatory ‘infographics’, has given the 30 projects a visual form allowing fascinating comparisons.
Immer geht es um den jeweiligen Ort, die Menschen und um eine Vision – dies wird
in den Porträts von 30 umgenutzten Industriearealen aus aller Welt deutlich. Ihre
Neuinterpretation setzt ein enormes Potenzial an Energie und Kreativität frei: in den
USA, Russland, Brasilien oder China ebenso wie in Europa. Das Buch beleuchtet die
Hintergründe, Akteure und Konzepte und zeigt verschiedene Strategien der Umnutzung auf. Fachleute aus Theorie und Praxis erläutern in Aufsätzen und Interviews
ihre Erkenntnisse und Erfahrungen. Der niederländische Buchgestalter Joost Grootens, bekannt für seine selbsterklärenden «infographics», visualisiert die 30 Projekte
und ermöglicht damit eindrückliche Vergleiche.
South America
SESC Pompeia – Sao Paulo, Brasil
CMD (Centro Metropolitano de Diseño)
– Buenos Aires, Argentina
Parque Fundidora – Monterrey, Mexico
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INTERNATIONAL BEST-PRACTICE EXAMPLES
Matadero Madrid. Foto: Matadero
La Friche la Belle de Mai, Marseille. Foto: C. Weiner
SESC Pompeia, São Paulo. Foto: Sherman Ong