Does Utopia Help? The Use of Individual Visions for a Common Goal

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 4
3. Territorial Urbanism Now! 7
4. Space, Life, and Design 17
5. Paradigms Adrift: The Room for the River Program in the Netherlands 35
6. SANDRA GUINAND in Conversation with Ali Madanipour 41
7. Obsolete Systems as a Resource for the Circular City 45
8. SANDRA GUINAND in Conversation with Chris Younès 56
9. FRINGE
10. INTRODUCTION 59
11. Weak Structures for the Transition: Reflections on the Habitat Research Center Greater Geneva Consultation Proposal 61
12. Rethinking the Urban Edge of the City: Skopje’s Northeast Peri- Urban Fringe 73
13. Madrid: New Proximities in the Productive Post- Industrial City 81
14. The Gardens of Puurs, in Search of a Village Urbanism for Flanders 89
15. SANDRA GUINAND in Conversation with Christian Schmid 97
16. A Plea for a Territorial Climate Imaginary 101
17. It Could Be A Paradise, Again 109
18. MINDSET
19. INTRODUCTION 147
20. Territorial Design Processes and Uncertainties 149
21. Does Utopia Help? The Use of Individual Visions for a Common Goal 159
22. Boulevard Périphérique:From City Limit To Metropolitan Center 169
23. Constructing a CommonVision: The Stadsatelier Oostende as a Proactive Tool for Quality in Urban Development 175
24. SANDRA GUINAND in Conversation with Erik Wieërs 189
25. Learning from Pompeii: Reclaiming Urban Life 191
26. SANDRA GUINAND in Conversation with Maarten Van Acker 199
27. Living Together in the Garden Metropolis 201
28. Decarb Lux 211
29. The Nature of the City of Nature 243
30. Making Urbanism Greener is not Enough! 249
31. APPENDIX 257