Jovis Publishers published SMAQ’s Charter of Dubai as a book.
The Charter of Dubai is a manifesto of critical urban transformation. Looking at the man-made peninsula Palm Jumeirah on the coast of Dubai as a case study it subversively encourages the conversion of isolated quarters into a socially and ecologically open urban space. How can an isolated anti-urban exclave be opened up and integrated? Can issues concerning networking, the public sphere and affordable housing, as well as climate change adaptation, biodiversity and the supply of energy be resolved through targeted tactical interventions? The detailed catalogue of the individual measures, richly illustrated with clear sketches and references, make the Charter a handbook for urban transformation that takes account of the social and the ecological.
The book includes a foreword by Philipp Misselwitz, an essay by Kees Christiaanse and an interview with the planners of the Palm Jumeirah.
Charter of Dubai
A Manifesto of Critical Urban Transformation
Editors: Sabine Müller, Andreas Quednau, SMAQ
Jovis Publishers, 2012
english
104 Pages
approx. 100 col. and b/w images
soft cover with flaps
format: 24 x 32 cm
ISBN 978-3-86859-165-1
Price: 32 Euro
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