Abstract The complex urban and real estate development of the rione Santa Lucia starts with the approval of the Lops Project in 1886 and the following building permit. The project consists of the construction of a new luxurious residential district on a land reclamation. The new neighborhood views the bay of Naples from a prestigious …
Abstract In the nineteenth century, the discovery of the Capri landscape by European intellectuals and artists trigger a complex phenomenon. Around the former island of Emperor Tiberius, interpreted as a flap of the Far East, many fascinating imaginary landscapes are built. On this basis, in the years of Fascism, the island – considered as an …
Abstract The volume offers a historical reconstruction of the reasons and events connected to the transformation and construction of the urban passage including the Carabinieri barracks (formerly of the Cavalleria delle Due Sicilie), via Domenico Morelli (formerly via Pace) and the so-called ‘Bourbon tunnel’: a story of great interest from a historiographical point of view, …
Abstract Green wedges, considered here as ducts of green space running from the countryside into the centre of a city or town, have a deeper history than many expect – a history that provides valuable insight and lessons in the employment of networked green spaces in city design and regional planning today. Part history, and …
Abstract This paper analyses the role that the green wedges idea played in the main official reconstruction plans for London, the County of London Plan 1943 and the Greater London Plan 1944.1 Green wedges were theorised in the first decade of the twentieth century and discussed in multi-faceted ways up to the end of the …
Abstract The paper analyzes the history of green wedges in Britain from their origins in the first decade of the twentieth century up until the outbreak of the Second World War. Often neglected by the literature in favour of the ‘greenbelt’, the ‘green wedge’ was equally at the forefront of the minds of planners debating …
Abstract This book explores novel theories, strategies and methods for re-naturing cities. It enables readers to learn from best practice and advances the current theoretical and empirical understanding in the field. The book also offers valuable insights into how planners, urban designers and policymakers can apply this knowledge to their own cities and regions, exploring …
Image: The first plan of Jardim America drawn by Barry Parker. In Cia CITY Archives Abstract The original garden city concept was split between Howard’s original (which took form in the first garden city Letchworth in 1904) and the garden suburb of Hampstead in 1907 (Miller 2014). The idea of the city as a whole …
IMAGE: The Old Summer Palace also known as Yuanmingyuan, Beijing; Yuanmingyuan was destroyed by the British and French Colonial Powers in 1860. Abstract In recent years, scholars and commentators (such as Gries 2004; Broudehoux 2004; Callahan 2010; and Wang 2012) on China’s political history and national identities have noted the ever-increasing rise in a complex …
IMAGE: image of the exterior of ‘1933 Shanghai’ designed by the British architect Balfours as a Slaughterhouse. Abstract This paper opens up a discussion over the processes of forgetting and remembering that occur in the adaptive reuse of quite commonplace buildings that, nevertheless, have been classified as ‘heritage’. For most buildings survival depends upon finding …