Against Indifference. Public Catalyst

Manuel Bailo Esteve

ISBN 10: 1940291208 / ISBN 13: 9781940291208

Published by Actar Publishers, 2017

Good condition, no damages. Seller Inventory # 022471

Synopsis:

This work, which understands that the city, now and ever, has had and must have public spaces of intensity, proposes the urban catalysts as agents capable of activating a place that was previously indifferent. The comparative work of historical and recent cases, developed by research and drawings work, has allowed us to discover that the vivid public spaces of identity and reference have been formed due to the urban effect caused by these agents that we call catalysts .

About the Author: Manuel Bailo s work includes a wide range of projects, moving from urban scale to interiorism. It has been fully published and awarded. Some examples are: GardenHouse 0.96; Hotel Ciutat d Igualada, and Façade-Steps Landscape of Manresa Town Hall, shown at On Site: New Spanish Architecture, MoMA Museum of New York in 2006, and won in 2010 the prestigious international Contracworld Award. They have also received the First Annual Commercial Space Award in China 2011. And they have received the prestigious Spanish Award FAD twice.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Against Indifference. Public Catalyst
Publisher: Actar Publishers
Publication Date: 2017
Binding: Encuadernación de tapa blanda
Condition: Muy bien