In/formal Marketplaces - Experiments with Urban Reconfiguration

Paul Chu, Allan Cain, Lovro Koncar-Gamulin, Carmen Hines, Vineet Diwadkar, Samar Halloum, Peter Mortenbock, Helge Mooshammer

ISBN 10: 9462088098 / ISBN 13: 9789462088092

Published by Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi Uitgevers/Publishers), NL, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: In/formal Marketplaces - Experiments with Urban Reconfiguration
• Publisher: Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi Uitgevers/Publishers), NL
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9462088098
• ISBN 13: 9789462088092
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

A trove of groundbreaking insights into formal-informal linkages in urban transformation

Informality is on the rise like never before: its transformative power can be seen in the new ways we produce, consume and live. Commerce plays a crucial role in these changes, impacting everything from nomadic labor to online services, street food kitchens to pop-up shops. But nowhere is the tension between the formal and the informal more evident than in the struggles of contested marketplaces.
This book provides a deeper understanding of the formal-informal linkages that have given shape to some of the world's largest and unique open-air marketplaces. Its rich and engaging visual analyses of markets in cities such as Bangkok, Buenos Aires, Dubai and New York reveal the hidden connections between informal trade, neoliberal governance and urban development. These detailed studies follow the global survey of informal markets published in the two-volume set Informal Market Worlds: The Architecture of Economic Pressure (Atlas + Reader).

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From nomadic labour to online services and from street food kitchens to pop-up shops, informality is on the rise as never before. Its transformative power can be seen in the new ways we produce, consume and live, with commerce playing a crucial role in these changes. The resulting tension between the formal and the informal is nowhere more evident than in the struggles over contested marketplaces.

This book provides a deeper understanding of the formal-informal linkages that have given shape to some of the world’s largest and most unique open-air marketplaces. Its rich and engaging visual analyses of markets in cities such as Bangkok, Buenos Aires, Dubai and New York reveal the hidden connections between informal trade, neoliberal governance and urban development.