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Mortal Cities and Forgotten Monuments by Rosa ta Velde (2016, Hardcover)

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As a child, architect Arna Mackic experienced firsthand the Bosnian civil war, and with her family she fled her native country for the Netherlands.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPARK Books

ISBN-103038600091

ISBN-139783038600091

eBay Product ID (ePID)222033540

Product Key Features

Number of Pages160 Pages

Publication NameMortal Cities and Forgotten Monuments

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2016

SubjectUrban & Land Use Planning, Military / General, General

TypeTextbook

AuthorRosa Ta Velde

Subject AreaArchitecture, History

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight0 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal720.103

Table Of ContentPreface Introduction by Chris Keulemans The conqueror, the conquered, and the indestructible joy of life The unwritten rules of the urban environment Mostar and its heavenly rainbow Mostar's empty stare; 1566-1966-2016 Grad mojih prijatelja (The city of my friends) By Bogdan Bogdanovic Invisible ruins By Thomas A.P. van Leeuwen The irreversible disappearance of a city The art of reading the city The art of writing the city Jump From Mostar to Amsterdam, Beirut, and Stockholm By Rosa te Velde Epilogue

SynopsisAs a child, architect Arna Mackic experienced firsthand the Bosnian civil war, and with her family she fled her native country for the Netherlands. In 1999, she was able to visit bosnia and the city of Mostar again for the first time to witness the utter devastation--the war had left seventy percent of the buildings destroyed. This experience inspired Mackic's research to explore the emotional effects of war damage on a city's inhabitants and the possibilities for rebuilding collective and inclusive identities through architecture. Mortal Cities and Forgotten Monuments tells a moving story of architecture and history. The first two parts of the book provide historical background on the war in Bosnia and its relationship to the built environment of the region. The final section demonstrates Mackic's ideas for architectural interventions, applying a new design language that goes beyond political religious, or cultural interpretations--an openness that allows it avoid tensions and claims of truth without ignoring or denying the past. Using this as a foundation, she proposes designs for urban and public space that are simultaneously rooted in ancient traditions while looking toward the future.

LC Classification NumberNA2543.S6