Urban acupuncture
Jaime Lerner (Author)
During his three terms as mayor of Curitiba, Brazil in the 1970s and '80s, architect and urbanist Jaime Lerner transformed his city into a global model of the sustainable and livable community. From the pioneering Bus Rapid Transit system to parks designed to catch runoff and reduce flooding and the creation of pedestrian-only zones, Lerner has been the driving force behind a host of innovative urban projects. In more than forty years of work in cities around the globe, Lerner has found that changes to a community don't need to be large-scale and expensive to have a transformative impact-in fact, one block, park, or a single person can have an outsized effect on life in the surrounding city. In Urban Acupuncture, Lerner celebrates these "pinpricks" of urbanism-projects, people, and initiatives from around the world that ripple through their communities to uplift city life. With meditative and descriptive prose, Lerner brings readers around the world to streets and neighborhoods where urban acupuncture has been practiced best, from the bustling La Boqueria market in Barcelona to the revitalization of the Cheonggyecheon River in Seoul, South Korea. Through this journey, Lerner invites us to re-examine the true building blocks of vibrant communities-the tree-lined avenues, night vendors, and songs and traditions that connect us to our cities and to one another. Urban Acupuncture is the first of Jaime Lerner's visionary work to be published in English. It is a love letter to the elements that make a street hum with life or a neighborhood feel like home, penned by one of the world's most successful advocates for sustainable and livable urbanism
1 online resource (xvi, 143 pages : illustrations (chiefly color))
9781610915847, 9781597266406, 1610915844, 159726640X
888056494
24-Hour Shopkeepers in New York City
The Old Cinema Novo
Rescuing a River
The Forbidden City
Cali
Do Nothing! Urgently
Around the Clock, or The 24-Hour City
Urban Kindness
Musical Acupuncture
Continuity is Life
Street Sounds, Colors, and Scents
Good Recycling
People in the Streets
Smart Car, Smart Bus
Commitment to Solidarity
Draw Your City
Instructions for Performing Urban Acupuncture
Creative Leisure vs. Industrious Mediocrity
Self-Esteem Is Good Acupuncture
Light Is Good Acupuncture
Aqua-puncture
The Mobility Card
Eco-clock
Arborescence
Produced Memory
Of Parks, Squares, and Monuments
The One-Page Guide
Urban Cholesterol
Buildings with Dignity
Acupuncture of Silence
Ramblas and Galleries
A Pinprick Doesn't Hurt
Trompe L'oeil
A Letter to Fellini
How to Find Someone in a City
The Presence of Genius
Markets and Street Fairs
The Bar Counter
Love for the City
"Translated from the Portuguese by Mac Margolis, Peter Muello, and Ariadne Daher."
English
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