Smartcities and Eco-Warriors

出版者:Routledge

作者:CJ Lim

页数:256

出版时间:2010-04-22

价格:USD 53.95

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780415571241

具体描述

Modern methods of agriculture have led to cities growing out of control and reducing the available agricultural land, threatening the sustainability of our food system. The previous mutually sustaining relationships of animals, humans and the land have been lost with the progress of industry.

The Smartcity, an ecological symbiosis between nature, society and the built form is the innovative response to contemporary problems from one of the world’s leading urban design and architectural thinkers. Addressing the problems of unchecked city growth, the idea of the Smartcity questions whether we could begin to live once again from first principles, focusing in on the inhabitants of the city.

The holistic construct of the Smartcity is developed through a series of international case studies, some commissioned by government organisations, others speculative and polemic. Reframing the way people think about urban green space and the evolution of cities, CJ Lim and Ed Liu explore how the reintegration of agriculture in urban environments can cultivate new spatial practices and social cohesion in addition to food for our tables.

Representing an emerging architectural voice in matters of environmental and social sustainability, Smartcities and Eco-warriors is a long overdue treatment of the subject from a designer’s perspective, and is essential reading for practitioners and students in the fields of architecture, urban planning, environmental engineering, landscape design, agriculture and sociology. An inspiration to government agencies and NGOs dealing with climate change, it also resonates with anyone concerned about cities, energy conservation and the future of food. [from Amazon.com]

作者简介

Professor of Architecture and Cultural Design

Director of Bartlett International Development

Design Tutor Unit 10

Research Interests

The critical enquiries of my research aim to widen the cultural discourse and explorations in architectural design. My architecture is spatial storytelling and employs narratives in creating visions and innovative architecture, landscape and urban design focusing on interpretations of cultural programmes. The primary focus is in the physical potential and the intellectual relationships between the “drawing”, the “assembly” and architecture as “built cultural assemblage”. Like Duchamp, Schwitters and Cornell who made their art by assembling found objects, I conceptualise spatial programmes and architecture as cultural identities through the recycling of materials and the reconfiguration of the everyday. My narrative-based investigations vary in scale, programme and cultural demand; some being academic research-based projects (Virtually Venice, Multi-Cultural, How Green is your Garden? and Sins), whilst others are real professional architecture competitions. The academic projects are “test beds” for ideologies and spatial speculations, while the more restricted briefs of competitions are vehicles to implement the abstractly tested ideas. Drawings are key in my design explorations; they narrate my speculative visions of sculptural and programmatic complexities. The drawings in Virtually Venice employed all forms of manual paper manipulation and assemblage, a technique unique in the age of the digital media. My research technique of paper assemblage has received wide spread acclaim including four awards from the Royal Academy of Arts and placement in the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. I have authored six books based on my architecture design research, while the four books I edited were investigations into the potential of innovative architecture, utopian ideals and unorthodox methodologies of spatial explorations.

Smartcities + Eco-warriors (2007 – 2009)

What is a Smartcity? A vision of how the city of the 21st century might appear if we are serious about living sustainably. Current discourse on sustainability appears to focus either on the technical aspects of ecological design at the scale of individual buildings or establishes the general principles for planning urban environments; the thesis attempts to address what the spatial and phenomenological implications are when sustainable design is applied to a city, what new hybrid typologies of programme and landscape are birthed, and the role that we as citizens will play in the production of a relevant social space. A central component of the smartcity is urban agriculture and the establishment of an ecological symbiosis between nature and built form. Over human history, agrarian economies have been replaced by industrial economies that have in turn been supplanted by post-industrial economies. The smartcity postulates that the next and final stage of evolution can only be a circular economy that subsumes agriculture, energy, and industry into co-dependency and self-perpetuation. The holistic construct of the Smartcity is developed through a series of international case studies, some commissioned by government organisations, others speculative and polemic.

Virtually Venice (2004)

In Virtually Venice, the seven projects: Par Xien Gou Hai, The Lido, Giardini, San Marco, Fortuna Pozzo-Pozza, San Michele and The Four Seasons collectively celebrated and added to the connections between Venice and China. It began with the legendary story of Marco Polo’s meeting with the Mongol Emperor, Kublai Khan. In these portrayals of how Khan might have imagined Venice after their conversations, the city took on aspects of the East and reconfigured itself in new architectural forms. With the two protagonists metaphorically representing East and West, this research investigated the differences and similarities in cultures and identities. This project, commissioned by the British Council UK for the Venice Architecture Biennale 2004 and exhibited in the British Pavilion, is CJ Lim’s most celebrated piece of research architecture as “built cultural assemblage”.

Multi-Cultural (2004 - 2006)

Ethnic diversity contributed significantly to Britain’s economic, social, and cultural development. Immigration is not only a London story, multi-cultural communities are now affecting New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Toronto to name a few. The emphasis has shifted from issues connected with new settlers, to focusing on the needs and contributions of local-born minorities. The current changes raise important questions about how cities are able to handle multiculturalism and prepare for this wider integration.Here, the architect’s role is to develop social-spatial proposals, configuring spaces through the appreciation of local communities and their cultures, informed legislation and local politics. The five research projects included the redevelopment of Gordon Square as a multicultural foyer for UCL’s global citizens and London’s Soho commemorating the arrival of early immigrants and its current multi cultural communities.

How Green is your Garden? (2000 - 2003)

Ethnic diversity contributed significantly to Britain’s economic, social, and cultural development. Immigration is not only a London story, multi-cultural communities are now affecting New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Toronto to name a few. The emphasis has shifted from issues connected with new settlers, to focusing on the needs and contributions of local-born minorities. The current changes raise important questions about how cities are able to handle multiculturalism and prepare for this wider integration.Here, the architect’s role is to develop social-spatial proposals, configuring spaces through the appreciation of local communities and their cultures, informed legislation and local politics. The five research projects included the redevelopment of Gordon Square as a multicultural foyer for UCL’s global citizens and London’s Soho commemorating the arrival of early immigrants and its current multi cultural communities.

Sins (2000 - 2001)

The projects were driven by the Seven Cardinal Sins - pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath and sloth. Appositely composed of seven innocuous-seeming projects (Kiss + Tell, Double or Quits, Arena, Epicurean, Twentyfourseven, Sodom + Gomorrah, Tonic), they began to question the traditional canon of building typologies. It suggested the possibility that sin may not be intent or outcome, but a spatial relative. Or at the very least be formed and facilitated by an infrastructure of vice. Part manifesto, part design and part narrative, the projects reflected the ambiguous and ill-defined nature of their unseen protagonist, playing with our prejudices and preconceptions. They combined the sublime with the ridiculous, the biblical with cyberspace, the immutability of age-old sin with modern-day communications technology.

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Selected Key Outputs

CJ Lim, Smartcities + Eco-warriors (Design Research/Principle Investigator, Book/Author, 2010)

CJ Lim, Virtually Venice (Design Research/Principle Investigator, Book/Author, 2006)

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CJ Lim, Olympic Paris 2012 Landmark Competition (Design Research/Principle Investigator, 2004)

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CJ Lim, How Green is your Garden? (Design Research/Principle Investigator, Book/Author, 2003)

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CJ Lim, Realms of Impossibility (1 output comprising 3 volumes)

CJ Lim, (2002), Realms of Impossibility: Air, Lim,C., Liu,E. (ed.) Wiley-Academy. ISBN: 0 470 84439 6.

CJ Lim, (2002), Realms of Impossibility: Ground, Lim,C., Liu,E. (ed.) Wiley-Academy. ISBN: 0 470 84442 6.

CJ Lim, (2002), Realms of Impossibility: Water, Lim,C., Liu,E. (ed.) Wiley-Academy. ISBN: 0 470 84441 8.

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CJ Lim, (2007), Guangming Eco-city, Shenzhen, China.

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[from Bartlett.ucl.ac.uk]

用户评价

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我最近有幸接触到一本名为《Smartcities and Eco-Warriors》的书，这本书给我的第一印象是它极有可能是一个关于城市发展与环境保护之间复杂关系的深度剖析。书名中的“Smartcities”暗示着对未来城市形态的探索，这通常会涉及物联网、大数据、人工智能等前沿科技在城市管理、交通、能源等领域的应用。然而，“Eco-Warriors”这个词汇则立刻将我拉到了另一个层面，它不仅仅是简单的环境倡导，更带有某种程度的冲突和斗争意味。这让我不禁联想到，在构建这些高度智能化、高效化的城市过程中，是否会不可避免地对自然环境造成压力？那些为了维护生态平衡而奋斗的“生态战士”们，他们是以何种方式参与到这场塑造未来城市的博弈之中？他们是城市规划的批评者，是环境问题的揭露者，还是积极的参与者？这本书会不会描绘出一种理想化的智慧城市，在这种城市里，科技与自然和谐共存，或者它将直面那些我们在追求发展过程中所忽视的、甚至牺牲的生态代价？我非常期待它能提供一些令人耳目一新的视角，帮助我们理解在人类文明迈向更加智能化的未来时，我们应如何重新审视与地球的关系，以及那些为守护这份关系而努力的人们，他们的故事和意义。

当我看到《Smartcities and Eco-Warriors》这个书名时，我的脑海中立刻浮现出两种截然不同的画面。一方面，是那些闪烁着LED灯、信息流如织的未来城市，自动驾驶汽车穿梭于高效的交通网络，智能家居让生活无忧无虑。这便是“Smartcities”所描绘的图景，一个充满科技感、效率至上的新世界。而另一方面，则是那些可能出现在城市边缘、甚至深入城市肌理的绿色身影，他们可能是环境科学家、社区活动家，甚至是那些用激进方式呼吁保护自然的“Eco-Warriors”。这本书的书名，似乎预示着这两股力量的交织，甚至是碰撞。我非常想知道，作者将如何描绘这种关系。是探讨如何在建设智慧城市的同时，最大限度地减少对环境的影响？还是会揭示在追求城市“智能化”的过程中，所付出的沉重生态代价，以及那些勇敢地站出来，为地球的未来而战的“生态战士”们所经历的挑战和牺牲？这本书是否有能力让我们在享受科技带来的便利的同时，不忘对我们赖以生存的地球负起责任？它的出现，是否会引发我们对自身生活方式和消费模式的深刻反思？

初次翻开《Smartcities and Eco-Warriors》，我几乎是被它极具前瞻性的书名所吸引。在如今这个时代，人们对“智慧城市”的讨论愈发频繁，但往往流于表面的技术堆砌和概念炒作，缺乏对核心伦理和社会影响的深入探讨。而“Eco-Warriors”这个词，则立刻点燃了我对书中潜在议题的好奇心。它预示着一场关于生态保护与城市发展之间可能存在的冲突，甚至是一场不妥协的斗争。想象一下，在那些高度智能化的摩天大楼和高效运转的交通系统中，是否隐藏着对自然环境的掠夺？那些看似便捷的生活背后，是否牺牲了我们赖以生存的地球的健康？这本书似乎直击了这些令人不安的问题。我期待它能够超越简单的技术指南，深入挖掘智慧城市建设过程中可能产生的环境代价，并思考那些勇于为地球发声、为生态平衡而战的“生态战士”们，他们扮演着怎样的角色，又面临着怎样的挑战。这本书能否为我们勾勒出一个既充满科技活力，又尊重自然规律的未来城市图景？抑或它将揭露那些不为人知的环境污染和生态破坏的真相？这种悬念感，让我在阅读之前就已心潮澎湃，渴望一探究竟。

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