The document discusses the concept of the "post-generic city" and its evolution over time. It mentions critiques of modernism in the 1960s, urban experiments and competitions in the 1980s, rapid urbanization and new urban concepts from the 1990s-2000s. Now, the focus is shifting to regional studies and scenarios for understanding the "post-generic city" by examining how cities really function.
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1. Arc 5701r:
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POST GENERIC CITY
Doreen Heng LIU
School of Architecture | CUHK
2. Arc 5701r:
OPPOSITE OR JUXTAPOSITION
POST GENERIC CITY
Doreen Heng LIU
School of Architecture | CUHK
3. 1961: Jane Jacobs: critique of modenism
1956: Harvard Urban Design
1968-70s: Utopia Projects: groups & books
1980s: urban experiments - design competitions
90s-2000s: rapid urbanization & new urban concepts:
S/M/L/XL
generic city & what happens to urbanism, & etc.
Now: Post-Generic City: regional study & scenarios
5. .in short, I shall be writing about how cities work in real life, because
8. TOP DOWN BOTTOM UP
architecture (design) OR revolution
plan: control speculation: blind force of
chance & profit
government (developer) citizen in society