Geno(v)a Futures

In 1996 the North Italian port city of Genoa invited a team of internationally renowned architects to draw up a masterplan for the city. This phase was followed by a competition to redesign an ancient pier in its port. UN Studio won the competition with a project for a three-dimensional plaza which was to provide both port and city with a new heart. This book presents and analyses the various projects and paints a picture of the most important designers working today. A number of critics simultaneously put the context of both design stages in perspective: can a city like Genoa take part in the race of increasing globalization and city branding? And what part can architects play in this debate? From economy, sociology, history, urbanism and architecture the whys and hows of a city with ambitions are examined.

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Publisher: NAi Publishers
Design: COMA (Cornelia Blatter & Marcel Hermans)

Hardcover 280 pages
24 x 22 cm
English/Italian
ISBN 90-5662-279-x
Recommended price: 40 euro