Design for a democratic society was a matter of urgency in bombed-out postwar Europe. Swiss sociologist, journalist, professor and founding father of strollology Lucius Burckhardt (1925-2003) pioneered the interdisciplinary analysis of man-made environments, and thereby highlighted both the visible and invisible aspects of our cities and social relations. Acutely aware of how our interventions and decisions shape the world, and how the changing world in turn, shapes us, his life-long focus was not only the prerequisites of architecture, urban planning and design but also their long-term impact. Teaching and practice still owe much to his work. Thus, the first selection of Lucius Burckhardt's texts to appear in English, introduces his groundbreaking theory of environmental design, in retrospective tribute to a prescient thinker.
- ISBN10 3990434950
- ISBN13 9783990434956
- Publish Date 15 September 2012 (first published 1 January 2012)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country AT
- Publisher Birkhauser
- Imprint Ambra Verlag MMag. Franz Schaffer
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English
- URL http://degruyter.com/search?f_0=isbnissn&q_0=9783990434956&searchTitles=true