City of Play: An Architectural and Urban History of Recreation and Leisure

Author:   Rodrigo Pérez de Arce (Independent Scholar, Chile)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781350032163


Pages:   296
Publication Date:   31 May 2018
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Rodrigo Pérez de Arce (Independent Scholar, Chile)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Weight:   0.518kg
ISBN:  

9781350032163


ISBN 10:   1350032166
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   31 May 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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INTRODUCTION Elusive Imprints PART ONE 1. About the Field Spheres of action Field and stage The Canon The primeval Field and square Field, skin and precincts 2. Formal and Relational Traits Scale Topology Topography Symmetry Linear Perspective The informal and the formless 3. Material Attributes The Lawn Sand and Snow Water 4. Locational Attributes Orientation Adaptations Couplings and mosaics The unofficial Site specific play and the genius loci Park and fair PART TWO 1. Players / The Athlete Cells and arenas Bucolic deportments 2. The Child The sky The street Anywhere Tumuli Displacements Future imperfect Stillness and the miniature Oblique rapports Return to order 3. The Citizen The return of Homo Ludens Paideia´s revenge CONCLUSION Futile Pursuits Bibliography Index

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Rodrigo Pérez de Arce is a Chilean architect. He is Associate Professor in Architecture at the Catholic University of Chile, and has taught as Visiting Professor at Harvard GSD, Cornell, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Architectural Association, UK, among other universities.

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