{"product_id":"casablanca-chandigarh-a-report-on-modernization","title":"Barrada, Yto - Casablanca Chandigarh: A Report on Modernization","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eTom Avermaete, Maristella Casciato. \u003cbr\u003ePhotographic Missions by Yto Barrada and Takashi Homma. \u003cbr\u003ePreface by Mirko Zardini \u003cbr\u003eCasablanca Chandigarh: A Report on Modernization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003ePark Books, 2014.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eSoftcover.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e368 pages. \u003cbr\u003eEnglish language. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eVery good. \u003cbr\u003eMinor bumping to top spine. Minor edgewear. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e230 color plates, 160 halftones.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis richly illustrated volume invites us to think afresh about urban life and the modern city by offering images and analyses of two very different but complementary contemporary cities: the planned Indian city of Chandigarh and the ancient metropolis of Casablanca—the ancient North African harbor town developed into a modern metropolis by Michel Ecochard and a team of young French and Moroccan architects after World War II. Countering the dominant view of modern urbanism that values avant-garde ideas originating in the West over developments in non-Western regions, the book offers a more nuanced approach to the history of the modern city, and to the relationship between local knowledge and imported ideas in the rapid globalization that followed World War II.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUltimately, by focusing on the design and inhabitation of the cities’ public spaces and housing, the book locates the essence of the modern city in its ordinary fabric and everyday life—which shifts our understanding of architecture and planning, enabling us to see it as a collective work that is necessarily the result of negotiation among a variety of actors. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChandigarh Casablanca\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is published to coincide with an exhibition at the Canadian Center for Architecture in Montreal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"attribute-item mb-2.5\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3906027368\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e978-3906027364\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"attribute-item mb-2.5\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Fenrick Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48461853720801,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0532\/3787\/4867\/files\/IMG_6269.jpg?v=1781064092","url":"https:\/\/fenrickbooks.com\/products\/casablanca-chandigarh-a-report-on-modernization","provider":"Fenrick Books LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}