Resistant City: Histories, Maps and the Architecture of Development (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789811204616)

This vivid book is an inquiry into the stagnation between the development of architectural practice and the progress in urban modernization. It is about islands as territories of resistance. It is about dense places where multitudes dwell in perennial contestations with the city on every front. It is about the histories, tactics and spaces of everyday survival within the hegemonic sway of global capital and unstoppable development. It is preoccupied with making visible the culture of resistance and architecture's entanglement with it. It is about urban resilience. It is about Hong Kong, where uncertainty is status quo.This interdisciplinary volume explores real and invented places and identities that are created in tandem with Hong Kong's urban development. Mapping contested spaces in the territory, it visualizes the energies and tenacity of the people as manifest in their daily life, social and professional networks and the urban spaces in which they inhabit. Embodying the multifaceted nature of the Asian metropolis, the book utilizes a combination of archival materials, public data sources, field observations and documentation, analytical drawings, models, and maps.Related Link(s)

Author: Eunice Mei Feng Seng
ISBN-10: 9811204616
ISBN-13: 9789811204616
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 04/28/2020
Pages: 364
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.44lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d