Green Dream: How Future Cities Can Outsmart Nature

by Winy Maas, John Thackara, Ulf Hackauf (Editor)

Green Dream investigates what "green" means in practical terms for design, architecture and urbanism. Led by The Why Factory, the global urbanist thinktank headed by Winy Maas, experts in the field debate what is currently considered green and how the term ought to be defined going forward, challenging architectural conventions and looking into the potential of new green architecture. Recognizing that green buildings alone do not make a green city, Green Dream also looks at broader green solutions for cities and how they might be implemented. Most importantly of all, the book dares to ask "Is a green city actually feasible?" and attempts to answer this question through the help of case studies. Drawing on 36 illustrated green projects, and with essays by John Thackara and Winy Maas, this volume outlines future goals for architectural and urban projects, and draws on research by The Why Factory, MVRDV and Delft University of Technology.

Genres: Architecture, Urbanism, Environment

408 pages, Paperback

First published September 30, 2010

Reviews

[Pandasurya]

Green Dream approaches a contentious topic of environmental sustainability. It makes a series of alarming and sometimes contradictory observations on today’s state of Green as it plays out in architecture, politics, technology, economics and our personal lives. It explores the topic in an analytical, yet experimental way with the aim to provide a basis for a new argumentation.

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