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Re-Imaging the City
Somaiyeh Falahat
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Description for Re-Imaging the City
Paperback. Num Pages: 223 pages, 75 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: AMA; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 303.
Somaiyeh Falahat investigates the spatial and morphological logic of pre-modern Middle Eastern and North African cities, so-called “Islamic cities”. She bases her argument on the fact that the city and consequently its form and structure, similar to other human products, have deep roots in the thought-structure of the people. Thus, to know such places properly, one has to refer to this life-world and use it as a structure to observe the city. This approach aims at opening new levels of understanding of the city by grasping indigenous concepts and structures; it puts forward claims for the possibility of a new ... Read more
Somaiyeh Falahat investigates the spatial and morphological logic of pre-modern Middle Eastern and North African cities, so-called “Islamic cities”. She bases her argument on the fact that the city and consequently its form and structure, similar to other human products, have deep roots in the thought-structure of the people. Thus, to know such places properly, one has to refer to this life-world and use it as a structure to observe the city. This approach aims at opening new levels of understanding of the city by grasping indigenous concepts and structures; it puts forward claims for the possibility of a new ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Weisbaden, Germany
ISBN
9783658045951
SKU
V9783658045951
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About Somaiyeh Falahat
Somaiyeh Falahat is a senior researcher and lecturer based at Technische Universität Berlin.
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