{"product_id":"the-improvisation-of-space-9783868596021","title":"The Improvisation of Space","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Christopher Dell\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Jovis Verlag\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Jovis Verlag\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Urban \u0026amp; Land Use Planning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUrbanism as musical score: how improvisational behavior in cities can be documented and implemented\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe great French theorist Henri Lefebvre famously argued that urban space is socially produced. German theorist and composer Christopher Dell proposes that, today, Lefebvre's argument must be refined: while the term \"production\" traditionally has a teleological connotation, the city can no longer be defined as a teleological process. Based on Dell's concept of the \"open-ended city score,\" \u003ci\u003eThe Improvisation of Space\u003c\/i\u003e studies the improvisational possibilities of cities in relation to planning. Drawing on his training as a composer, Dell shows how various types of creative notation can be used to track the indeterminate behavior of citizens, and how models of improvisation, indeterminacy and stochastic theory from avant-garde music (Xenakis, Berio, Earle Brown) can be applied to urban analyses, also drawing on situationist \u003ci\u003edérive\u003c\/i\u003e theory and the work of Rem Koolhaas. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Dell\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eHaus Ideal - The Making Of\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReplayCity\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLa Ville comme partition ouverte\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Jovis Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46289757601943,"sku":"9783868596021","price":3408.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783868596021.webp?v=1767700526","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-improvisation-of-space-9783868596021","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}