Presenting projects and proposals from the Bergen School of Architecture in Norway, this work for architects, planners, and policy makers offers perspectives on balancing freedom and security when designing public spaces. The book is divided into sections on discursive texts, contested sites, interviews, and discursive proposals, and includes a 10-page glossary. Some topics explored are protecting vulnerable cities from terrorism, defensible space as a crime prevention measure, and the urbanization of military and security doctrine. The book contains photo essays on Wall Street in New York City, Melilla in Spain, Israel/Palestine, Oslo in Norway, and Tahrir Square in Cairo; it contains cases from other global cities as well. The book features color photos, illustrations, and charts in a lay-flat binding. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
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This publication explores the contested territory between the state and corporate drive to 'securitise' urban space and the principle of the city as a site for enacting open civil society, participatory democracy, and the freedom of speech and assembly. Starting from the disputed redevelopment of the Oslo Government Quarter since its attack in 2011, the book functions as a broader discursive platform mediating opposing positions at the intersection of architecture/urbanism and security/democracy. The book interposes essays, interviews, site drawings, a lexicon of terms, and photo-essays documenting fieldwork in the UK, USA, Israel, Palestine and Spain. Contributors include: S. Graham, M. Sorkin, D.Harvey, G. Agamben, Y. Yasky, L. Lambert, CPNI, R. V. Clarke, J. Coaffee, and O. Newman.
