EVERYDAY URBANISM

The space of everyday urbanism is a rich and complex amalgam of wide boulevards and trash-strewn alleys, luxurious stores and street vendors, manicured lawns and dilapidated public parks; it is a product of the intricate social, political, economic, and aesthetic forces at work in the contemporary urban environment. The essays collected in 'Everyday Urbanism' offer both an analysis of and a method for working within the city in a volume that, in its multiple voices and evocative illustrations, itself mirrors the space of everyday. The first section of the book, 'Looking at the City', examines late-twentieth-century urban life; the essays and photographic studies explore the city as a social product to illustrate a new, multidimensional understanding of everyday space. 'Making the City', the second part of the book, challenges the formalism of architecture and the abstraction of planning with projects that address specific topics, problems, and opportunities within the urban environment.