Singapores Park System Master Planning: A Nation Building Tool to Construct Narr

Description: Singapores Park System Master Planning by Raffaella Sini Park system planning products respond to National policies and result in structural urban elements and a range of park types. Global (western ideology) and local issues have influenced park system planning and the physical design of individual parks over time. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This book traces the evolution of Singapores parks system, from colonial to present times. Further, it contextualizes the design and planning of parks in the general discourse on western and eastern traditions: early twentieth century western conceptions imported during colonialism; modernism; postmodernism, and the contemporary ecological debate.Park system planning products respond to national policies and result in structural urban elements and a range of park types.Global (western ideology) and local issues have influenced park system planning and the physical design of individual parks over time. However, in Singapore the eastern literature has not addressed the development of parks and urban green spaces in terms of historical perspective.The publication reveals the interrelations between visual representations and changing political ideologies. Singapores system of public parks is shown to represent an iconography created by the state. Its set of constructed narratives elucidates on the potential social, cultural and environmental roles of public parks. However, Singapores park system presents a novel paradigm for expanding Asian cities, characterized by evolving urban imaging strategies.In framing Singapores case study within the broader perspective of eastern applications of western planning and design practices, and constructions of nation in post-colonial countries, the manuscript establishes the contribution of the Singaporean model of design and planning of parks to the international debate. Back Cover This book traces the evolution of Singapores parks system, from colonial to present times. Further, it contextualizes the design and planning of parks in the general discourse on western and eastern traditions: early twentieth century western conceptions imported during colonialism; modernism; postmodernism, and the contemporary ecological debate. Park system planning products respond to national policies and result in structural urban elements and a range of park types. Global (western ideology) and local issues have influenced park system planning and the physical design of individual parks over time. However, in Singapore the eastern literature has not addressed the development of parks and urban green spaces in terms of historical perspective. The publication reveals the interrelations between visual representations and changing political ideologies. Singapores system of public parks is shown to represent an iconography created by the state. Its set of constructed narratives elucidates on the potential social, cultural and environmental roles of public parks. However, Singapores park system presents a novel paradigm for expanding Asian cities, characterized by evolving urban imaging strategies. In framing Singapores case study within the broader perspective of eastern applications of western planning and design practices, and constructions of nation in post-colonial countries, the manuscript establishes the contribution of the Singaporean model of design and planning of parks to the international debate. Author Biography Dr. Raffaella Sini is an assistant professor at the Department of Landscape Architecture, in the College of Art and Architecture of the University of Idaho. She has held positions at various universities around the world, including five years as assistant professor in the Department of Architecture of the National University of Singapore.Masters degree in architecture and PhD in landscape architecture from University of Rome La Sapienza, Raffaella has a multidisciplinary background in architecture, landscape architecture, planning and public art.She is co-founder, with Roberto Capecci and Marco Antonini, of the design collective LAND-I archicolture (2000-ongoing). Her focus on the exhibition of temporary narrative landscape architecture works has been documented in several journals and the international press, and has become part of her on-going research and pedagogy.Her primary research interests are in the areas of designing contemporary landscape architectures and in cultural landscapes. Table of Contents Introduction.- Framing the Discourse of Urban Green-provision and Constructions of Nation: Western Policies and Singapores Debate.- Design and Planning of Singapores Public Open Space, Parks and Gardens in the Early Colonial Times.- The British Colonial Planning Model provides an Integrated System of Public Open Spaces: the 1958 Master Plan.- Parks for the Community: the Modernist City State Planning Model.- Design of Parks and Public Open Space in the Post-Modern: from Creation of Character and Visual Identity to Theme – Gardens.- Heritage Parks. Re-purposing and Thematizing Colonial Gardens: Construction of History and Nation in City Parks.- Singapores Green Infrastructure Concept and Biophilic Urbanism.- The Singapore Playground: System of Themed Public Parks Conceived as Green Infrastructure. Building Environmental, Social and Cultural Sustainability through Nature-Reconstruction, Community Participation and Identity-Making.- Conclusions. Feature Contextualizes parks design and planning in the discourse on western and eastern traditions Helps readers grasp the potential social and cultural roles of public parks in dense urban settlements Highlights the major evolutionary phases of Singapores parks, gardens and public green space Details ISBN9811367442 Author Raffaella Sini Publisher Springer Verlag, Singapore Year 2019 ISBN-10 9811367442 ISBN-13 9789811367441 Format Hardcover Edition 1st Imprint Springer Verlag, Singapore Place of Publication Singapore Country of Publication Singapore DEWEY 307.76 Pages 355 Publication Date 2019-05-07 Subtitle A Nation Building Tool to Construct Narratives in Post-Colonial Countries Illustrations 75 Illustrations, color; 22 Illustrations, black and white; XXX, 355 p. 97 illus., 75 illus. in color. Short Title Singapores Park System Master Planning Language English DOI 10.1007/978-981-13-6746-5 Edition Description 1st ed. 2020 Series Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements Alternative 9789811369025 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:131043988;

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