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Approximate Translation: Media, Narrative, and Experience in Urban Design
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Approximate Translation: Media, Narrative, and Experience in Urban Design

by Dr. Jonathan Jae-an Crisman

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Paperback · 160 pages ORO Editions · 2025

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Approximate Translation

Cities are infinite cultural hyperobjects that contain layers of history, of contemporary life, of material, capital, infrastructure, of future dreams of what may come. We sometimes call these dreams “urban design plans”—two-dimensional drawings that are meant to capture our aspirations for the future of a place. Yet these plans are often static images—or, worse, building masses without people, narratives, or even nods to contextual histories.

Approximate Translation is a poetic and practical rumination on how to incorporate what makes a city a city—stories about place, an unexpected encounter, the immediacy of experience—into practices of urban design. Using a speculative transformation of the Boston neighborhood of Allston as a demonstration, this book proposes that we think seriously about topics as disparate as science fiction, pop art, theme parks, and DJing if we want to better design the cities in which we live.

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Publisher
ORO Editions
Author
Dr. Jonathan Jae-an Crisman
Format
Paperback
Published
Jan 21, 2025
ISBN-13
9781954081505
ISBN-10
1954081502
Pages
160
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