Biography of an industrial landscape : Carlsberg's urban spaces retold

Summary: Europe has been urbanised for so long that there are few undeveloped sites available for new development. That has led cities to turn to abandoned former industrial sites, a decision that raises a number of questions about preservation and reuse. 'Biography of an Industrial Landscape' addresses how industrial sites are reworked in the present and shows what deeper questions about values and cultural imaginaries lie behind our decisions. This book is based on a deep case study of the Carlsberg brewery site in Copenhagen - one of the most discussed European urban redevelopment projects at the turn of the 21st century. Landscape biography, Svava Riesto shows here, can be a useful scope for deepening our knowledge about an aspect of industrial sites that often escapes attention; its open spaces. The study reappraises the industrial open spaces of Carlsberg and unfolds how they have emerged by interrelated transformations ranging from yeasting, transportation networks to daily walks and changing aesthetics. Further, the book unravels how contemporary urban redevelopment is linked to cultural imaginaries and inherited myths that influence how we think about what is possible.

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ISBN: 9789089647351
ISBN: 908964735X
ISBN: 9789048524891
ISBN: 904852489X
Physical Description: 1 online resource (201 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color).
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Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2018]
Distributor: [Chicago, IL] : University of Chicago Press, [date of distribution not identified]
Copyright: �2018

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General Note:	CatMonthString:january.20 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Machine generated contents note: Carlsberg -- A multifaceted case study -- Discovering post-industrial open spaces -- structure of the book -- 1. biographical approach to industrial landscapes -- Urban transformation and the need for new heuristic strategies -- Cultural heritage between conservation, transformation and activation of resources -- Urbanism and three ways to define place -- biographical approach to landscapes -- Temporalities of landscapes -- Studying open spaces with Lefebvre -- Authors of landscape -- Investigatory techniques and source material -- Studies of the present redevelopment projects -- Studies of the production of open spaces -- 2. Site -- Carlsberg -- Becoming a building site -- walk -- Heterogeneity in retrospect and prospect -- Relational site in prospect and retrospect -- Chapters in the biography of Carlsberg as a relational site -- Carlsberg in the story of a hill -- division of property shaping the urban landscape -- landscape shaped by social order -- Site definition: An interpretative and generative activity -- 3. Space -- Reworking Carlsberg Square -- Axes as open space value -- Pre-industrial spaces as universally good -- Appraising topography and landscape processes -- Chapters in the biography of Carlsberg's open spaces -- Yeast as an actor shaping Carlsberg -- Aesthetics of landscape gardening -- Tanker route and social spaces -- Water as an actor shaping Carlsberg -- Industrial open space as multidimensional lifeworlds -- 4. Sub-terrain -- When the spirit of Carlsberg resided in its cellars -- Chapters in the biography of Carlsberg's cellars -- Technological histories of Carlsberg's cellars -- Myths and uncanny cellars -- cellars -- A fascinating locus for imagination -- Conclusion: Biography of industrial open spaces -- Understanding industrial open spaces in the context of urban redevelopment -- Three ways of understanding change with Carlsberg -- Contesting ideas shape landscape -- Humans shape landscapes together with cohabiting actors -- Inherited cultural imaginary as a force in landscape formation.
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