Architecture of Threshold Spaces : A Critique of the Ideologies of Hyperconnectivity and Segregation in the Socio-Political Context (Hardcover)

Preamble Part I. Thresholds: some theoretical background Chapter 1: Threshold spaces are singular spaces Chapter 2: Threshold spaces express dialectics and can be political Chapter 3: First observations on Threshold Architecture?potential for emancipation Part II. Thresholds of buildings of different functions Chapter 4: Thresholds in cultural architecture Chapter 5: Thresholds of services areas and retail shops Chapter 6: Thresholds in architecture for age-specific groups Chapter 7: Public space as threshold space Chapter 8: Thresholds around semi-private Pockets in public space Part III. Constraints to the existence of thresholds and proposals of resistance strategies Chapter 9: Thresholds in the context of security strategies Chapter 10: Thresholds in the context of excessive morality or denial of social practices Chapter 11: Thresholds in the context of homogenisation of space Chapter 12: A critique of homogenisation and segregation Part IV. Towards a concept of Threshold Architecture Chapter 13: Artworks in public space: the role of Thresholds Chapter 14: Design principles of Threshold Architecture, and theoretical implications Chapter 15: Implications of threshold spaces for communities Conclusion Index