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

Part 1 Thresholds: Some Theoretical Background  1 Threshold Spaces are Singular Spaces  2 Threshold Spaces Express Dialectics  3 Observations on Threshold Spaces  Part 2 Thresholds of Buildings of Different Functions  4 Thresholds in Cultural Architecture  5 Thresholds of Services Areas and Retail Shops  6 Thresholds in Architecture for Age-Specific Groups  7 Public Space as Threshold Space 8 Thresholds around Semi-Private Pockets in Public Space  Part 3 Constraints to the Existence of Thresholds and Proposals of Resistance Strategies  9 Thresholds in the Context of Security Strategies  10 Thresholds in the Context of Excessive Morality or Denial of Social Practices  11 Thresholds in the Context of Homogenisation of Space  12 A Critique of Homogenisation and Segregation  Part 4 Towards a Concept of Threshold Architecture  13 Artworks in Public Space: The Role of Thresholds  14 Design Principles of Threshold Architecture, and Theoretical Implications  15 Implications of Threshold Spaces for Communities