Travel, Space, Architecture

Dr Jilly Traganou and Dr Miodrag Mitrasinovic, Associate Professor, both at Parsons The New School of Design, New School University, New York, USA

Contents: Foreword, Jilly Traganou; For a theory of travel in architecture studies, Jilly Traganou; Introduction to Travel, Space, Architecture, Jilly Traganou. Part 1 New Vision and a New World Order: Great travel machines of sight, Andreas Luescher; O coração verde (a green heart): travel, urban gardens and design of late colonial cities in the Southern Hemisphere, Diane Brand; Nomads and migrants: a comparative reading of Le Corbusier's and Sedad Eldem's travel diaries, Esra Akcan; Travel-writing the modern Japanese design industry, 1910-1925, Sarah Teasley; Learning from Rome, Smilja Milanovic-Bertram. Part 2 Questioning Origins, Searching for Alternatives: The Mediterranean hill town; a travel paradigm, Hermann Schlimme; Roots or routes? Exploring a new paradigm for architectural historiography through the work of Geoffrey Bawa, Katharine Bartsch; The American travels of European architects; 1958-1973, Caroline Maniaque; Mobile architects, static ideas: Santiago Calatrava in Athens, Jilly Traganou; Evolving tourist topographies: the case of Hue, Vietnam, Kelly Shannon. Part 3.1 Transnational Architectural Practices: Spatialities of suitcase architects, Ken Tadashi Oshima; Mobility and immobility in the new architecture practice; a conversation with Hiromi Hosoya and Markus Schaefer, Jilly Traganou; Itinerant perspectives: a conversation with David Adjaye, Jilly Traganou. Part 3.2 Mobile Groups, Urban Re-Mappings: Asian-Indian diasporic networks and sacred sites in the Bay area of California, Reena Mehta; Athens, city of the displaced: notes from the field, Eleni Tzirtzilaki; Emerging immigrant clusters in downtown Athens: 2002-2004, Sofia Vyzoviti; Index