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In Food City, a companion piece to Smartcities and Eco-Warriors, innovative architect and urban designer CJ Lim explores the issue of urban transformation and how the creation, storage and distribution of food has been and can again become a construct for the practice of everyday life. Food City investigates the reinstatement of food at the core of national and local governance -- how it can be a driver to restructure employment, education, transport, tax, health, culture, communities, and the justice system, re-evaluating how the city functions as a spatial and political entity. Global in scope, Food City first addresses the frameworks of over 25 international cities through the medium of food and how the city is governed. It then provides a case study through drawings, models, and text, exploring how a secondary infrastructure could function as a living environmental and food system operating as a sustainable stratum over the city of London. This case study raises serious questions about the priorities of our governing bodies, using architectural relationships to reframe the spaces of food consumption and production, analyzed through historical precedent, function and form. This study of the integration of food, architecture, and the development of future cities will both inspire and stimulate professionals and students in the fields of urban design and architecture.

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Author:   CJ Lim
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 21.90cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 27.60cm
Weight:   0.720kg
ISBN:  

9780415539265

ISBN 10:   0415539269
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   30 April 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface The Urban Banquet: A Pictorial Essay 2014: Food and the City (i) Food + Business: A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush (ii) Food + Community: Taste the Difference (iii) Food + Culture: All in Good Taste (iv) Food + Education: Food for Thought (v) Food + Employment: Every Little Helps (vi) Food + Energy: Five A Day (vii) Food + Health: Feed a Fever (viii) Food + Law: Table Manners (ix) Food + Transport: Fast Food 2018: A Manifesto 2080: The Food Parliament 2080 BC: The First Cities Research and Reproduction Credits Index

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CJ Lim is Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at the Bartlett UCL and founder of Studio 8 Architects, a multi-disciplinary practice in urban planning, architecture and landscape focusing on cultural, social and sustainability issues. His other authored books published by Routledge include Smartcities and Eco-warriors (2010), and Short Stories: London in two-and-a-half dimensions (2011).

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