Friday,
26th April 2024
 
 

NEWS


 
 
 
  Urban Imaginations (URBNG002)


Recent sessions have included:

Sarah Bell (Engineering) Engineering the City
Sarah James (Art History) Photography and the City
Karolina Kendall- Bush (French/Film Studies) The City, Cinema and Travel
Iain Borden (Architecture) Automobile and Cycling Experiences of the City
Richard Dennis (Geography) Literature and Modern Cities: Reading the Streets
Matthew Beaumont (English) Restless Cities
Alan Latham (Geography) Popular Urban Imaginations
Andy Hudson Smith (CASA) Digital Urban Imaginations
Andrew Harris (Geography) Sounds of the City
Jane Rendell (Architecture) Art, Space and the City

Examples of relevant reading:
(although there is a very wide range of suggested books)

Jonathan Raban, Soft City (1974)
Aldo Rossi, The Architecture of the City (1982)
Rosalyn Deutsche, Evictions: Art, Space and the City (1996)
Guiliana Bruno, Atlas of Emotion: Journeys in Art, Architecture and Film (2002)
Christoph Lindner and Miriam Meissner, The Routledge Companion to Urban Imaginaries (2019)

 
Field visit to Battersea Power Station

Field visit to Battersea Power Station

Visit to Aldwych Station (with thanks to Michael Dipre)

Visit to Aldwych Station (with thanks to Michael Dipre)

Battersea Power Station Visit. Photo: Andrew Harris

Battersea Power Station Visit. Photo: Andrew Harris