Thinking out of the urban design toolbox

Anton Falkeis

pp. 211-222

in: Gerald Bast, Elias G. Carayannis, David J. Campbell (eds), Arts, research, innovation and society, Berlin, Springer, 2015

Abstract

The essay focuses on the criticism of technology-centered urbanism, demanding a new role of the arts in urban design. Unfolding the course of history of the city in the urban age – from Industrial Revolution to Knowledge Society – key vectors dominating the urban development are discussed. The aim is to open up a larger conceptual field for interventions in the urban environment. The essay promotes Art as an "Urban Innovator".