{"product_id":"infrastructural-optimism-by-linda-c-samuels-9781138481558","title":"Infrastructural Optimism","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInfrastructural Optimism\u003c\/em\u003e investigates a new kind of twenty-first-century infrastructure, one that encourages a broader understanding of the interdependence of resources and agencies. It recognises a rightfully accelerated need for equitable access and distribution and prioritises rising environmental diligence across the design disciplines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBringing together urban history, case studies, and speculative design propositions, the book explores and defines infrastructure as the basis for a new form of urbanism. This emerges from the intersection of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn defining this new infrastructure, the book introduces new dynamic and holistic performance metrics focused on \"measuring what matters\" over growth for the sake of growth and presents twelve criteria that define next generation infrastructure. By shifting the focus of infrastructure – our largest public realm – to environmental symbiosis and quality of life for all, design becomes a catalytic component in creating a more beautiful, productive, and optimistic future, with Infrastructural Urbanism as its driver.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInfrastructural Optimism\u003c\/em\u003e will be invaluable to design, non-profit and agency professionals, as well as faculty and students in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design. It serves those working in partnership with engineers, hydrologists, ecologists, urban planners, community members, and others who shape the built environment through the expanded field of infrastructure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47606255059180,"sku":"9781138481558","price":341.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781138481558-infrastructural-optimism.jpg?v=1778148401","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/infrastructural-optimism-by-linda-c-samuels-9781138481558","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}