Rethinking the Meaning of Place: Conceiving Place in Architecture-Urbanism

摘要

The focus of Lineu Castello's book is an attempt to reinvestigate the meaning of 'place' in the present time. With a growing provision of diverse types of 'new' places such as shopping malls, theme parks and conservation areas in 21st century cities, the author is in disagreement with the critics who censure these places as artificial and unauthentic. Throughout the chapters the author wants to raise some reasonable doubt about this widespread belief through an evaluation of several places to demonstrate their value and contribution to urbanity. In Castello's words, the content of this book is 'an invitation to reconsider what our current society perceives as "place"'.