The Design Of Frontier Spaces: Control And Ambiguity Paperback 1

Carolyn Loeb

In a globalizing world frontiers may be in flux but they remain as significant as ever new borders are established even as old borders are erased beyond lines on maps however borders are spatial zones in which distinctive architectural graphic and other design elements are deployed to signal the nature of the space and to guide if not actually control behaviour and social relations within it this volume unpacks how manipulations of space and design in frontier zones historically as well as today set the stage for specific kinds of interactions and convey meanings about these sites and the experiences they embody frontier zones organize an array of functions to facilitate the passage of goods information and people and to define and control access bringing together studies from asia africa the middle east europe and north america this collection of essays casts a wide net to consider borders of diverse sorts investigations of contemporary political frontiers are set within the context of examinations of historical borders borders that have existed within cities and virtual borders

9781472419767

English

Taylor & Francis Ltd

7/10/2015

268

Matthew Carmona

Andreas Luescher

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