Island Making: A Sketch Book Urban Block Islands

Beigel, Florian; Christou, Philip

doi:10.1007/978-3-7091-0368-5_12

Florian Beigel² &
Philip Christou²

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The process of giving form and composition to the islands began by thinking of the future pieces of reclaimed land as large urban block plates arranged perpendicular to the sea wall. To begin with they were relatively few, but large islands. The shapes of the islands are intended to be distinctively different from the natural formation of the existing coastline.

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Florian Beigel & Philip Christou

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Beigel, F., Christou, P. (2010). Island Making: A Sketch Book Urban Block Islands. In: Architecture as city. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-0368-5_12

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