Future Cities Reading list
Base Reading
Braungart, M. & McDonough, W. (2009) Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way we Make Things.
Vintage
Kelly, K. (1995) Out of Control. Basic Books (Ch. 1, 2, 24)
Giradet, H. (2004) Cities, People, Planet. John Wiley (Ch. 6)
Mackay, D. J. C. (2008) Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air. UIT
HYPERLINK
"http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/sustainable/book/tex/sewtha.pdf"
http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/sustainable/book/tex/sewtha.pdf
McCandless, D. (2010) Information is Beautiful. Harper Collins
Newman, P. & Jennings, I. (2008) Cities as Sustainable Ecosystems. Island Press (Ch. 2, 3, 4, 5)
Katz, E. (1996) Nature as Subject. Lanham MD: Rowman & Littlefield (Ch. 9)
Lovelock, J. (2007) The Revenge of Gaia. Penguin
Schumacher, E.F. (2011) Small is Beautiful: a study of economics as if people mattered. Vintage
Thompson, D. (2005) On Growth and Form. Cambridge University Press (Ch. 1, 8, 9)
Biology | Biomimicry
Dawkins, R. (1989) The Selfish Gene. Oxford University Press (Ch. 11)
Dyson, G. (1999) Darwin Among the Machines. Penguin (Ch. 7)
Kelly, K. (1995) Out of Control. Basic Books (Ch. 1, 2, 24)
Neutra, R. (1969) ‘Design in Tune with Life Processes – Aid to Survival’, Survival through Design.
Oxford University Press (Ch. 10, 12, 23)
Lim, J. (2009) Bio-Structural Analogues in Architecture. BIS Publishers
Parker, A. (2005) Seven Deadly Colours: The Genius of Nature’s Palette and How it Eluded
Darwin, The Free Press (Ch. 3)
Silwka, R. (2008) ‘Geometries of Creation: Architecture and the Revision of Nature’. Riverside
Architectural Press (p. 16-30)
Simmons, I. G. (1993) Interpreting Nature. Routledge (Ch. 3)
Thompson, D. (2005) On Growth and Form. Cambridge University Press (Ch. 1, 8, 9)
Cities
Giradet, H. (2004) Cities, People, Planet. John Wiley (Ch. 6)
Giradet, H. (2006) Creating Sustainable Cities (Schumacher Briefings No.4). Green Books (Ch. 3,
4)
Hall, P. & Pfeiffer, U. (2000) Urban Future 21. Routledge (Ch. 2, 4, 5)
Hatherley, O. (2010) A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain. Verso
Koolhaas, R. (2008) The Generic City
HYPERLINK
"http://www.uni-
weimar.de/cms/uploads/media/Koolhaas__generic_city_sm_2up.pdf" http://www.uni-
weimar.de/cms/uploads/media/Koolhaas__generic_city_sm_2up.pdf
Newman, P. & Jennings, I. (2008) Cities as Sustainable Ecosystems. Island Press (Ch. 2, 3, 4, 5)
Data 'e'
Graafland, A. & Kavanaugh, L. (2010) Crossover: Architecture, Urbanism & Technology. DSD (p.
60)
Mau, B. (2004) Massive Change: A Manifesto for the Future Global Design Culture. Phaidon
Salingaros, N. & Mena - Quintero, F. Peer to Peer Urbanism.
HYPERLINK
"http://p2purbanism.blogspot.com/2010/10/brief-history-of-p2purbanism.html" http://p2purbanism.blogspot.com/2010/10/brief-history-of-p2p-
urbanism.html
Economics
Douthwaite, R. (2000) The Ecology of Money (Schumacher Briefings No.4) Green Books
Levitt, S & Dubner, S. (2005) Freakonomics: a rogue economist explores the hidden world of
everything. Allen Lane
Robertson, J. (1998) Transforming Economic Life: A Millennial Challenge. Green Books (Ch.
Introduction, 1)
Schumacher, E.F. (2011) Small is Beautiful: a study of economics as if people mattered. Vintage
Ecology | Natural Physics
Gribbin, J. (2005) Deep Simplicity. Penguin (Ch. 4, 5)
Holland, J. (2000) Emergence: From Chaos to Order. Oxford University Press (Ch. 11)
Katz, E. (1996) Nature as Subject. Lanham MD: Rowman & Littlefield (Ch. 9)
Lovelock, J. (2007) The Revenge of Gaia. Penguin
Energy | Exergy
Charlesworth, E. (2005) City Edge: Contemporary Discourses on Urbanism. Architectural Press
(Ch. 14)
Mackay, D. J. C. (2008) Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air. UIT
HYPERLINK
"http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/sustainable/book/tex/sewtha.pdf"
http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/sustainable/book/tex/sewtha.pdf
REAP: Rotterdam Energy Approach and Planning (2009) Towards a CO2 Neutral Urban
Development.
Minke
Themans
HYPERLINK
"http://www.isocarp.net/Data/case_studies/1488.pdf"
http://www.isocarp.net/Data/case_studies/1488.pdf
van den Dobbelsteen, A. (2009) Small Building in a Changing Climate. Techne Press
Food
Despommier, D. (2010) Vertical Farming: Feeding the world in the 21st century. Thomas Dunne
Millstone, E. & Lang, T. (2008) The Atlas of Food (Second Edition): Who Eats What, Where and
Why. Earthscan
Hawken, P. et al. (2005) Natural Capitalism: The Next Industrial Revolution (10th Anniversary
Edition). Earthscan Ltd (Ch. 10)
Pinkerton, T. & Hopkins, R. (2009) Local Food: How to Make it Happen in Your Community: How
to Unleash a Food Revolution Where You Live. Transition Books
Steel, C. (2009) Hungry Cities: how food shapes our lives. Chatto & Windus
Leisure | Health | Wellbeing
Klingmann, A. (2010) Brandscapes. MIT Press (Ch. 10)
Materials & Resource Flows
Best Foot Forward (2002) City Limits: a resource flow and ecological footprint analysis of
Greater London. Best Foot Forward.
Braungart, M. & McDonough, W. (2009) Cradle to Cradle. Vintage
Desai, P. & Riddlestone, S. (2002) Bioregional Solutions: For Living on One Planet (Schumacher
Briefings No.8). Green Books (Ch. 4)
Giradet, H. (2004) Cities, People, Planet. John Wiley (Ch. 10)
Hawken, P. et al. (2005) Natural Capitalism: The Next Industrial Revolution (10th Anniversary
Edition). Earthscan Ltd (Ch. 9)
Mau, B. (2004) Massive Change: A Manifesto for the Future Global Design Culture. Phaidon
Landscapes
Desai, P. & Riddlestone, S. (2002) Bioregional Solutions: For Living on One Planet (Schumacher
Briefings No.8). Green Books
Farr, D. (2008) Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature. John Wiley & Sons (p.112)
Mostafavi, M. et al. (2010) Ecological Urbanism. Lars Muller Publishers
Hough, M. (2004) Cities and Natural Process: A Basis for Sustainability. Routledge (Ch. 7)
Waldheim, C. (2006) The Landscape Urbanism Reader. Princeton Architectural Press (p. 197)
Mobilities
Batty, M. (2007) Cities and Complexity. MIT Press (Ch. 6)
Charlesworth, E. (2005) City Edge: Contemporary Discourses on Urbanism. Architectural Press
(Ch. 6)
Dennis, K. & Urry, J. (2009) After the Car. Polity Press
Healy, P. & Bruyns, G. (2006) De-/signing the Urban / druk 1. Uitgeverij (p. 317)
Mitchell, W. J. (2004) ME++. MIT Press (Ch. 1, 2)
Pietri, J.-B. (2009) La Ville Ecologique: The Ecological City. Les Archives d'Architecture Moderne
Strogatz, S. (2004) Sync. Penguin (Ch. 10)
Urry, J. (2007) Mobilities. Polity (Ch. 10)
Programme & Density
Berghauser Pont, M. & Haupt, P. (2010) Space Matrix: Space, Density and Urban Form. NAI
Dorman, E. & Hadders, G. (2009) Model Town: using urban simulation in new town planning.
INTI (Ch. 6)
Glynn, S. (2009) Where the Other Half Lives: Lower Income Housing in a Neoliberal World. Pluto
Press
Healy, P. & Bruyns, G. (2006) De-/signing the Urban / druk 1. Uitgeverij (p. 203)
Leach, N. (2009) Digital Cities AD. John Wiley & Sons (p. 64 & 80)
Marshall, S. (2008) Cities, Design & Evolution. Routledge
Policy
Brent, B. et al. (2007) Spacefighter: The Evolutionary City (Game). Actar
Graafland, A. & Kavanaugh, L. (2010) Crossover: Architecture, Urbanism & Technology. DSD (p.
119 & 339)
Glynn, S. (2009) Where the Other Half Lives: Lower Income Housing in a Neoliberal World. Pluto
Press (Ch. 4)
Sorkin, M. (1993) Local Code: Constitution of a City at Forty Two Degrees North Latitude.
Princeton Architectural Press
Dorman, E. & Hadders, G. (2009) Model Town: using urban simulation in new town planning.
INTI (Ch. 9)
Society
Baudrillard, J. (1994) Simulacra & Simulation. Michigan University Press
Dawson, J. (2006) Ecovillages: New Frontiers in Sustainability (Schumacher Briefings No.12).
Green Books
McCandless, D. (2010) Information is Beautiful. Harper Collins
Papanek, V. (1985) Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change. Thames and
Hudson (Ch. 8, 9, 10)
Pope, A. (1996) Ladders. Princeton Architectural Press
Urry, J. (2002) The Tourist Gaze. Sage Publications (Ch. 1, 8)
Water
Farr, D. (2008) Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature. John Wiley & Sons (p.108)
Hawken, P. et al. (2005) Natural Capitalism: The Next Industrial Revolution (10th Anniversary
Edition). Earthscan Ltd (Ch. 11)
Hough, M. (2004) Cities and Natural Process: A Basis for Sustainability. Routledge (Ch. 2)
Roggema, R. (2009) Adaptation to Climate Change: A Spatial Challenge. Springer
van den Dobbelsteen, A. (2009) Small Building in a Changing Climate. Techne Press (p.47 - 79)