{"product_id":"the-improvisation-of-space-9783868596021","title":"The Improvisation of Space","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUrbanism as musical score: how improvisational behavior in cities can be documented and implemented\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe great French theorist Henri Lefebvre famously argued that urban space is socially produced. German theorist and composer Christopher Dell proposes that, today, Lefebvre’s argument must be refined: while the term “production” traditionally has a teleological connotation, the city can no longer be defined as a teleological process. Based on Dell's concept of the “open-ended city score,” \u003ci\u003eThe Improvisation of Space\u003c\/i\u003e studies the improvisational possibilities of cities in relation to planning. Drawing on his training as a composer, Dell shows how various types of creative notation can be used to track the indeterminate behavior of citizens, and how models of improvisation, indeterminacy and stochastic theory from avant-garde music (Xenakis, Berio, Earle Brown) can be applied to urban analyses, also drawing on situationist \u003ci\u003edérive\u003c\/i\u003e theory and the work of Rem Koolhaas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Dell\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eHaus Ideal – The Making Of\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReplayCity\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLa Ville comme partition ouverte\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Christopher Dell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280062263547,"sku":"9783868596021","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9783868596021.jpg?v=1772490625","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-improvisation-of-space-9783868596021","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}