INVENTED EDENS. TECHNO - CITIES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
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- EAN: 9780262113205
- ISBN: 978-0-262-11320-5
- Editorial: MIT PRESS
- Año de la edición: 2008
- Encuadernación: Cartoné
- Medidas: 15 X 24 cm.
- Páginas: 208
- Materias:
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Kargon and Molella show that the techno-city represents an experiment in integrating modern technology into the world of ideal life. Techno-cities mirror society's understanding of current technologies and, at the same time, seek to regain the lost virtues of the edenic pre-industrial village. The idea of the techno-city transcended ideologies, crossed national borders, and spanned the entire twentieth century. Kargon and Molella map the concept through a series of exemplars. These include Norris, Tennessee, home to the Tennessee Valley Authority; Torviscosa, Italy, built by Italy's Fascist government to accommodate synthetic textile manufacturing (and featured in an early short by Michelangelo Antonioni); Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela, planned by a team from MIT and Harvard; and, finally, Disney's Celebration'perhaps the ultimate techno-city, a fantasy city reflecting an era in which virtual experiences are rapidly replacing actual ones.
