The City between Freedom and Security: Contested Public Spaces in the 21st Century

Winner of the DAM ARCHITECTURAL BOOK AWARD 2017 This publication explores the contested territory between the state and corporate drive to ‘securitise’ urban space? and the principle of the city as a site for enacting open civil society, participatory democracy, and the freedom of speech and assembly. Starting from the disputed redevelopment of the Oslo Government Quarter since its attack in 2011, the book functions as a broader discursive platform mediating opposing positions at the intersection of architecture/urbanism and security/democracy. The book interposes essays, interviews, site drawings, a lexicon of terms, and photo-essays documenting fieldwork in the UK, USA, Israel, Palestine and Spain. Contributors include: S. Graham, M. Sorkin, D.Harvey, G. Agamben, Y. Yasky, L. Lambert, CPNI, R. V. Clarke, J. Coaffee, and O. Newman.Additional ISBNs9783035607635The City between Freedom and Security: Contested Public Spaces in the 21st Century 1st Edition and published by Birkh?user. ISBNs for The City between Freedom and Security are 9783035607611, 3035607613 and the print ISBNs are 9783035609707, 3035609705. Additional ISBNs include 9783035607635.