1st Edition

Making Prestigious Places How Luxury Influences the Transformation of Cities

Edited By Mario Paris Copyright 2018
194 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

194 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

194 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Making Prestigious Places investigates the spatial dimension of luxury, both as a sector involving activities, operators and investments, and as a system of values acting as a catalyst for recent urban transformations. Luxury shares a well-established connection to the city, as a place of production, consumption and self-representation, and continues to grow despite economic difficulties. This... Read more
Preface by Patsy Healey. 0. From Luxury to Prestigious Place Mkaing: An Overview Mario Paris and Li Fang Part 1: Concepts  1. Luxury: From Idea to the Reality of Prestigious Places Joanne Roberts and John Armitage  2. Two Geographoes of Luxury Projects: Opportunities, Risks and Challenges for Public Places Paolo Pucci and Giulia Fini  3. Experiencing Prestigious Places Marichela Sepe  4. Walking as a Luxury Activity Andrea Pavia  5. Contemporary Art and Urban Attractiveness: The Role of Hyper-Museums and Art Foundations Francesca Guerisoli Part 2: Reflections  6. Prestige + Luxury: places of urbanity in paramount locations Lineu Castello  7. The city as a playground: how luxury players adapt their actions to local situations Corinna Morandi  8. Placemaking or making places? Ambiguity of luxury and the design of urban public spaces Juan Luis de las Rivas Sanz  9. Luxury and the Metropolis: towards a reciprocal definition? Alain Bourdin  10. What governance for luxury-driven transformations Mario Paris

Biography

Mario Paris is PoliMI International Fellow and Contract Professor in Urban Planning and researcher of URB&COM lab at the Politecnico di Milano, Italy. His research focuses on the role of luxury stakeholders in recent urban transformations and an advanced spatial analysis of current metropolitan dynamics.