Seville: Through the Urban Void

The urban void is a key characteristic of urban space, fostering change, creativity, and political action. Seville: Through the Urban Void explores the Alameda de Hércules in Seville, Spain, showing how its liminal nature creates conditions for creative processes.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 142 pages
Publication date: 21 January 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The interest in undefined and unqualified urban spaces has been on the rise in recent years, as cities are recognized as spaces for encounters, conflicts, and otherness. This book argues that this indeterminacy is not a peripheral aspect but rather a fundamental characteristic of urban spaces, and the degrees of liberty they afford foster change, creativity, and political action.

The urban void is a conceptual construct that seeks to make the idea of absence tangible and to describe how it intervenes in the process of place-making in cities. It builds upon Henri Lefebvre's work, incorporating concepts drawn from social sciences to articulate a biographic narrative of the Alameda de Hércules in Seville, Spain. The Alameda, spanning a long historical span, has experienced alternating periods of decline and development, revealing the intricate relationships between successive urban paradigms and ideas about nature, territory, and people.

For the first time, the entire history of the Alameda is presented in a single account, offering fresh perspectives on its understanding and bringing to light previously overlooked aspects. This book demonstrates how the Alameda's liminal nature, which persists over time, creates the conditions for creative processes to thrive.

Understanding cities as spaces for encounter, conflict, and otherness, this book argues that this indeterminacy is not marginal but a key characteristic of urban space. Degrees of liberty foster change, creativity, and political action. The urban void is a conceptual construct that aims to render a principle of absence apprehensible and to describe how it intervenes in place-making in the city.

Seville: Through the Urban Void is primarily built upon Henri Lefebvre's work, utilizing concepts drawn from social sciences to articulate a biographic narrative of the Alameda de Hércules in Seville, Spain. The Alameda stands as an outstanding instance of urban space and a highly influential urban type. Throughout its long historical span, the Alameda has undergone alternating periods of decline and development, revealing the intricate relationships between successive urban paradigms and ideas about nature, territory, and people.

For the first time, the entire history of the Alameda is presented in a single account, offering fresh perspectives on its understanding and bringing to light previously overlooked aspects. This book demonstrates how the Alameda's liminal nature, which persists over time, creates the conditions for creative processes to thrive.

Weight: 260g
Dimension: 216 x 138 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032477206