AD: Cities of Dispersal

By Rafi Segal and Els Verbakel

Published by Wiley, February 08

This issue of Architectural Design focuses on ways in which urban sprawl – areas of unstructured development with constantly expanding low-density housing – can be redesigned and rethought by interventions from architects and urban designers. Looking particularly at the issue of public place and the way that collective space can be redefined and articulated, this highly topical issue responds to the need for architectural design to engage in social issues and existing urban forms rather than attempting to create idealized conditions or merely iconic buildings.

About the author:
Rafi Segal established his own architectural practice in 2000 after working in partnership with Zvi Hecker on the design of the Palmach Museum in Tel Aviv. His theoretical and practical work gained him the Young Artist Award and, later, the Young Architect Prize from the Israeli Association of United Architects. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Architecture at Princeton University.

Els Verbakel is founding partner of Derman Verbakel Architects and she is currently pursuing a PhD in Architecture at Princeton University. Els has taught architecture and urban design at Columbia University, Pratt Institute and KULeuven and is currently teaching at Technion University and Bezalel Academy of Art and Design.

ISBN: 978-0-470-06637-9; Paperback Original; £22.99/32.20 EUR

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