Once Upon a Time a Genius Loci Conceived a Place  

作　　者：Lineu Castello Simone Back Prochnow 

机构地区：[1]UFRGS-Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul,Porto Alegre,Brazil

出　　处：《China-USA Business Review》2021年第5期203-210,共8页美中经济评论（英文版）

摘　　要：Amongst the concepts employed in urbanism perhaps the most magical is genius loci.This paper,initially,will recall some basic postulates of the old Roman concept,calling the published works of one of its more enthusiastic authors,Norberg-Schulz.Next,it will focus on the question of more than 6 billion people living in cities around 2050,and on the interrogation on how this people will benefit from a reasonable quality of life in thenew situation.Perusing about habitats for the Third Millennium,the paper envisions two simple changes associated to urban morphologies:inventing and/or reinventing places-preferably places in locations blessed with a touch of genius loci.Place is certainly one most challenging subject in contemporary urbanism,and recent literature examines‘placemaking’,in the case of inventing new places;and‘resilience’of derelict spaces,in the case of reinventing them.Therefore,two typical configurational patterns may be anticipated,both commonly practiced in postmodern policies:punctuated creations,inserted through newly invented places;andreuse of existing structures,such as old brownfields.Sustainability and resilience are clearly implicated in both circumstances,Finally,the paper will also address recent trendy planning strategies selected from contemporary literature.

关 键 词：Theory of Place Urbanism strategies SUSTAINABILITY RESILIENCE genius loci. 

分 类 号：O17[理学—数学]