Overview
- This book contains a special chapter of the lessons learned from author’s field experience in leading the participatory design and self-building process of community gardens in New York City provides readers with practical insight
- Includes in depth information about participatory design and self-building in shared urban open spaces in New York City.
- Includes 80 color photos and 5 black & white photos of participatory designed community gardens with self-built structures in New York City
Part of the book series: Urban Agriculture (URBA)
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About the author
Carolin Mees holds a Dr. Ing./PhD in Architecture and a Dipl.Ing/ M.A. in Architecture, both from the Berlin University of Arts, as well as a Vordiplom/ B.A. in Architecture from the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg, Germany. With her office mees architecture Carolin Mees has designed community-based open space structures since 2007, when she led the participatory design of the Gardenhaus shelter structure for the municipal community gardens program of New York City, GreenThumb. Carolin Mees has been the Project and Design Coordinator for New York City’s Mayor’s Offices Gardens for Healthy Communities Initiative that resulted in the participatory design and self-building of 13 new community gardens from 2012-2014. She has continued to work as an architect and researcher in the field of community-based urban design and has published widely about her research. Carolin Mees has been teaching in the field of architecture, landscape architecture, sustainable systems and designing urbanagriculture at various universities in Europe and North-America since 2009.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Participatory Design and Self-building in Shared Urban Open Spaces
Book Subtitle: Community Gardens and Casitas in New York City
Authors: Carolin Mees
Series Title: Urban Agriculture
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75514-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-75513-7Published: 20 April 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09251-1Published: 12 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-75514-4Published: 12 April 2018
Series ISSN: 2197-1730
Series E-ISSN: 2197-1749
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 280
Number of Illustrations: 28 b/w illustrations, 59 illustrations in colour
Topics: Agriculture, Urbanism, Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns)
Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Chemical Manufacturing, Consumer Packaged Goods, Engineering, Pharma