A reflection on the problems of urbanism and society

The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia has published in Spanish ‘Urban Acupuncture’ of the Brazilian Jaime Lerner, a book in which the author reflects on the problems of urbanism and the society.

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Lerner, president of the Union Internacional de Arquitectos (UIA), gathers in the book incidents and anecdotes happened in different cities and times through its acute glance.

The work supposes a warning on the capacity of society to transform the places in which lives and a reflection so that the things that cause cities to exist continue renewed and improved and on the necessary tools to treat a city.

In the introduction of the book, Lerner asks “why certain cities obtain important and positive transformations”, to which he responds that “in them a beginning was caused, an awakening (…) a good acupuncture. True urban acupuncture “.

Jaime Lerner (Curitiba, 1937) is a city planning and an architect and and was during three legislatures Mayor of his native city. He has gained diverse prizes in Brazil and the rest of the world, doctor ‘ honoris causa ‘ by University of Cracovia and president of UIA from 2002.

Author: Jaime LERNER

Language: Spanish

Pages: 112

Size: 10×14 cm

Published by: IaaC (2005, printed and bound in the European Union)

ISBN: 84-609-6450-7