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5 Codes – Architecture, Paranoia and Risk in Times of Terror
Trüby, Stephan; Miessen, Markus
2006Birkhäuser
 

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Keywords :
5 codes; green, blue, yellow, orange, and red; Urban and regional planning; history of architecture; urbanism and architecture
Abstract :
[en] When the World Trade Centers Twin Towers collapsed into a heap of rubble and ash, the United States government created the Department of Homeland Security. Its primary task is to keep the terrorist threat in permanent view. To do this, it developed a five-stage warning system based on the colors green, blue, yellow, orange, and red: 5 codes. The hypnotic character of this system prompted the editors of this book to conceive a history of architecture based on these 5 codes. For the fifth anniversary of September 11, the book gazes spellbound into the abyss of the indissoluble entanglements and connections between culture and fear, which determine our lives more than ever today. Urban and regional planning, urbanism, and architecture are more and more powerfully marked by this culture of fear throughout the world. With a fascinating collection of texts by noted authors and spectacular architectural projects, 5 Codes presents a vivid and informative account of the light and shadow sides of our collective paranoia.
Disciplines :
Architecture
Editor :
Trüby, Stephan
Other collaborator :
Miessen, Markus ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Geography and Spatial Planning (DGEO)
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
5 Codes – Architecture, Paranoia and Risk in Times of Terror
Publication date :
2006
Publisher :
Birkhäuser
ISBN/EAN :
9783764375980
Number of pages :
299
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