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This edition of disP Service is dedicated to a topic that sets the hearts of spatial planners racing: shopping centers. Since 1956, when the Southdale Center, the first shopping area integrated into a building complex, opened near Minneapolis, the shopping center (as it is also called in German) has enjoyed continuous success. Of course, much has changed since Victor Gruens, the father of the modern shopping center, built the Southdale Center: location preferences, design and basic principles have all regularly undergone major alterations. The internationally renowned architect Daniel Libes-kind has recently thrown off the cloak of dread worn by his professional colleagues and given his full commitment, along with his distinctive narrative stylistic elements, to the design of shopping centers. Westside in Bern-Brünnen (Switzerland) has already opened its doors, and his project at the MGM MIRAGE's CityCenter will open soon in Las Vegas.
Spatial planning's grudging stance towards shopping centers is not easy to dismiss; new constructions seem to sprout right out of the ground. But, what do we spatial planners really know about shopping centers? Very little, one could venture. An attractive opportunity to conduct a bit of professional espionage was offered by the 2nd Swiss Shopping Center Forum, organized by the Swiss Council of Shopping Centers in Zurich's Park Hyatt in November 2009.
This undercover investigation was so informative that we decided that our readers should not be deprived of either an overview of this event nor the collection of addresses from across Europe that offer insider information.
disP Service
This edition of disP Service is dedicated to a topic that sets the hearts of spatial planners racing: shopping centers. Since 1956, when the Southdale Center, the first shopping area integrated into a building complex, opened near Minneapolis, the shopping center (as it is also called in German) has enjoyed continuous success. Of course, much has changed since Victor Gruens, the father of the modern shopping center, built the Southdale Center: location preferences, design and basic principles have all regularly undergone major alterations. The internationally renowned architect Daniel Libes-kind has recently thrown off the cloak of dread worn by his professional colleagues and given his full commitment, along with his distinctive narrative stylistic elements, to the design of shopping centers. Westside in Bern-Brünnen (Switzerland) has already opened its doors, and his project at the MGM MIRAGE's CityCenter will open soon in Las Vegas.
Spatial planning's grudging stance towards shopping centers is not easy to dismiss; new constructions seem to sprout right out of the ground. But, what do we spatial planners really know about shopping centers? Very little, one could venture. An attractive opportunity to conduct a bit of professional espionage was offered by the 2nd Swiss Shopping Center Forum, organized by the Swiss Council of Shopping Centers in Zurich's Park Hyatt in November 2009.
This undercover investigation was so informative that we decided that our readers should not be deprived of either an overview of this event nor the collection of addresses from across Europe that offer insider information.
disP Service
disP - The Planning Review ; 45 ; 72-75
2009-01-01
4 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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