Excerpt from the Editorial, by Neyran Turan New Geographies started with discussions among the editors of the journal around our research topics in contemporary urbanism. The journal idea emerged as we noticed the need to create a platform for repositioning the agency of design within new scales of context that appear in our contemporary culture. This is issue number 0, where we wanted to set the terms and lay out the general themes of the journal - the changing scale, role of design, synthesizing aspect of geography - and bring together various formats of work, which approach the problem from different angles. For the following issues, we will explore subthemes related to our premise. we are interested in scholarly and design work (essay, project, research) that tries to take a position within possible reconfigurations of design and shares the same concerns as well as the excitements with us about the urgency to project new models, techniques, and strategies for the social and formal repertoire of architecture, landscape, and urbanism. Contents Editorial Neyran Turan Design, Agency, Territory: Provisional Notes on Planning and the Emergence of Landscape Charles Waldheim Taichung Gateway Project: a New Synthesis of Park and City Stan Allen Toward a City of Events: Digital Media and Urbanity Antoine Picon Down from the Stand: Arguments in Favor of a Non-Anthropocentric Urban Ethics Stefano Boeri Metropolitan Waterpark: Zaragoza Expo 2008 Ecosistema Urbano Rescaling the Urban Question Neil Brenner Platforms for a Permanent Modernity Alexander d'Hooghe The Green City Alex Wall New Geographics: Notes on an Emerging Aesthetic Hashim Sarkis Geologics Vincent Guallart The Space of Controversies Bruno Latour Foam City: about Urban Spatial Multitudes Peter Sloterdijk Positioning New Geographies Mohsen Mostafavi Contributors |
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