L’émergence et l’implantation du centre commercial régional dans la ville nord-américaine
Having emerged in the United states as a component of a certain urban continuum—or rather a suburban one—characterized by dispersion of the population, the conception of the regional shopping center fits into a strategy of urban decentralization serving purposes of national defense, driven by politi...
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Laboratoire d'Ethnologie et de Sociologie Comparative
2017-12-01
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| description | Having emerged in the United states as a component of a certain urban continuum—or rather a suburban one—characterized by dispersion of the population, the conception of the regional shopping center fits into a strategy of urban decentralization serving purposes of national defense, driven by political and economic actors. Through the morphological analysis of a representative sample of regional shopping centers designed by Victor Gruen (a pioneering architect of this type of building around the 1950s), it is possible to reveal the nature of the shopping center’s relationship with its regional context, and particularly with neighboring urban entities. Master plans like those for Palm Springs California or Maryvale Subdivision in Arizona show that Gruen tried to integrate shopping malls into a regional context encompassing a multitude of urban functions. Although the architect mainly attempted to connect his buildings with road infrastructures by studying their location and of the flows they supported in order to offer drivers better accessibility and easy parking, the regional shopping center could nevertheless be considered an introverted architectural unit that is “autonomous”, manifesting a certain “discontinuity” in relation to its external environment. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b16bbba5a9a44a5e8feea9cb8ee35cbe2025-01-30T13:42:37ZfraLaboratoire d'Ethnologie et de Sociologie ComparativeAteliers d'Anthropologie2117-38692017-12-014410.4000/ateliers.10368L’émergence et l’implantation du centre commercial régional dans la ville nord-américaineIbrahim GharbiAlan KnightHaving emerged in the United states as a component of a certain urban continuum—or rather a suburban one—characterized by dispersion of the population, the conception of the regional shopping center fits into a strategy of urban decentralization serving purposes of national defense, driven by political and economic actors. Through the morphological analysis of a representative sample of regional shopping centers designed by Victor Gruen (a pioneering architect of this type of building around the 1950s), it is possible to reveal the nature of the shopping center’s relationship with its regional context, and particularly with neighboring urban entities. Master plans like those for Palm Springs California or Maryvale Subdivision in Arizona show that Gruen tried to integrate shopping malls into a regional context encompassing a multitude of urban functions. Although the architect mainly attempted to connect his buildings with road infrastructures by studying their location and of the flows they supported in order to offer drivers better accessibility and easy parking, the regional shopping center could nevertheless be considered an introverted architectural unit that is “autonomous”, manifesting a certain “discontinuity” in relation to its external environment.https://journals.openedition.org/ateliers/10368United Statesarchitecturecity-regionregional shopping centerroad infrastructuresurban studies |
| spellingShingle | Ibrahim Gharbi Alan Knight L’émergence et l’implantation du centre commercial régional dans la ville nord-américaine Ateliers d'Anthropologie United States architecture city-region regional shopping center road infrastructures urban studies |
| title | L’émergence et l’implantation du centre commercial régional dans la ville nord-américaine |
| title_full | L’émergence et l’implantation du centre commercial régional dans la ville nord-américaine |
| title_fullStr | L’émergence et l’implantation du centre commercial régional dans la ville nord-américaine |
| title_full_unstemmed | L’émergence et l’implantation du centre commercial régional dans la ville nord-américaine |
| title_short | L’émergence et l’implantation du centre commercial régional dans la ville nord-américaine |
| title_sort | l emergence et l implantation du centre commercial regional dans la ville nord americaine |
| topic | United States architecture city-region regional shopping center road infrastructures urban studies |
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