{"id":4275,"date":"2011-11-15T10:00:36","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T18:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingvancouver.ca\/?p=4275"},"modified":"2013-04-08T17:09:05","modified_gmt":"2013-04-09T00:09:05","slug":"infrastructure-the-book-of-everything-for-the-industrial-landscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2011\/11\/15\/infrastructure-the-book-of-everything-for-the-industrial-landscape\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review &#8211; From The Stacks: Infrastructure: The Book of Everything for the Industrial Landscape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/Book_Infrastructure.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4276\" title=\"Book_Infrastructure\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/Book_Infrastructure.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/spacingvancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/features\/book-reviews_feature-VAN.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Author: Brian Hayes (W.W.Norton &amp; Company, 2006)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Infrastructure is the unsung hero behind all cities &#8211; large and  small.\u00a0 It is every-present in all facets of our lives &#8211; from the water  we drink, to the food we eat. All people would undoubtedly agree that  good infrastructure is a necessity for good cities and is, ultimately,  the biggest legacy of the greatest past civilizations.<\/p>\n<p>We need only look at the state of the city when infrastructure fails &#8211;  a city-wide blackout, or the rupture of a water pipe, for instance &#8211; or  to those places that don&#8217;t have the luxury of &#8220;the basics&#8221; to see  impact of infrastructure plays on the civilization.<\/p>\n<p>Yet for all its importance, we generally know little about  infrastructure. In fact, we make a particular point of hiding it from  ourselves whenever we have the chance. This makes American Scientist&#8217;s  Brian Hayes book &#8211; <em>Infrastructure: The Book of Everything for the Industrial Landscape<\/em> (also known as <em>Infrastructure: A Field Guide to the Industrial Landscape<\/em>) &#8211; all the more valuable to urbanists and laypeople alike.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Well-written and extremely comprehensive, <em>Infrastructure<\/em> is  one of those reads that anybody interested in cities must have on their  book shelf.\u00a0 With fifteen years of research going into its creation &#8211;  and modeled after nature guides with a lot of photographs and  informative call-outs &#8211; the book is divided into thirteen chapters  covering the full range infrastructural elements that pervade our  existence &#8211; <em>Out of the Earth, Waterworks, Food and Farming, Oil and  Gas, Power Plants, The Power Grid, Communications, On the Road, The  Railroad, Bridges and Tunnels, Aviation, Shipping,<\/em> and <em>Wastes and Recycling<\/em>. There is also an excellent <em>Afterword<\/em> on the Post-industrial Landscape where Hayes describes the the  importance of people becoming more knowledgeable about the  &#8220;technological underpinnings of their own communities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As the content of each chapter is self-evident, one need only say  that all aspects of the themes being discussed are covered. From how the  mixer of a concrete truck works to the types of fences that surround  agricultural plots of lands. From how grain elevators work to the  chemistry of smelting. Virtually no stone goes unturned.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, despite the astounding breadth and detail of the content, Hayes  finds a way to make the writing readily accessible and engaging. This is  clearly thanks to his experience contributing to widely read popular  magazine.<\/p>\n<p>Although there is a strong argument to an architecture and urban  design practitioner like myself being clearly biased,\u00a0 I don&#8217;t hesitate  to say that anybody even remotely interested in the urban landscape and  its inner workings won&#8217;t be disappointed by <em>Infrastructure<\/em>. My only regret is that it took me so long to come across it.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Erick Villagomez<\/strong> is one of the founding editors at Spacing Vancouver. He  is also an educator, independent researcher and designer with personal  and professional interests in the urban landscapes. His private practice  &#8211; Metis Design|Build &#8211; is an innovative practice dedicated to a  collaborative and ecologically responsible approach to the design and  construction of places.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Author: Brian Hayes (W.W.Norton &amp; Company, 2006) Infrastructure is the unsung hero behind all cities &#8211; large and small.\u00a0 It is every-present in all facets of our lives &#8211; from the water we drink, to the food we eat. 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