Institut für Städte¬bau / Aglaée Degros, Eva Schwab, Anna Bagarić, Sabine Bauer, Jennifer Fauster, Radostina Radulo¬va-Stahmer, Mario Stefan, Alice Steiner

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Austria /// Österreich
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The wine-red publication, soft to the touch, presents a rich collection of contributions exploring Territorial Urbanism, a concept that places the unbuilt environment at the heart of urban transformation. Printed in three spot colours, the book renders intricate plans, maps, and graphics with striking clarity. Bold blue infographics are both informative and visually captivating. The variety of materials does not become a distraction – rather, it gives the publication its own distinctive colour character.
The title, set in uppercase and reversed, Territorial Urbanism Now – staged as an exclamation mark emblazoned on the cover – gives the topic of urban planning in times of climate change a pragmatic sense of urgency.

A generous table of contents, featuring large typography and delicate dividing lines, ensures clarity, while fine, slightly translucent paper hints at the layered complexity of both the book and its subject. Photographs, plans, renderings, drawings, diagrams, and essays are interwoven with interviews, footnotes, captions, and references, creating a lively, dynamic composition. Through careful use of colour, precise typography, and advanced production techniques, the book unifies this diverse material, inviting readers to engage openly and with curiosity. Photographic spreads printed on smooth glossy paper provide a compelling contrast, bringing theoretical approaches vividly to life.

The collection challenges conventional urban planning: what if design actively prioritised, rather than simply accommodated, the unbuilt environment? The book serves as both a manifesto and a design experiment, presenting a vision for socially and ecologically responsible urban futures.