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Steel Cities - A Book about Logistics Centres

Support the publication of the book Steel Cities on the theme of logistics. This book discusses the transportation of consumer goods in its widest possible contexts, from urban planning and architecture through ecological impact and working conditions.

Author: Galerie VI PER

EUR 8,422
pledged of EUR 8,066

104%

104% completed

160 contributors pledged

Art, Literature

Česko

All or nothing. Project finished on Dec 26, 2019 at 14:04.

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How It All Began

In Gallery VI PER, we try to present architecture in its wider contextual framework. In the spring of 2019, we hosted the highly successful exhibition ‘Logistics Landscapes’ by the curatorial team of young architects Kateřina Frejlachová, Miroslav Pazdera, Tadeáš Říha, and Martin Špičák. The exhibition brought up a theme relatively little discussed in Czech public life – the transportation of goods, which is one that nonetheless quite closely affects all of us.

Even while preparing the exhibition, the idea arose of publishing a book on this subject, which from this moment on became the subject of intensive preparation, focusing on the crucial ramifications of the logistics industry, such as working conditions, labour migration, impact on the landscape and environment, the influence of intensive transport, changes in the regions and many other ideas.

What Is Our Goal?

The book has been prepared as an edited series of texts based on the research or architects, sociologists, environmentalists and artists, supplemented with interviews, photographic sequences, thematic graphs and maps. Because several international experts contributed to the book, we decided to publish Steel Cities as a bilingual Czech-English volume.

Details

The book has been conceived by the architects Kateřina Frejlachová, Miroslav Pazdera, Tadeáš Říha and Martin Špičák.

Steel Cities is divided into four sections investigating from various standpoints the legislative, economic, social and environmental backgrounds for the current system of logistics complexes. It discusses the architectonic typologies of warehouse halls, the urban planning of logistics centres, the rapid construction speed and the related temporality, human scale and human movement, spatial isolation of logistics centres linked only to superior (international) infrastructure and still further questions.

Texts were contributed to the volume by recognised experts in this area, among them sociologist Bohuslav Kuřík, philosopher Lukáš Likavčan, political scientist Petr Mezihorák, legal specialist Tonia Novitz and sociologist Rutvica Andrijasevic, architects Kateřina Frejlachová, Miroslav Pazdera, Tadeáš Říha, Víctor Muñoz Sanz, art historian Philip Ursprung, pedologist Jan Vobořil and others.

The authors of the photography series are Zdeněk Porcal (Studio Flusser) and Jan Kolský. Map analyses were prepared by architect Martin Špičák.

The book’s graphic design was the work of Anežka Hrubá Ciglerová.

Thanks to the English translation (author Martin Tharp), we hope to offer the book for international sales in cooperation with the press Park Books.

... And One More Thing

What did these places look like before the construction of today’s logistics warehouses?

These were fields!

Who are We?

The book has been published by Gallery VI PER, located in the Prague neighbourhood of Karlín. Our interest is in architecture and public space in the very widest sense of these concepts, in the further contexts of contemporary art, urban design, media, technologies, politics, economics or ecology. We present themes with a wide societal impact. We prepare 4 to 5 exhibits a year, with frequent accompanying events, issue publications, and hold lectures.

Irena Lehkoživová, Jana Pavlová, Barbora Špičáková.

Why Do We Do It?

The theme of logistics started with the exhibition in our gallery, and it seemed a wonderful idea to extend it with a well-prepared book.

Unfortunately, the financial costs for issuing a publication of the required quality for Steel Cities significantly exceeds our own possibilities. We hoped to provide fair compensation for the authors and contributors, as well as for the translation, the graphic design, and the proofreading. And we now understandably are faced with the costs of printing. For this reason, we decided to offer the book on Hithit and collect the remaining amount for our project here. We would be very glad if you could support our publication!

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  • sold 5
    Contribute to the book’s publication what you can

    Contribute even a small sum towards the book’s publication. In addition to our thanks, we can send you by e-mail the route of the walk through the logistics complex in Bor u Tachova.

    Reward delivery: in a week after the Hithit project end

    EUR 7.91
    (CZK 200)

  • sold 80
    ​Ordering Steel Cities

    Order the book Steel Cities at the regular price. You can pick it up in Prague as soon as the book is printed.

    Reward delivery: in a quarter after the Hithit project end

    EUR 24.52
    (CZK 620)

  • sold 10
    Gift certificate for the holiday season

    Purchase a gift certificate for the book Steel Cities to be sent by e-mail in PDF format. You can print it out and offer it as a holiday gift. The book can be picked up in person in Prague by presenting the certificate as soon as it is printed.

    Reward delivery: in a week after the Hithit project end

    EUR 24.52
    (CZK 620)

  • sold 3
    ​Ordering Steel Cities with postal delivery

    Order the book Steel Cities at the regular price along with postage in the Czech Republic. The book will be sent out as soon as it is printed.

    Reward delivery: on address, in a quarter after the Hithit project end

    EUR 28.07
    (CZK 710)

  • remaining 41 from 50
    ​Book + invitation to launch

    Order one copy of the book along with an invitation for 2 people to the book launch. At the event, you can meet the book’s authors, who will be glad to sign it for you.

    The event will be held in Prague as soon as the book is printed.

    Reward delivery: in a quarter after the Hithit project end

    EUR 29.66
    (CZK 750)

  • sold 7
    ​Steel Cities with postage in the EU

    Order the book Steel Cities at the regular price along with postage in the EU. The book will be sent out as soon as it is printed.

    Reward delivery: on address, in a quarter after the Hithit project end

    EUR 33.61
    (CZK 850)

  • remaining 10 from 20
    ​Book + guided tour in Amazon

    One copy of the book Steel Cities to be picked up in Prague as soon as it is printed, along with a place in our guided tour of the Amazon logistics complex in Dobrovíz outside Prague.

    Reward delivery: in half a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 35.59
    (CZK 900)

  • remaining 20 from 20
    ​Book + guided tour in Zoot

    One copy of the book Steel Cities to be picked up in Prague as soon as it is printed, along with a place in our guided tour of the Zoot logistics complex in Říčany outside Prague.

    Reward delivery: in half a year after the Hithit project end

    EUR 35.59
    (CZK 900)

  • sold 4
    ​Two Books

    2 copies of Steel Cities – one for you, the other as a present for whomever you wish. Pick it up in person in Prague as soon as the book is printed.

    Reward delivery: in a quarter after the Hithit project end

    EUR 45.47
    (CZK 1,150)

  • remaining 3 from 3
    Fotografie od Jana Kolského

    Exkluzivní nabídka fotografií Jana Kolského, které jsou součástí fotoeseje v knize Ocelová města. Fotografie byly foceny termokamerou v několika logistických centrech. Nabízíme pouhé tři fotografie pro tři zájemce, každý kus jiný.
    Fotografie jsou signovány. Formát 30 x 22,5 cm, rám, adjustace.
     

    Reward delivery: in a quarter after the Hithit project end

    EUR 395.41
    (CZK 10,000)

  • remaining 4 from 10
    Major Supporter – listed in the publication

    Support the publication of the book with a special sum and we will list you as a major supporter in the acknowledgements of the book. In addition, you will receive 2 copies of Steel Cities – one for you, the other as a present for whomever you wish. Pick it up in person in Prague as soon as the book is printed.

    This award is only for persons or companies who do not have a direct commercial connection to the system of logistics centres. Thank you for your understanding.

    Reward delivery: in a quarter after the Hithit project end

    EUR 593.12
    (CZK 15,000)

  • Sold out!!
    ​Pre-orders of the book at a discount

    A limited number of volumes of Steel Cities will be reserved for the first to order. You can pick it up in person in Prague as soon as the book is printed.

    Reward delivery: in a quarter after the Hithit project end

    EUR 22.54
    (CZK 570)

  • Sold out!!
    ​Book + silkscreen poster

    One copy of the book Steel Cities to be picked up in Prague as soon as it is printed, along with a silkscreen poster from the exhibit Logistics Landscapes, graphic design by Anežka Hrubá Ciglerová. Posters printed in a limited edition of 15.

    Reward delivery: in a quarter after the Hithit project end

    EUR 40.33
    (CZK 1,020)

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