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The Arsenal of Exclusion & Inclusion | Interboro, Tobias Armborst,‎ Daniel D'Oca,‎ Georgeen Theodore | 9781940291345

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The Arsenal of Exclusion & Inclusion

101 Things That Open and Close the City

Author:Interboro, Tobias Armborst,‎ Daniel D'Oca,‎ Georgeen Theodore

Publisher:ACTAR

ISBN: 978-1-9402-9134-5

  • Hardcover
  • English
  • 440 Pages
  • Nov 17, 2017

The book 'The Arsenal of Exclusion & Inclusion' is about 101 “weapons” that architects, planners, policy-makers, developers, real estate brokers, community activists and other urban agents use to restrict or promote access to the space of the city; to draw, erase, or redraw the lines that divide.

The Arsenal includes minor, seemingly benign things like “No loitering” signs and Bouncers, but also big, headline-grabbing entities like Gated Communities and Eminent Domain. It includes policies like Inclusionary Zoning and Rent Control, but also physical things like Bombs and those Armrests that they put on park benches to make sure homeless people don’t get too comfortable. Some of the entries in the Arsenal are probably things you didn’t know had anything to do with cities at all, let alone this war for what Henri Lefebvre called the “right to the city.” With contributions from over fifty architects, planners, geographers, historians, and journalists, The Arsenal offers a wide-ranging view of the forces that shape our cities. by Interboro (Tobias Armborst, Daniel D’Oca, Georgeen Theodore).


Interboro Partners is a New York City-based architecture, landscape, urban design and planning office that specializes in the design of public spaces. Interboro's participatory, place-specific approach builds on what's there and deploys simple, resourceful design solutions to create open, accessible environments that work for everyone. Founded in 2002 by three graduates of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Interboro has won many awards for its innovative projects, including the MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program, the AIA New York Chapter’s New Practices Award, and the Architectural League’s Emerging Voices and Young Architects Awards. Interboro’s work has been published and exhibited widely.

The book 'The Arsenal of Exclusion & Inclusion' is about 101 “weapons” that architects, planners, policy-makers, developers, real estate brokers, community activists and other urban agents use to restrict or promote access to the space of the city; to draw, erase, or redraw the lines that divide.

The Arsenal includes minor, seemingly benign things like “No loitering” signs and Bouncers, but also big, headline-grabbing entities like Gated Communities and Eminent Domain. It includes policies like Inclusionary Zoning and Rent Control, but also physical things like Bombs and those Armrests that they put on park benches to make sure homeless people don’t get too comfortable. Some of the entries in the Arsenal are probably things you didn’t know had anything to do with cities at all, let alone this war for what Henri Lefebvre called the “right to the city.” With contributions from over fifty architects, planners, geographers, historians, and journalists, The Arsenal offers a wide-ranging view of the forces that shape our cities. by Interboro (Tobias Armborst, Daniel D’Oca, Georgeen Theodore).


Interboro Partners is a New York City-based architecture, landscape, urban design and planning office that specializes in the design of public spaces. Interboro's participatory, place-specific approach builds on what's there and deploys simple, resourceful design solutions to create open, accessible environments that work for everyone. Founded in 2002 by three graduates of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Interboro has won many awards for its innovative projects, including the MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program, the AIA New York Chapter’s New Practices Award, and the Architectural League’s Emerging Voices and Young Architects Awards. Interboro’s work has been published and exhibited widely.

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