Manhattan: rectangular grid for ordering an island

This book focuses on the city of Manhattan, specifically in regards to its grid-style design. The author proposes a number of original interventions that implicate this grid in productive ways. By emphasising the value of open forms for city design, they insist that the grid has the unique capacity...

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Hauptverfasser: Busquets, Joan 1946- (VerfasserIn), Katsikis, Nikos (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: [San Francisco] Applied Research and Design Publishing [2017]
Schriftenreihe:Studio Research Project / Harvard Graduate School of Design 09
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Zusammenfassung:This book focuses on the city of Manhattan, specifically in regards to its grid-style design. The author proposes a number of original interventions that implicate this grid in productive ways. By emphasising the value of open forms for city design, they insist that the grid has the unique capacity to channel urban transformation both flexibly and productively, Manhattan Framework explores the potential of the grid as a design tool in both historical and projective terms, analysing its effect on urban processes
Beschreibung:117 pages Illustrationen, Karten 28 cm
ISBN:9781939621511

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