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...
Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Autor*in:

Busquets, Joan - 1946- [verfasserIn]

Katsikis, Nikos [verfasserIn]

Format:

Buch

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

Place of publication not identified: Applied Research and Design Publishing ; 2017

Schlagwörter:

City planning, History, New York (State), New York

Grids (Crisscross patterns), History, New York (State), New York

City planning

Grids (Crisscross patterns)

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), History

Systematik:

Anmerkung:

"Harvard Graduate School of Design Studio Research Project"--Front cover

"09"--Spine

Includes bibliographical references

Umfang:

117 pages ; illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm

ISBN:

978-1-939621-51-1

1-939621-51-8

Katalog-ID:

895140608

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