
Manhattan
Rectangular Grid for Ordering an Island
ORO Applied Research + Design (Publisher)
Published on 1. June 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
132 pages
978-1-939621-51-1 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
San Rafael
United States
Publishing group
Oro Editions
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 274 mm
Width: 277 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
794 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-939621-51-1 (9781939621511)
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Persons
Joan Busquets, a world-renowned urban planner and architect, is the first Martin Bucksbaum Professor in Practice of Urban Planning and Design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.