The largest art : a measured manifesto for a plural urbanism / Brent D. Ryan.

Author/creator Ryan, Brent D., 1969- author.
Format Book
PublicationCambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2017]
Descriptionxiv, 364 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
Subjects
City planning--Philosophy.

Contents Unitary architecture, plural cities -- Five dimensions of plural urbanism -- Three pluralist projects -- Three plural urbanists -- Designing pluralist urbanism -- Principals and potentials of plural urbanism.
Summary Urban design in practice is incremental, but architects imagine it as scaled-up architecture - large, ready-to-build pop-up cities. This paradox of urban design is rarely addressed; indeed, urban design as a discipline lacks a theoretical foundation. In 'The Largest Art', Brent Ryan argues that urban design encompasses more than architecture, and he provides a foundational theory of urban design beyond the architectural scale. Ryan looks at three well-known urban design projects through the lens of pluralism: a Brancusi sculptural ensemble in Romania, a Bronx housing project, and a formally and spatially diverse grouping of projects in Ljubljana, Slovenia.0.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2017017108
ISBN9780262036672 hardcover alkaline paper
ISBN0262036673 hardcover alkaline paper

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Joyner General Stacks NA9031 .R93 2017 ✔ Available Place Hold