Manhattan
Subtitle: rectangular grid for ordering an island
By: Joan Busquets ; with Dingliang Yang
Contributors: Yang, Dingliang, author
Publisher: Applied Research And Desi; ORO Editions
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Hong Kong]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 117
ISBN-13: 9781939621511
Subjects: American Architecture; City planning; Urban renewal
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.