Monday, September 8, 2008

Recitation/September 8

different design principles between medieval, renaissance and baroque
symmetrical, with focal point
unified facade


how do we commonly think about planning history?
abbott and ather--> most people use history to give lip service to the past but really we should look at planners in the stream of historical change.

*pay attention to how the planners were thinking about the city for the next century.

planning is both process and product.

planners take on the advantages of the zeitgeist

agglomeration started in the medieval period.

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