The largest art : a measured manifesto for a plural urbanism / Brent D. Ryan.
| Author/creator | Ryan, Brent D., 1969- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2017] |
| Description | xiv, 364 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2017017108 |
| ISBN | 9780262036672 hardcover alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 0262036673 hardcover alkaline paper |