1st Edition

Designing the City of Reason Foundations and Frameworks

By Ali Madanipour Copyright 2007
352 Pages
by Routledge

352 Pages
by Routledge

352 Pages
by Routledge

With a practical approach to theory, Designing the City of Reason offers new perspectives on how differing belief systems and philosophical approaches impact on city design and development, exploring how this has changed before, during and after the impact of modernism in all its rationalism. Looking at the connections between abstract ideas and material realities, this book provides a social... Read more

1. Introduction  Part 1: Foundations  2. City of Temples  3. City of Mechanical Clocks  4. City of Machines  5. City of Sights and Sounds  6. City of People  Part 2: Frameworks  7. Keeping Time  8. Measuring Space  9. Assigning Value  10. Providing Accounts  11. Connecting Actions  12. City of Reason

Biography

Ali Madanipour