Gridded Worlds: An Urban Anthology by Reuben Rose-Redwood, Liora Bigon
English | PDF | 2018 | 299 Pages | ISBN : 3319764896 | 5.8 MB
This book is the first edited collection to bring together classic and contemporary writings on the urban grid in a single volume. The contributions showcased in this book examine the spatial histories of the grid from multiple perspectives in a variety of urban contexts. They explore the grid as both an indigenous urban form and a colonial imposition, a symbol of Confucian ideals and a spatial manifestation of the Protestant ethic, a replicable model for real estate speculation within capitalist societies and a spatial framework for the design of socialist cities.