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Thün, Geoffrey

Infra eco logi urbanism : a project for the Great Lakes megaregion / txt Geoffrey Thün ... [et al.] ; [with contributions from Robert Fishman and John McMorrough]. - 203 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm. book

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: Speculative Urbanism and The Future of Regions --
SCALING UP: Essay by Robert Fishman --
1. Frame: Conceptual Geography --
Design Operations After Territory --
System: Networks and Sheds --
Regional Cartographies --
Structure: Physical Artifacts of the Urban --
Code: Policies, Protocols, Practices --
Intervention: Systematic Leverage --
2. Form: Fragmentary Utopistics --
Utopian and Utopistic Forms --
Fragmentary Utopistics: Three Cases --
3. Figure: Toward A Megaregional Public --
Conduit Urbanism: Structuring the Common --
Constructing Discourse: Exhibition and Debate --
ATONING FOR EDUCABILITY THROUGH DELICATE BEAUTY --
Afterword by John McMorrough.

Features an urban design proposal for the Great Lakes Megaregion, offering a new approach on large-scale urban design. A range of current issues in planning and development for megaregions, around the world, are also addressed.

ISBN: 3906027724 9783906027722

Subjects--Topical Terms:
City planning--Great Lakes (North America)

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Lakes (North America)

LC Class. No.: NA9103 / T48 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 711.40977