a project for the Great Lakes megaregion Thün, Geoffrey creator Thün, Geoffrey 1967- Fishman, Robert 1946- McMorrough, John. text bibliography sz 2015 monographic eng

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203 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm. 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. 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. Geoffrey Thün ... [et al.] ; [with contributions from Robert Fishman and John McMorrough]. Includes bibliographical references. City planning Great Lakes (North America) Great Lakes (North America) NA9103 T48 2015 711.40977 3906027724 9783906027722 pucpr 150717 20210901193630.0 eng