The Perfect Storm: Urbanism and Architecture
Published Sep 1, 2012 · R. Witte
Architectural Design
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Abstract
Architecture and urbanism have become ambivalent. Ron Witte of design-based think-tank WW tracks the history of an acrimonious relationship, from Haussmann's grand plan for Paris through to the perceived failure of Modernism and the more recent rise of geometry and programme. Could this divide, though, be bridged, and the two fields reunited with a new geometry in which ‘architecture reaches into the city’ and ‘the city reaches into architecture’?
Study Snapshot
Key takeawayA new geometry could bridge the divide between architecture and urbanism, allowing architecture to reach into the city and the city to reach into architecture.
PopulationOlder adults (50-71 years)
Sample size24
MethodsObservational
OutcomesBody Mass Index projections
ResultsSocial networks mitigate obesity in older groups.