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The Interface of the City

The role of the architect or planner is no longer the mastermind of a project’s form but the curator of the process that yields the form.

Technology and data has always played a role in how our built environment is made.

  • Introduction
    • Key points
      • The city and the buildings are products of a process that combines needs with contextual influences (data) and the technology of its time. Architects and planners used to drive this.
      • Large or small, these "master plans" came to fruition under a more-or-less linear model for design and problem solving (top down). It allowed for the definition and implementation of visions both radical and conventional.
  • The city

 


Photo Credit and Caption: Underwater image of fish in Moofushi Kandu, Maldives, by Bruno de Giusti (via Wikimedia Commons)

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Wittmeyer, S. (2020, 19 September). The Interface of the City. Retrieved from https://seanwittmeyer.com/article/manifesto

The Interface of the City was updated September 19th, 2020.