Cover art for The Spontaneous City
Published
Bis Publishing, April 2011
ISBN
9789063692650
Format
Softcover, 176 pages
Dimensions
30cm × 24cm × 1.8cm

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The era of large-scale urban planning is over. Urhahn Urban Design heralds another practice. Small-scale -make-ability- combined with Dutch entrepreneurial skill: that is the basic principle. The authors argue in favor of local resourcefulness, flexibility, and openness. It's all about the user: the spontaneous city is the result of supply and demand.

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