Abstract
The thesis is to show how changes in city planning and architecture will enhance or diminish the prospects of urban design as a mode of action in shaping those forces which will determine the built environment in the near future. The initial task, therefore, is to develop an operational definition of urban design. The definition will prove to have specific biases for the role and process of city planning and, by its scale of view, specific biases in architectural values and methods of design. These characteristics are viewed consequently according to what shifts may be occurring independently in the fields of planning and architecture. The assumption is that the strength of urban design draws from its ability to integrate the processes of planning with the product values of architecture. Its future viability lies in a firm support from each.
Committee Chair
Donald Royse
Committee Members
Iain Frazer, Charles Leven
Degree
Master of Architecture (MArch)
Author's Department
Graduate School of Architecture
Document Type
Restricted Thesis
Date of Award
5-7-1982
Language
English (en)
Recommended Citation
Mayes, M Gregory, "Changes in city planning and architecture with prospects for urban design" (1982). Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design Theses & Dissertations. 40.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/samfox_arch_etds/40
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