A Thought on "Post-Modern Planning"
Based upon the Case of Battery Park City
1991 Volume 26 Pages 31-36
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1991 Volume 26 Pages 31-36
POST-MODERN ARCHITECTURE IS NOW WIDELY ACCEPTED ALL OVER THE WORLD. THEN, CAN AND DOES "POST-MODERN PLANNING" EXIST? IF SO, WHAT ARE THE BASIC PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING IT? THE AUTHOR IDENTIFIES SOME OF SUCH POSSIBLE PRINCIPLES THROUGH A CASE STUDY OF BATTERY PARK CITY, A NEW YORK'S POST-MODERN URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, AND CONCLUDES POST-MODERN PLANNERS HAVE ABANDONED THE "HOLISTIC RATIONALITY" THAT MODERN PLANNERS HAD, IN FAVOR OF "MORE FLEXIBLE AND SOFT RATIONALITY."
