Evalu(e)ation+ The Urban Relief

Defining the current urban condition as lacking a definitive set of values and recognizing that present systems of authorities have marginalized both spatial quality and collective interests in the city, one finds the role of archi­tects and urban designers in the act of building to be increasingly dominated. The premise that architectural knowledge has the potential to guide the process of build­ing, and specifically that evaluation is central to the process of design, lends promise to restoring formal and cultural values in the urban environment. In response, the urban relief model is examined as the visual tool by which the stated problem may be addressed and the process of evalu­ation may advance a more responsible interpretation through design.

https://doi.org/10.35483/ACSA.Intl.1995.56

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John K. Edwards