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Title: The Image of the City by Kevin Lynch ISBN: 0-262-62001-4 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 15 June, 1960 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Great Help in Forming a Design Perspective
Comment: The urban setting is a composition of nodes, landmarks, paths, edges and districts, accorsing to Lynch. This physical summary of urban landscape may not be satisfactory for some. However, for others, including me, this book is a great help in forming a design perspective at the city level. It does not matter at all if you have just started forming your perspective or working on the final details. The book should be in your library, and the design guidelines should be in your mind, not only when designing a peace of urban space, but also when you are just wondering around.
Rating: 5
Summary: The psychology of urban designs
Comment: This book describes mental maps obtained from residents in several cities such as Boston, Los Angeles and Jersey City. The mental maps were materialized on paper through an interview process and combined with maps from many individuals. And the results are surprising. Each map is a composite image of the city (and hence, the book's title) that reveals not only the character of the place, but gives you a feeling for it. In Boston for example, the streets are very disorganized, so people give directions by using landmarks almost exclusively. On the other hand, in Jersey City, with extremely uniform architecture, directions are given by street number and points of the compass. An unusual discovery concerns very long streets in Boston. They appear on the map with missing sections - these sections are totally invisible to the people interviewed. In many cases individuals were unaware that Washington street in one neighborhood is a continuation of Washington Street in another neighborhood. These blind spots affect how people move around, it affects the directions they give to others and it contributes or reinforces fears they may have about certain neighborhoods. The book moves from these maps and observations and tries to develop rules of thumb for urban design. People feel more comfortable and perhaps more anchored if they know where they are in space and in relation to visible landmarks. Some cities provide this comfort level more effectively than others - this book tries to find root causes. It's no wonder this is a classic.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent book on urban design
Comment: Kevin Lynch descibes the visual attributes of cities and towns, paying special attention to how we find our way around, how we build a mental image of these places. It is not only relevant to city dwellers, but to anyone interested in the subject of creating communities, real or virtual. A truly wonderful book, with lots of insightful drawings and images. Highly recommended.
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Title: The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs ISBN: 067974195X Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 01 December, 1992 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Good City Form by Kevin Lynch ISBN: 0262620464 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 23 February, 1984 List Price(USD): $37.95 |
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Title: Design of Cities by Edmund N. Bacon ISBN: 0140042369 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: May, 1976 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Great Streets by Allan B. Jacobs ISBN: 0262600234 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 04 August, 1995 List Price(USD): $37.95 |
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Title: The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects by Lewis Mumford ISBN: 0156180359 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: October, 1968 List Price(USD): $29.00 |
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