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Towards A Theory Of Planning Aesthetics : Application To University Commons, Newark, Kathy M. Gonzalez
Towards A Theory Of Planning Aesthetics : Application To University Commons, Newark, Kathy M. Gonzalez
Theses
A theory of planning aesthetics will be developed and discussed in relation to a portion of the university area of Newark consisting of N.J.I.T., Rutgers, Essex County College, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. The site is just east of the campuses and contains the Newark Museum and the Newark Library.
The aesthetics of order will be covered at a community scale (the urban context) which will then be detailed as a study of the fractile portion of that entity (the building entity) relative to open spaces which give both entities character. Important in this work is three-dimensional …