LECTURE: David Friedman, FAAR'89 presents Measure
and Shape: Geometric Survey and Urban Design
Thursday 30 October
Lecture Room - 6pm
Associate Professor of the History of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology and Department of Education Resident in Medieval Studies,
American Academy in Rome
Geometric survey is an invention of the Renaissance. Urban design had
been practiced, by then, for millennia. This lecture examines the impact
of the new design tool on the form of cities in the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries.
For further information: Contact the Programs Office (tel. 39-06-5846459)
American Academy in Rome
Via Angelo Masina 5
00153 Rome, Italy.
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