"Urbanism is about observation... I have to admit that, as a planner, there are times that I get whisked away by the elegance of drawings and the process of making them, and there are times that I feel like designers are the leaders of the free world who can grant wishes because of the way we’re able to articulate ideas on paper. But drawings, models, briefs, etc. are just artifacts—they don’t tell us shit about the complexity of human behavior. They don’t inform us about the extremely social nature of cities and what the vibe is like on the ground." - Patrick McDonnell of the Placemaking Leadership Council good.is/posts/the-city-social-why-urbanism-needs-to-return-to-observation
Posted on: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 18:28:19 +0000
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