{"id":1192,"date":"2019-10-23T19:00:33","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T19:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myarchitecture.build\/?p=1192"},"modified":"2019-10-23T19:00:33","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T19:00:33","slug":"the-grid-and-the-labyrinth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myarchitecture.build\/the-grid-and-the-labyrinth\/","title":{"rendered":"The Grid and The Labyrinth"},"content":{"rendered":"
The use of a grid in architectural and urban planning, particularly at a large scale, would seem to be a rational procedure of obvious utility and without esoteric meaning, a means to control the design of complicated constructions that might otherwise seem labyrinthine in their complexity. But a labyrinth is not the antithesis of the grid and the two have a history that has informed architecture from prehistory until the present day. The ancient Romans built consistently on a large scale with a predilection for simple, regular ordering systems.<\/p>\n
The use of a grid in architectural and urban planning, particularly at a large scale, would seem to be a rational procedure of obvious utility and without esoteric meaning, a means to control the design of complicated constructions that might otherwise seem labyrinthine in their complexity. But a labyrinth is not the antithesis of the<\/p>\nRead More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n