Landscape Invocation writes:
“Steven Holl is also the author of a recently published book, “Urbanisms: Working with Doubt.” Here he asserts that “Contemporary urban development is increasingly characterized by a reliance on diagrams, maps, and graphs to convey the rational, statistical point of view of the professional urban planner… jJust as modern medicine has recognized the power of the irrational psyche, urban planners need to realize that the experiential power of cities cannot be completely rationalized and must be studied subjectively… Urbanisms examines how perception and the senses are intertwined with the material, space, and light of urban form.”
Read more at: http://landscapeinvocation.blogspot.com/2010/03/steven-holl-architects.html