Pt. 1: What is Four-Dimensional Planning?

Thoughts on emergent theory and why it might (and should?) apply to city planning

Was this accessory commercial unit in Rochester, New York a byproduct of top-down planning or emergent need?

Life is all about balance, or so I’ve heard. But when it comes to urban planning, the adage seems really suited to the precipice where current and contemporary thought lay. For one, we have decades of top-down failures, and currently, a hyperlocal…