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On 31/05/07, Alan Penn <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On the principle of 'well defined' I have a question. How might your > definitions be applied to design of a new city? It cannot. Polemic or not, the only line of research that can be applied to new design is space syntax, based on large number of empirical tests research on existing designs. However, apparently people prefer to try to reinvent the wheel, literally ignoring the existence of axial maps, instead of starting from it as I have done. It is unbelievable ... Alan, do you have a theory for why does it happens? Best Regards, Lucas Figueiredo http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucasfigueiredo/ Mindwalk http://www.mindwalk.com.br