Review article
https://doi.org/10.31522/p.25.1(53).8
Comprehensive Design; The Concept: Its Origin and Evolution
Iva Kostešić
orcid.org/0000-0002-1481-7762
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Architecture, School of Design, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The concept widely known as ‘From the spoon to the city’ refers to design at all scales for urban context and is often loosely attributed to Ernest Nathan Rogers. This article aims to reconstruct the origin of this slogan in a broader historical context. The title of this article alludes to its evolution across Buckminster Fuller’s work. The article gives an overview of the theoretical concept of ‘comprehensive design’ and presents some ideas in design practice that owe their origin to it. The purpose of this article is to gather all elements that shaped its evolution, critically evaluate them, and put the overall concept in the context of the contemporary issues in urbanism, architecture, and design.
Keywords
architecture; design; methodology; urbanism
Hrčak ID:
184762
URI
Publication date:
30.6.2017.
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