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megastructure: a standalone construct

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megastructure1 CONSTRUCTMegastructureBANHAM · ARCHITECTURE

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Architecture

a very large, often city-scale framework holding smaller changeable units, a key idea of 1960s visionary architecture.

In architecture, megastructure refers to a very large, often city-scale framework holding smaller changeable units, a key idea of 1960s visionary architecture. This meaning comes from Banham (1976) in Megastructure.[1]

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References

  1. Banham, R. (1976). Megastructure: Urban futures of the recent past. Thames and Hudson. ISBN 9780500340684

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