Deconstruction in Urban Design

By Damien Mugavin & Stuart Bowling, University of Tasmania

Damien Mugavin and Stuart Bowling

Department of Urban Design

University of Tasmania

GPO Box 252C

Hobart, Tas., 7001

Damien Mugavin lectures in the Department of Urban Design, University of Tasmania.

Stuart Bowling is an architect in Hobart, Tasmania.

Phone 61+ 0(02)+62 384380

Fax 61+ 0(02)+62 384207

Email damien.mugavin@urbdes.utas.edu.au

Deconstruction in Urban Design

ABSTRACT

Deconstruction has challenged many normative conventions, including those of urban design. This insight is examined by reference to an original experiment in deconstruction in Battery Point, Hobart. The result is a challenge to retrograde urban design objectives.

KEY WORDS

Urban design. Deconstruction. Planning. Experimental design.