This is part II in an ongoing series of excerpts of an article set to be published this summer in The International Journal of Architectural Research, tentatively titled The Principles of Emergent Urbanism. Click here for part I, The Journey to Emergence.
This discussion originally appeared on the Wired New York forums.
Allow me to point to a great example of contemporary emergence in New York City, and perhaps clarify the principles involved.
This, as most of you probably know, is Times Square.
I will, but not very often. After something grows big, there comes to be a point where you contribute more by removing things than by adding more.