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Yona Friedman is recognised as one of the most eminent proponents
of 1960s avant-garde urbanism. His best-known work is the concept
for a Spatial City ("La Ville Spatiale", 1956), in which he aimed
to provide maximum flexibility through "megastructures" over
existing cities and other locations. Inhabitants were meant to
design their dwellings within these structures. Friedman sought to
provide people in every part of the world with the knowledge and
fundamental structures to determine their own environment for
living and to enhance their independence and self-reliance. This
new book offers a unique collection of brief texts and annotations
as well as an abundance of images, sketches, drawings, watercolours
etc. by Friedman himself. It also features a vast range of
documents related to his work. In part II, Manuel Orazi gives an
analysis of Friedman's oeuvre, based on extensive research. He
follows the architect's progress through disciplinary and
geographic areas apparently remote from one another, in which
Friedman has been moving erratically and incessantly. Orazi also
expands on historical, social and political contexts.A
documentation of Friedman's intellectual relationships and other
resources, an interview with Swiss architect Bernard Tschumi about
Friedman, and a comprehensive bibliography round out the book.
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