ABSTRACT

It is also necessary to have a continually questioning and inquisitive approach to urban design. As in any design process, there are no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ answers, only ‘better’ and ‘worse’ ones,

the quality of which may only be known in time. Bryan Lawson (2001, p. 247) argues that design typically ‘requires action in the form of decisions, even in the face of inadequate time and knowledge. For these reasons sometimes it is useful to oversimplify in order to structure thought enough to make design decisions slightly less arbitrary. We cannot hope to make them perfect.’ The necessary attitude is encapsulated in Frank Lloyd Wright’s response to a question asked near the end of his career regarding what he thought was his best building. Wright replied: ‘The next one.’