'Cities attain a state of beauty—however subjective, contested, or difficult to define—either as a result of a long, unplanned process of evolution, or by being constructed according to particular definitions of beauty. Unplanned beauty emerges out of an organic process of growth where a city or town reaches a state of aesthetic and structural harmony, not though any willful design, but through the slow accretions of time.'....
'There is another expression of beauty on an urban scale that has achieved particular dominance, because of the forcefulness necessary for its execution. Planned beauty, like its unplanned counterpart, conveys the idea of harmony. But, unlike its counterpart, it does not necessarily align with the natural. Instead, the aim is to reach an ordered harmony with ideologies, forms of power, or social structures. Beauty in this case is a tool defined and enlisted to convey beliefs, orders, and hierarchies. The scale of forces needed for this type of urban planning and design means, more often than not, that the definition of beauty rests with those with the power to construct it. Planned beauty, manifested at the size of the city, is imposed'
S.Tsung Leong. (2005) The Authority of beauty'There is another expression of beauty on an urban scale that has achieved particular dominance, because of the forcefulness necessary for its execution. Planned beauty, like its unplanned counterpart, conveys the idea of harmony. But, unlike its counterpart, it does not necessarily align with the natural. Instead, the aim is to reach an ordered harmony with ideologies, forms of power, or social structures. Beauty in this case is a tool defined and enlisted to convey beliefs, orders, and hierarchies. The scale of forces needed for this type of urban planning and design means, more often than not, that the definition of beauty rests with those with the power to construct it. Planned beauty, manifested at the size of the city, is imposed'
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