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What is Grid ?

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Follow my blog with Bloglovin Ubiquitous Urbanism, Studio Hadid/ Schumacher, Columbia University, 1993, layering process: inflection/ interarticulation Grid Definition :  Structural grid, modular grid; a regular framework of reference lines to which the dimensions of major structural components of the plan of a building are fixed.  in town planning, a checkerboard network of intersecting streets and avenues forming the basic layout of a city or town. Grid Line Definition :   One of the lines marking a structural, modular or layout grid of a building,  to which dimensions are coordinated. Grid Plan Definition :   An urban plan type in which streets are laid out in an orthogonal network, forming a pattern of approximately rectangular blocks; also called a checkerboard plan, checkerboard plan, chessboard plan or gridiron plan. Grids in Graphic design :  The most flexible foundation to support the designer working in two and three dimensions is that of the gri...