CP case study quizzes Flashcards
Milton, Dorset (dynamics of change)
1) What was the landscape architect’s name, who was famous across Europe for his ‘naturalistic’ style?
2) When was the church and monastery in Milton built?
3) Who granted an annual fair in Milton?
4) What was Milton originally like?
5) Who owned the whole village and said that Milton “spoilt the view”?
6) How did this person get rid of the residents of Milton? Name 3 ways.
7) Who was William Harrison? What’s his story?
8) What was needed to move the grammar school?
9) What was the next step after the residents were gone?
10) What was the new village called that was created to house the residents of Milton?
11) Were the residents forced out for good?
12) Was this change accepted?
13) Was this an example of top-down or bottom-up power?
14) What caused this change?
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1) Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, famous for doing expensive garden design
2) 10th century
3) The first King of England, King Athestan
4) A market town with almshouses, a brewery, traders and inns
5) Joseph Damer
6) Local road closures which made trading impossible, he convinced them to leave (many of them depended on the estate for their living or their lease – he owned the whole village), he moved the grammar school to Blandford
7) A lawyer whose property was flooded by Damer. Harrison successfully sued with the court ruling that demolition would have to wait until he died
8) An act of Parliament
9) Buildings were demolished and the spoil transported to the south-east to create a new village
10) Milton Abbas
11) No, some were offered homes in the ‘pretty picture-postcard’ village of Milton
12) No, it was imposed by Damer
13) Top-down, Damer had a lot of power which he used to overrule and make changes to the area
14) An imbalance of power (Damer owned the whole village and had power to impose change
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Poundbury, Dorset (dynamics of change)
1) How did the change in Poundbury differ from the change in Milton? Give 2 ways.
2) Where is Poundbury?
3) Who is the patron for the change in Poundbury?
4) Fill in the blanks for this quote said by the patron for the change in Poundbury: “For a long time I have felt strongly about the [ ] [ ] which has taken place in this country in the name of [ ] about the… [ ] and [ ] of so much urban planning
5) In 1984, how did this patron describe the plans for the new wing of the National Gallery? What happened as a result of this comment?
6) This patron also denounced the National Theatre, built in the 1970s on London’s South Bank, by saying what?
7) How many principles did this patron devise for the design of buildings and urban environments?
8) Fill in the blanks of one of this patron’s key principles: “Developments must [ ] [ ] [ ]. They should not be [ ]; they should be designed to [ ] within the [ ] [ ] [ ]
9) Fill in the blanks of one of this patron’s key principles: “ [ ] also matter.”
10) Fill in the blanks of one of this patron’s key principles: “The [ ] must be at the centre of the design process. Streets should be [ ] from the [ ]
11) When did the development start? 1965,1979 or 1993?
12) Has this change been successful?
13) Is this an example of top-down or bottom-up power?
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1) This change was accepted and liked by the locals, unlike in Milton, and a more philanthropic approach was taken than was in Milton
2) A town on the edge of Dorchester, on land which is part of the Duchy of Cornwall (land owned by the then-Prince Charles)
3) HRH (then-Prince) Charles
4) Wanton destruction, progress, dreariness, heartlessness
5) As a ‘monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend’. As a result, the design he loathed was dropped
6) That it was ‘a clever way of building a nuclear power station in the middle of London without anyone objecting’
7) 10
8) Respect the land, intrusive, fit, landscape they occupy
9) Materials
10) Pedestrian, reclaimed, car
11) 1993
12) Yes, the model has been recreated elsewhere (Dickens Heath)
13) Top-down, but accepted, unlike in Milton
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Plymouth (management and manipulation of place-meaning)
1) Give two reasons why a place undergoes rebranding.
2) What was Plymouth rebranded to?
3) 2020 marked an important anniversary in Plymouth’s maritime history. What was this anniversary? (an existing place-meaning the inspired the rebranding project)
4) Which natural harbour connects the city to the English Channel? (an existing place meaning that inspired the rebranding project)
5) Fill in the gaps regarding the aims and scope of the rebranding project: To connect Plymouth with its [ ]. (local place-meaning)
6) Fill in the gaps regarding the aims and scope of the rebranding project: To promote and enhance its image as a [ ] and [ ] hub within Britain and further afield. (international/national place-meaning) (This question is worth 2 points)
7) Fill in the gaps regarding the aims and scope of the rebranding project: To secure its [ ] future.
8) Name and explain 2 “audiences” that this rebranding project affected.
9) How did the local people contribute to the vision of the rebranding project? Give 2 ways. (This question is worth 2 points)
10) Fill in the gaps from a quote regarding the outcome of the rebranding project: ‘The [ ] city of Plymouth is shaped by the relationship between its [ ] and its [ ], forging an identity characterised by [ ], adventure, vision and [ ].’ (This question is worth 5 points)
11) How much did the construction of the international history centre cost: £20 million, £23 million or £25 million?
12) How was this cost covered? (i.e. with support from what?)
13) Fill in the blank: The international history centre is to be a [ ] [ ] within the city’s new cultural district. (This question is worth 2 points)
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1) To boost footfall (visitor numbers and shoppers) and boost the employment prospects of the area
2) Britain’s Ocean City
3) 400 years since the departure of the Mayflower from the city
4) Plymouth Sound
5) Past
6) Cultural and economic
7) Economic
8) Creative industries (potential employers in advertising, architecture, design, publishing etc) and young people (who might choose to study or relocate for work to the city, which has two universities, from around the country and abroad)
9) With #LetsTalkPlym via the council’s online planning portal (1) and consultations about what local people value about Plymouth and what they would like to see in a new museum (1)
10) Vibrant, place, people, resilience, community
11) £25 million
12) Supported by lottery funding
13) Trailhead attraction
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