week 5 - utopian planninig Flashcards
1
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What happened during the Industrial Revolution
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the population increased from growing more food
bad conditions, animal waste, no sewage, high density
2
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Ebenezer Howard - known for
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Howard’s garden cities
- were intended to provide heretofore rural districts with the economic opportunities and the amenities of large industrial cities
3
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why were Ebenezer Howard citys uniqe
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- they were shaped in a criel
- main building in the middle
another example:
letchworth
- at the center was gov center, libraries, shops
4
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Changes in garden city today
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- no nature , transportation, essential services
- no center
- only low density reditail areas
5
Q
Why were cricle citys inefficient
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made it difficult for expanding the community later
6
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Canberra 1913
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- was also known for using circles in design
- didn’t look good from the ground
- issue of map brain
- was not efficient
7
Q
3 issues of modernist planners
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- Map brain
- Zone Brain
- word brain.
8
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map brain
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- planning from a bird’s eye view
- normally doesn’t look good from the ground
- no realistic
9
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Zone brain
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- by sperateing where things are done
- can create issolation and naroww mind set
10
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