PLAN100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Flattening, Kentlands, Gaithersburg, Maryland, Peter Calthorpe
2 Jan 2017
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Misnomer: originally referred to as neo-traditional planning. Reaction against conventional suburban development with its car orientation, low density, land use specialization, often poor appearance, pedestrian inhospitality. Draw inspiration from lewis mumford and jane jacobs. Tries to reproduce pre-war small town and urban neighborhood layout, appearance and dynamics. Studies what is appealing and what works in historical towns and tries to reproduce this in a new urbanism context. Tries to recreate the social environment of old towns and neighborhoods: neighborliness. Tries to achieve a measure of self-containment: institutions, retailing, services within walking distance. Traditional architecture: models borrowed from nearby towns or older neighborhoods. Most importantly, deemphasize the presence of the car through design; back lanes with garages, parking behind buildings. Variety of housing types (attempts to achieve mixed income), but compatible appearance. Main retail street (as praised by jane jacobs) in original concept.
