GGRA03H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Jaywalking, Walkability, Tabula Rasa
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Week 4: january 26, 2016 challenges to modernist planning. The modern movement and ciam were the utopian planning project of architects. Major characteristics of urban utopian thinking are apparent in le corbusier"s work, especially the plan voisin for paris, and the ville radieuse. Major transformation of built form was proposed as a solution to the urban crisis. Proposed to demolish the old city, build a radically new urban form, new design, and materials, in megastructures. Towers in a park" idea, separation of pedestrians and automobiles, radical separation of land uses as the key design concepts. Urban design solutions to social, economic, and political issues such as poverty, class divisions. 1st half of 20th ce planning in us zoning, building regulations, parks planning, civic centre planning, comprehensive plans. After ww2, expanded to urban renewal, large scale public housing projects, inter-state expressway systems. Many were optimistic that large-scale state interventions could transform cities for the better.
