Week 4 seminar – planning theory and process 1
Modernism and early Urban Planning (1870-1940)
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Sheds light on early urban regional planning and
people who shaped planning
Define modernism
- · 1890-1940
- · Mid 1910’s in Australia
- · Changed the way we look at environment
- · Deliberate departure away from the previous norms
- · Shift away from bust to city
- · Locations closer to ports and markets
Early urban planning practices
- · Building of cities
- · Market towns, evolution, congestion problems 1500-1600’s
- · Industrial revolution 1760’s-1840’s
- · Need for transport
- · Practical reasons – residential area, industrial area
- · Pollution
- · Congestions, bottle necks
- · Transport, better roads
- · Inefficiencies- loss of time in traffic not with family or at work
- · Work life balance impacts
The parks movement
- · Began early 1900’s
- · Give society cleaner environment, less congestion, recreation
- · Central park – for citizens, recreation
- · Metro sprawl – to small cities
- · Garden city movement
- · Open spaces
- · Parks and wild life
- · Better standard of living
- · Better lifestyle
- · Prettier
- · Better environment
- · Feeling of well being
Planning issues
- · Modelling problems
- · 2D modelling vs. current virtual digital 3D modelling
- · 3D modelling more efficient
- · Adelaide 3D modelling plan website
- · Potential developments
- · Public consultation
- · Prevent planning mistakes
- · Sim city computer game
- · Factor costs
- Time line
- Industrial revolution
Notable people
- · Ebenezer Howard – garden cities his vision (Letchworth UK)
- · Camilo Sitte – city planning according to principle – beauty and practical planning
- · Le Corbusier + Frank Wright – Le was a modernist – Frank a naturalist
- · Frederick Law Olmsted – transformed landscape gardening designed central park new york
- · Edward basset – defined planning
Great depression
- · Creativeness
- · Innovation
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