Monday, 2 September 2013

Seminar 2 Notes

Week 4 seminar – planning theory and process 1
Modernism and early Urban Planning (1870-1940)
·         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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