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Influenced by China's New Rural Polices (the Chinese government's campaign to 'construct a New Socialist Countryside [1] '), the paper is started from differences between few cases happened in different countrysides, then figured out the... more
"Das Ziel, das ich nun unserem Volk und anderen Völkern zu setzen wage, ist hoch und doch auch ihren Kräften angemessen: sie sollen sich rüsten für die Aufgabe, Gruppen schöner gartenumkränzter, heimatlicher Städte für diejenigen zu... more
This paper examines how the garden city idea was introduced to China in the early 20th century and subsequently promoted by Chinese intellectuals and urban administrators as a means to promote urban improvement, economic development and... more
The Garden City model proposed by Ebenezer Howard in the 1890s has proven to be highly adaptable to different environments, political and historical contexts, and different cultural backdrops. However, this inherent flexibility has also... more
Az Árkay Aladár tervezte, 1911 és 1912 között épült Bírák és Ügyészek telepe volt az első nagyobb léptékű kísérlet Budapesten a telepszerű, magánerős villaépítkezésre. A változó életstílus, preferenciák a középosztályt a lakásideál... more
In the middle of the 18th century, the ‘Industrial Revolution’ changed the procedure of manufacturing in Europe. Not only the hand production was changed into machine, but the ‘Industrial Revolution’ also changed the behavior of human,... more
A wikipedia book constructed from Wikipedia articles related to the realization of a modern garden city.
This paper discusses some adaptations of the garden-city concept in Brazil, and reveals how a foreign physical model was conveniently matched to specific civic purposes. The layout of three planned new towns-Águas de São Pedro, Maringá,... more
Despite being forgotten from the architectural manuals, German architect Heinrich Tessenow (1876-1950) can be considered one of the most insightful interpreters of a collective vision of society, based on the clarity of architectural... more
This paper comes from research begun in 2009 and presented at the Victoria & Albert Muesum in February 2012, which examines the New City since its Development Corporation disbanded in 1992. It explores Milton Keynes’ design and unintended... more
A Garden City design, presented using many colour diagrams and accessible language.
Design for a no-car Transit System, Green Spaces and Built Space with a fractal, mixed-use Zonation System.
Design for a no-car Transit System, Green Spaces and Built Space with a fractal, mixed-use Zonation System.
This short paper explores good practice guidance on sustainable urban development . It will examine whether the Garden Town model could be reinvented with learnings from Tübingen to further its aims of creating socially, environmentally... more
Housing has always been a paramount issue; in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century attempts were made to revolutionise the problem of poor quality houses and the accompanying poor quality of life. This was set against the... more
This proposal focuses upon land use, as a significant part of planning, and planning for future social, economic and environmental scenarios; for future generations. This approach is intended to support, facilitate, integrate and... more
Bu makalede, 1999 İstanbul depremi sonrasında mimar Turgut Cansever’in öncülüğünde bir araya gelen İstanbul Deprem Çalışma Grubu’nun iki cilt halinde yayımladığı “Yeni Şehirler” raporları gündeme getirilecektir. Devamında Turgut... more
Paper for the International Colloquium: Revival after the Great War: Repair, Rebuild, Remember, May 8-9, 2018, KU Leuven
Madrid's Linear City is the most important Spanish contribution to modern urban science and the best architectural vision of 98's Spain historic moment. Focused on it, this book has its origin In a rich research, in which traditional... more
This paper was originally commissioned by the Town and Country Planning Association for a special issue on Garden Cities in the Autumn of 2012, to explore the role and treatment of land in the development of sustainable new settlements,... more
This article examines how Väestöliitto, the Finnish Population and Family Welfare League, developed into a housing policy expert during the 1940s and 1950s. Through frame analysis, I outline how Väestöliitto constructed urbanisation and... more
What do we do with the failed American Town? Are there examples of successful and sustainable communities that can demonstrate how to avoid catastrophic failures? Firstly, you may question the premise of “failure” -- and this critical... more
Looking at the time period Lewis Mumford lived, experiencing the first wave of environmentalism, and welcoming the second wave, I am surprised that we do not encounter him as much as we do Henry David Thoreau, Aldo Leopold or John Muir.... more
This study deals with the creation of a new mode of thought concerning urban life that has generally been called in the English language “town planning.” Other important aspects derived from the early Garden Cities and Unwind are the... more
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The past years witnessed many publications on the roles of transnational expert networks in defining new professional fields and lobbying for social reform in the first half of the 20th century. The modern spatial planning profession,... more
“The Garden City, as Howard defined it, is not a suburb but the
antithesis of a suburb: not a more rural retreat, but a more integrated
foundation for an effective urban life.”
Lewis Mumford
antithesis of a suburb: not a more rural retreat, but a more integrated
foundation for an effective urban life.”
Lewis Mumford
Garbatella (between1922-1935) represents one of the peculiar aspects of innovated urban planning in the interwar period in Italy. It is identifiably a garden city portion of the capital of the modernist/nationalist power. An empire that... more
Uyttenhove (Pieter), Cité de la Muette – eine vertikale Gartenstadt 1931-34, Marcel Lods, in Rüdiger Kramm & Alex Dill (eds.), Zum aktuellen Umgang mit den Bauten der Moderne : Frankreich, Karlsruhe, Universität Karlsruhe, Fakultät für... more
The article is the first introduction to the garden city movement in the Czech lands. The dynamic transformations of its trajectory are highlighted by selected upheavals. It spans from its cautious beginnings in the first decade of the... more
David Backwith, Roger Ball, Stephen E. Hunt and Mike Richardson, Strikers, Hobblers, Conchies and Reds: A Radical History of Bristol 1880-1939 (Newton Abbott: Breviary Stuff Press /Bristol Radical History Group, 2014).
Visions of the City is a dramatic account of utopian urbanism in the twentieth century. It explores radical demands for new spaces and ways of living, and considers their effects on planning, architecture and struggles to shape urban... more