This semester I've been learns many things, but definitely the subject that I most enjoyed this semester was from the class “Problems of modern architecture”, there we did a duo work which we need to study a 20th century project, know how it works and think about it critically. In our case, the study case was “The Garden City”, which is a model of urban planning created by Ebenezer Howard, as a solution to the problems of the Industrial Revolution and its impact on the cities, particularly in England. It was very interesting to inquire about the main principles and concepts of the Garden City, because it was to request the benefits for the people, taking the lifestyle of the city and countryside, combining the advantages of both environments for the common life of the people, providing proximity to nature and an increase in employment opportunities.
During the course, we had to do two rehearsals analyzing
the city from its theoretical position and conceptual, and how this was
expressed in the garden city movement of modernity. Also, we investigate about
others other works by architects and urbanist like Jane Jacobs, where we could make
comparisons between the model of garden cities and different vision about the
modern cities.
Hi paulina, in a history elective I saw some garden city concepts, it is a very interesting project and one of my favorites, it would be great if cities of this style were added at present.
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ResponderEliminarHey Paulina! I also took that subject this semester and I really enjoyed it. I think you learn a lot when you do that kind of research work! It's certainly very interesting what you say about The Garden City.
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