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Andres Duany
Urban Planner
married another elizabeth plater-zyberk (DPZ)
codesigned Seaside, Florida
Automobile Suburbs
began around 1920's when suburbs were developed outside of city center
very homogeneous residential homes
very dependent on automobile use
in the past, lots were more compact because people were fine with smaller lots
Ex
: Phoenix suburbs or Marlemount Ohio
Beyond the Neighborhood Unit
written by Tridib Banerjee and William C. Baer
Clarence Perry
Published the Regional Plan Association of New York in 1829
designed to have a certain amount of units where everything was walking and functioned as one unit
Cluster Zoning
When you have a unique topography, you build clusters of houses on the most buildable land and leave the rest alone
Problems with this:
usually has to rely on one main road which leads to congestion
doesn't fit into regional planning because it's so specific
colonial towns and fronteir settlements
high degree of order and formality
grid planning
surrounded by agricultural land
central square in middle
ecample
: Savannah, Georgia
Coral Gables, Florida
designed by Geore Merrick
one of the earliest suburbs outside of Miami
connected to Miami by streetcars
Criticisms of Planned communities
sense of community is artificial but it has been disproven
escapist
Density
How many buildings/ people can be fit into a certain area while still providing a liveable lifestyle
Ebenezer Howard
1898
wrote garden cities of tomorrow
introduced his idea of the ideal city where each section of the city was divided into rings surrounding the center
one of the first ideas of regionalism with cities being decentralized
Electric Streetcars
allowed cities to double in size
originated to central business districts and went out to suburbs
people could go to work and travel around the city much easier
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Author
starvinmarvin623
ID
181010
Card Set
Urbanism I
Description
sustainable urbanism
Updated
2012-11-04T00:00:03Z
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