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In this unit, we explore a different concept of urban planning, created by Ebenezer Howard. His idea of the Garden City was considered to be revolutionary after what people had witnessed cities become during the Industrial Revolution. In previous units, we have explored many different designs. For example, in Unit 3, we read about Haussmann’s restructuring of Paris, which looked very similar to what we see today in Gentrification of Urban settings. Unlike Haussmann, the elements of Howards plan were meant to reform the way of life in heavily populated urban areas. With the goal of creating a sustainable environment and community for all, Howard proposed a way of life that combined both urban and suburban styles of living.
Howard describes his alternative approach in three scenarios which he referred to as, “The Three Magnets,” The Town, The country, and The Town-Country Magnet. The Town-Country magnet allowed for a person to get the best of both worlds, and developed into what he named The Garden City. The city would be built across 6,000 acres complete with a sustainable and well-watered garden in the center. Once the population reached 3,000 people…a new town was formed. Each town was to be unique, but was also to be connected back to the same large plan.
There were also plans for these towns to be more than just a means of shelter, but social cities. The land was not in the hands of private owners but in the hands of the people, to be administered in a way that they felt would best benefit the community. He aimed to have his towns and their people surrounded by the most “healthy and advantageous conditions” possible, and each generation would ensure that their society met their needs. Many called Howard’s plan utopian, and felt it would never work. However, other Garden cities emerged around the same time emulating the same goals and beliefs as the Garden City.
For this week’s discussion:
1. What do you think are the most successful aspects of the Garden City?
2. What elements of the Garden City are similar to Haussmann’s plan?
3. Identify a city that was influenced the most by the Garden City and in what ways.
MY CLASSMATE ANSWER
The most successful aspect of the Garden city is in the way it is expressed in the plan where the towns are directly and radially connected to the city core through the system of railways. This strategy is extremely beneficial in terms of the overall development and convenience of the community. These well designed connections between smaller towns of the master plan provide opportunities for work, accesses, greenery, views as well as incorporating sustainable resources in order to help keep people live healthy physically and mentally. This method of keeping resources local helps strengthen the community and makes the city sustain itself. Howard’s idea of the Garden city can as well be applied and adapted on to so many other types of environments instead of just one particular city and it allows the city to expand horizontally without affecting the original infrastructure and facilities.
. Howard’s idea of Gerden city could be related to Hussmann’s city in a way that both of the strategies utilize the central of the plaza as the center to design the rest of the city outward. They both use boulevards to align the transition from the core to outer towns. This benefits accessibility and allows the city to have an easier way of incorporating green public space.
. I believe Berlin would be one of the cities that could represent the idea of Garden city as each building block is designed in a way that the buildings themselves form a green space in the middle. The city throughout its decades of development, has been designed in a way that could incorporate both Garden city elements and modern features.
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