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