Garden cities for the 21st century: development, preservation, perspectives.
Parentheses| N° d'inventaire | 26780 |
| Format | 17 x 24 |
| Détails | 430 p., numerous color illustrations, paperback with flaps. |
| Publication | Marseille, 2022 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782863643877 |
As the 19th century drew to a close, Britain felt the urgent need for an alternative to the suffocating and impoverished industrial city. The concept of the garden city then took shape in the mind of urban planner Ebenezer Howard: a city outside the city that reconnected with nature and provided its inhabitants with the conditions for individual and collective well-being.
Social and ecological, this model will spread throughout the 20th century throughout the world.
What about these housing complexes today, which were once a source of national pride? Are the still intact garden cities being recognized for their true heritage value? Are they protected from the game of land interests? As for the metropolises of the 21st century, which need to be renatured and reconciled in order to remain livable, would they not benefit from reappropriating this humanist and landscape approach, which is widely acclaimed? ?
Adopting in turn the points of view of history, experience, and foresight, some sixty international contributors here draw up a contrasting inventory. While it denotes a clear concern about the future of historical achievements, it also testifies to a genuine hope: that of seeing the spirit of garden cities reborn within an urban planning forced to rethink itself in the face of the challenges of a changing world.
As the 19th century drew to a close, Britain felt the urgent need for an alternative to the suffocating and impoverished industrial city. The concept of the garden city then took shape in the mind of urban planner Ebenezer Howard: a city outside the city that reconnected with nature and provided its inhabitants with the conditions for individual and collective well-being.
Social and ecological, this model will spread throughout the 20th century throughout the world.
What about these housing complexes today, which were once a source of national pride? Are the still intact garden cities being recognized for their true heritage value? Are they protected from the game of land interests? As for the metropolises of the 21st century, which need to be renatured and reconciled in order to remain livable, would they not benefit from reappropriating this humanist and landscape approach, which is widely acclaimed? ?
Adopting in turn the points of view of history, experience, and foresight, some sixty international contributors here draw up a contrasting inventory. While it denotes a clear concern about the future of historical achievements, it also testifies to a genuine hope: that of seeing the spirit of garden cities reborn within an urban planning forced to rethink itself in the face of the challenges of a changing world.