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> It's interesting how one generation's vision of utopia often becomes the dystopia of the following generation. In his time, Le Corbusier was heralded as the g

> It's interesting how one generation's vision of utopia often becomes the dystopia of the following generation. In his time, Le Corbusier was heralded as the genius of modern architecture. Today, his buildings seem vaguely dystopian (to me, at least) and remind me of the recent 2012 Dredd movie. That structure in Dredd reminded me of Corbs Ville Contemporaine (aka 'A City of Three Million Inhabitants') design. Interestingly, the objective was to bring back a green landscape without sacrificing urban density. Almost everywhere there isn't a structure there would have been park. Manufacturing, Business, Recreation, and Habitation each occupied it's own zone. One of Corbusier's plans could fit 800-1200 residents/hectare. It's an interesting observation on our vision of a utopia; Paul Rudolph enjoyed a meteoric rise in popularity in the 60's & 70's, now many of his structures (in the U.S.) have been dismantled. Luckily some past endeavors age well, e.g. Neave Brown was awarded the Gold Medal by RIBA for Robin Hood Gardens several years ago, Trellick Tower is still standing, etc.

amanaplanacanal 6y ago
> Manufacturing, Business, Recreation, and Habitation each occupied it's own zone. We have since discovered that this becomes a major problem. If these things are far apart, you need to dedicate a ton of resources to transportation to move people between those areas.
OldHand2018 6y ago
> Interestingly, the objective was to bring back a green landscape without sacrificing urban density. Yeah, it was one way to do that, for sure. But there are other ways that many people would think are far better. Here's a typical street in a neighborhood that is presently at about 30,000 people/mile^2 (11,000 people/km^2): https://www.google.com/maps/@42.0103594,-87.6643239,3a,75y,238.24h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sGHmLhAxFppoH4m9vIirLbA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DGHmLhAxFppoH4m9vIirLbA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D230.20157%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192 https://www.google.com/maps/@42.0103594,-87.6643239,3a,75y,2...

amanaplanacanal 6y ago

> Manufacturing, Business, Recreation, and Habitation each occupied it's own zone. We have since discovered that this becomes a major problem. If these things are far apart, you need to dedicate a ton of resources to transportation to move people between those areas.

OldHand2018 6y ago

> Interestingly, the objective was to bring back a green landscape without sacrificing urban density. Yeah, it was one way to do that, for sure. But there are other ways that many people would think are far better. Here's a typical street in a neighborhood that is presently at about 30,000 people/mile^2 (11,000 people/km^2): https://www.google.com/maps/@42.0103594,-87.6643239,3a,75y,238.24h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sGHmLhAxFppoH4m9vIirLbA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DGHmLhAxFppoH4m9vIirLbA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D230.20157%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192 https://www.google.com/maps/@42.0103594,-87.6643239,3a,75y,2...