The world has been constantly changing over and over from one period to another, new ideas was conceived that lead us to better living. Modernist and Modern Architects were concerned with creating a Utopian City, and therefore a Utopian society. The idea they used to create a utopian city is not completely impossible. Along with advances in technology and while the technique was possible, they will maybe realize the utopian idea in the far future. The idea and concept of creating a utopian city from that Modernist and Modern Architects is a big influenced nowadays architect.
In the 1516, the word “Utopia” was created by Sir Thomas More for his book, the book is talk about a fictional island society. The word of Utopia has been used to describe …show more content…
Although the idea failed in that time, but the idea of creating Utopian city from the architect is still goes on and continue to investigate and research, and influenced architectural industrial nowadays. In the history of Urbanism one can find continuous attempts to achieve solutions for the urban problems. The change from one period to another has often resulted in a conflict in urban space. In the following I will briefly present three examples of urban utopias and conflicts that cover the urban realm of the non-modern to postmodern periods. My aim is not to force Urbanism into a linear development, but merely to discuss how the urban is present in broader societal changes.
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, Le Corbusier (1887-1965) was a Swiss-born French architect, painter, writer, urbanist, designer (Fig. 1). He widely considered to one of the pioneers in the construction of the modern movement. Le Corbusier is the one of the architect I like the most, his work is among is the most influenced to many architects, especially in the field of urban planning. He was among the first to do in advance the transportation influence on urban development, and his urban planning philosophies have been regarded as religious rules since they were …show more content…
Neither city was ever built, but his Ville Radieuse did inspire one building. Though strict, radical and nearly totalitarian in its order and symmetry, Le Corbusier used the utopian ideal formed the basis of a number of urban plans during the 1930s and 1940s culminating in the design and construction of the first Unité d'Habitation in Marseilles in 1952. Unité d'Habitation have 337 apartments in every single building, along with open facilities on the ground floor and roof. Due to the costing of steel production after the war economy, the Unité d’Habitation was constructed of exposed concrete and indicated the arrival of Brutalism architecture. This typology, which proved an answer to the after the war housing deficiency, was further changed around the world in countless housing
In the 1516, the word “Utopia” was created by Sir Thomas More for his book, the book is talk about a fictional island society. The word of Utopia has been used to describe …show more content…
Although the idea failed in that time, but the idea of creating Utopian city from the architect is still goes on and continue to investigate and research, and influenced architectural industrial nowadays. In the history of Urbanism one can find continuous attempts to achieve solutions for the urban problems. The change from one period to another has often resulted in a conflict in urban space. In the following I will briefly present three examples of urban utopias and conflicts that cover the urban realm of the non-modern to postmodern periods. My aim is not to force Urbanism into a linear development, but merely to discuss how the urban is present in broader societal changes.
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, Le Corbusier (1887-1965) was a Swiss-born French architect, painter, writer, urbanist, designer (Fig. 1). He widely considered to one of the pioneers in the construction of the modern movement. Le Corbusier is the one of the architect I like the most, his work is among is the most influenced to many architects, especially in the field of urban planning. He was among the first to do in advance the transportation influence on urban development, and his urban planning philosophies have been regarded as religious rules since they were …show more content…
Neither city was ever built, but his Ville Radieuse did inspire one building. Though strict, radical and nearly totalitarian in its order and symmetry, Le Corbusier used the utopian ideal formed the basis of a number of urban plans during the 1930s and 1940s culminating in the design and construction of the first Unité d'Habitation in Marseilles in 1952. Unité d'Habitation have 337 apartments in every single building, along with open facilities on the ground floor and roof. Due to the costing of steel production after the war economy, the Unité d’Habitation was constructed of exposed concrete and indicated the arrival of Brutalism architecture. This typology, which proved an answer to the after the war housing deficiency, was further changed around the world in countless housing