URP3000 Final Exam With
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Baron Haussmann - ANSWER Creative city planner used by Napoleon III to
improve and beautify Paris
Daniel Burnham - ANSWER designed the Flatiron Building in Chicago
Ebenezer Howard - ANSWER garden cities
Le Corbusier - ANSWER Architect -- contemporary city
What do we mean by modernism and how did it inspire planners at the time?
- ANSWER Modernism refers to a radical movement that sought to break
with tradition, ingrained culture, and history.
it prioritized science, rationality, order, and function over historical beliefs.
-- modernist ideology resulted in the formation of CIAM, International
Congress of Architecture and Modernism
What social conditions motivated planners at the time and what solutions did
they propose? - ANSWER societal shift towards modernism
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What is urban renewal and how did it begin? - ANSWER - Urban renewal was
, a federally backed program that provided substantial financial, political, and
administrative support to clear out and rebuild parts of center cities.
- it was an impactful program underpinned by a belief that the government
should be responsible for ensuring a decent home for every American.
How did urban renewal and the interstate highway system affect the growth
patterns and communities of American cities? - ANSWER -- vicious cycle of
automobile-dependent pattern of growth and lifestyle initiated by the
interstate
Robert Moses - ANSWER - an autocratic slum clearance project was
implemented in New York under his direction
- implements of modernist planning
Jane Jacobs - ANSWER - evolved the theory of what made a good and "just"
city and a theory of opposition to the kind of planning practice that moses
represented
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What societal impact did urban renewal and highway projects have on
existing cities? - ANSWER - they caused disruptions due to the unforgiving
ways in which site clearance was carried out.
- the people that lived in those sites designated for urban renewal and
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Baron Haussmann - ANSWER Creative city planner used by Napoleon III to
improve and beautify Paris
Daniel Burnham - ANSWER designed the Flatiron Building in Chicago
Ebenezer Howard - ANSWER garden cities
Le Corbusier - ANSWER Architect -- contemporary city
What do we mean by modernism and how did it inspire planners at the time?
- ANSWER Modernism refers to a radical movement that sought to break
with tradition, ingrained culture, and history.
it prioritized science, rationality, order, and function over historical beliefs.
-- modernist ideology resulted in the formation of CIAM, International
Congress of Architecture and Modernism
What social conditions motivated planners at the time and what solutions did
they propose? - ANSWER societal shift towards modernism
-
What is urban renewal and how did it begin? - ANSWER - Urban renewal was
, a federally backed program that provided substantial financial, political, and
administrative support to clear out and rebuild parts of center cities.
- it was an impactful program underpinned by a belief that the government
should be responsible for ensuring a decent home for every American.
How did urban renewal and the interstate highway system affect the growth
patterns and communities of American cities? - ANSWER -- vicious cycle of
automobile-dependent pattern of growth and lifestyle initiated by the
interstate
Robert Moses - ANSWER - an autocratic slum clearance project was
implemented in New York under his direction
- implements of modernist planning
Jane Jacobs - ANSWER - evolved the theory of what made a good and "just"
city and a theory of opposition to the kind of planning practice that moses
represented
-
What societal impact did urban renewal and highway projects have on
existing cities? - ANSWER - they caused disruptions due to the unforgiving
ways in which site clearance was carried out.
- the people that lived in those sites designated for urban renewal and
