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Group05 City Effcient
Group05 City Effcient
Group : 2
The ability of a city of maximizing its own output (well-being) given a set of inputs or minimizing the use of its own resources
(inputs) to obtain a given output.
- As per IGI Global Publication
The Efficiency Movement was a major movement in the United States, Britain and other industrial nations in the early 20th
century that sought to identify and eliminate waste in all areas of the economy and society.
- As Per Daniel T. Rodgers, Atlantic Crossings: Social Politics in a Progressive Age (2000)
Key Words : Light, Air, Ventilation, Self Sufficient, Calmness, good quality of life
Broad Acer City by Frank Lloyd Wright
A Sub-Urban Utopia
Year : 1932-1959
After the Era of Industrialisation
Year : 1840
Key Principle
More Light
More Freedom
Proposed Amenities :
The distribution focuses open creating ideal civilization form the community, which will be helpful to create self sufficient city.
INDUSTRIAL FRINGES
amalgamation of out houses, medium to
larges scale, industries and reservoirs .are
imagined as per the demand.
AMENITY RING
RESIDENT RING
AMENITY RING
INDUSTRIAL FRINGES
dominated by the residential units and
small parcels of farm lands owned by the
each family.
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150 Mile
Hierarchy of Roads
Arterial Road
Sub-Arterial Roads
Clear Line of road network and its hierarchal division helps to establish better connectivity network to Sub-urban blocks.
Distribution of Amenities
Local and Dedicated Commercials
Recreation Zones
The closer proximity to services in all direction allow people to reside themselves as per their priorities.
In the planning model farms are distributed as a amenity and t as a tool to make community self sufficient :
“Grow your own food”
Image Source : http://www.hasta-standrews.com
Relevance in Current Urban Context
Concept of Sub-urban living, Owning a piece of land Concept of Self Sufficient Planned neighbourhood Automobile
away from the fast city life. in city and right to develop it, Neighbourhood or respecting the current Oriented
as per need Community. urban scenarios. Neighbourhoods
Neighbourhood Unit by Clarence Perry
Year : 1920
Rapid industrialization
after WW-I
Growth of cities
Migration of rural to cities
Housing shortage
Need to segregate
automobile and pedestrian
“The automobile was a disrupting
menace to city life in the U.S.A.” (Stein
C. New towns for America. p. 41)
Neighborhood
5000 - 6000
Church
School
Pedestrianization
Pedestrianization
Shops
Application of Theory
Self Sustained Housing unit – Amenities
Parks
1/4th of a mile
Application of Theory
Shops
Self Sustained Housing unit – Amenities
Parks Pedestrianization
Connectivity
Church
Safety
Shops
Parks
Application of Theory
Self Sustained Housing unit – Amenities
Church
Pedestrianization
Application of Theory
Neighborhood unit
As proposed by CA Perry
7 – 8 Mins
1/4th Mile
1/4th Mile
1/4th Mile
1/4th Mile
+
Walkable sizes Accessible
1/4th – ½ mile Amenities
+ + +
+
Housing Units Way forward
Elements of Comfort
Walkable networks + 10% Green
Safety
Case Study : Radburn Town, USA by Clarence Stein & Henry Wright
Town for Motor Age
(1929)
149 acres
90 Row houses
54 Semi-detached houses
Superblock s
• The high-density clustering of
housing around commonly held
parkland
Superblocks
• the high-density clustering of
housing around commonly held
parkland
Superblocks
• the high-density clustering of
housing around commonly held
parkland
Superblocks
• the high-density clustering of
housing around commonly held
parkland
Superblocks
• the high-density clustering of
housing around commonly held
parkland
Self-contained settlement
• providing playgrounds, schools,
theaters, public buildings, stores and
religious buildings all together
Promote environmental
considerations
• Conserve open space
• Arrange buildings to give sunlight,
air and a tolerable outlook
Recreational
field
1. Self-Contained neighborhood
All amenities within one mile radius.
1. Self-Contained neighborhood
All amenities within one mile radius.
3. Environment
The arrangement of cluster results
in each house getting
Direct sunlight
Direct access to green space
Image Source : H. M. Goudappel and J. A. Perlot, Verkeer en stad [Gravenhage, Netherlands, 1965]
Reaction to the plan