Clarence Perry

Dead

Rest in peace dude

 IDEA OF PERRY’S NEIGHBOURHOOD
The neighbourhood unit was conceived of as a comprehensive
physical planning tool, to be utilised for designing self-
contained residential neighbourhoods which promoted a
community centric lifestyle, away from the "noise of the
trains, and out of sight of the smoke and ugliness of industrial
plants" emblematic of an industrialising New York City in the
early 1900s.
 IDEA OF PERRY’S NEIGHBOURHOOD

The core principles of Perry's Neighbourhood Unit were

around these design ideals :
•Centre the school in the neighbourhood.
• Place arterial streets along the perimeter so that they define
and distinguish the "place" of the neighbourhood.
• Design internal streets using a hierarchy that easily
distinguishes local streets from arterial streets.
• Restrict local shopping areas to the perimeter.
• Dedicate at least 10 percent of the neighbourhood land area
to parks and open space.
  STATISTICS OF NEIGHBOURHOOD UNIT
• Perry described the neighborhood unit as area which require an
elementary school with 1,000 and 1,200 pupils.
• This would mean a population of between 5,000 and 6,000
people.
• Developed with Population Density of 10 families per acre, it
would occupy about 160 acres.
• Any child have to walk a distance of around half mile to school.
• About 10 percent of the area would be allocated to recreation, and
through traffic arteries would be confined to the surrounding
streets, internal streets being limited to service access for residents
of the neighbourhood.
• The unit would be served by shopping facilities, churches, library,
and a community centre.
ELEMENTS OF PERRY’S NEIGHBOURHOOD

•Residential unit
•Schools
•Shopping centers
•Traffic roads
•Railway stations
•Open spaces