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What are some problems with using zoning principles in urban planning?
Ex. Segregation, dependency on automobiles, etc.
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Is your question what are the problems with using zoning principles or, problems that zoning principles can/should address? For a quick review of a number of zoning principle considerations, I would goggle "urban village". In the description of various urban villages, you will see a number of zoning principles discussed.
In general, I woudl start with a picture, either drawn or described, of an ideal area. It could be two square blocks of land, two square miles of land, or even larger. What would you have in place there? What would it look like? What would be the social interaction amoung neighbors? Then, look at the rules required to generate and maintain that atmosphere and sets of interactions. - These rules become your zoning principles.
For information on how zoning principles affect racial, social, and economic segregation - The Chicago area is pretty infamous with a lot of study and written work on it. But even southern Illinois has some pretty good text book examples.
Another more recent event with a lot of press coverage are the levies in the New Orleans area. Brownsville, Texas and Brownsville in Mexico has had some press coverage discussing poverty, industry, industrial pollution, and zoning.
There are a number of studies and realities with respect to concentrating versus spreading out poverty pockets and/or housing those of lesser economic means versus those with higher economic means. During the 1960's and 1970's super complexes of subsidised housing were constructed. This concentrated poverty and resulted in high crime regions. The super complexes have been pretty well disbanded, destroyed, and re-built. During the 1990's and early 2000's, many affluent communities found them selves in a quandry in that they had a high demand for service workers (everything from maids and fast-food to teachers and policemen) but their local costs of housing and living were too high for the service workers they wanted and needed. As a result, they had a lack of service workers and the cost of their service worker's transportation into and out of the area became a consideration in the requested compensation packages.
Many inner cities have found that once the 9-5 day is over, they become a ghost town. This affects crime on the streets, the feel for the night times, social activity venues, and even department stores competing with the suburbian malls for retail dollars. There has been an effort in many cities to include residential units of varying costs in an effort to keep folks in the city during the evening and over-night hours. In general, the more down town residences the more general folks on the streets, the more general night life; general as opposed to nefarious.
Is your question what are the problems with using zoning principles or, problems that zoning principles can/should address? For a quick review of a number of zoning principle considerations, I would goggle "urban village". In the description of various urban villages, you will see a number of zoning principles discussed.
In general, I woudl start with a picture, either drawn or described, of an ideal area. It could be two square blocks of land, two square miles of land, or even larger. What would you have in place there? What would it look like? What would be the social interaction amoung neighbors? Then, look at the rules required to generate and maintain that atmosphere and sets of interactions. - These rules become your zoning principles.
For information on how zoning principles affect racial, social, and economic segregation - The Chicago area is pretty infamous with a lot of study and written work on it. But even southern Illinois has some pretty good text book examples.
Another more recent event with a lot of press coverage are the levies in the New Orleans area. Brownsville, Texas and Brownsville in Mexico has had some press coverage discussing poverty, industry, industrial pollution, and zoning.
There are a number of studies and realities with respect to concentrating versus spreading out poverty pockets and/or housing those of lesser economic means versus those with higher economic means. During the 1960's and 1970's super complexes of subsidised housing were constructed. This concentrated poverty and resulted in high crime regions. The super complexes have been pretty well disbanded, destroyed, and re-built. During the 1990's and early 2000's, many affluent communities found them selves in a quandry in that they had a high demand for service workers (everything from maids and fast-food to teachers and policemen) but their local costs of housing and living were too high for the service workers they wanted and needed. As a result, they had a lack of service workers and the cost of their service worker's transportation into and out of the area became a consideration in the requested compensation packages.
Many inner cities have found that once the 9-5 day is over, they become a ghost town. This affects crime on the streets, the feel for the night times, social activity venues, and even department stores competing with the suburbian malls for retail dollars. There has been an effort in many cities to include residential units of varying costs in an effort to keep folks in the city during the evening and over-night hours. In general, the more down town residences the more general folks on the streets, the more general night life; general as opposed to nefarious.
What was the architecture book referenced in the movie Beastmaster?
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In the commentary to the movie Beastmaster, the makers reference a book called "Architecture Before Architects" They said that this is a great book, covering everything from housing to urban planning in ancient times, and had an influence on the production design. I can't find this title mentioned anywhere, and I think they may have remembered the title wrong. If any architects or architecture students are reading this, would you know what title this was? Or maybe recommend a better book on ancient architecture? Thanks
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I haven't heard of a book called "Architecture Before Architects," and I couldn't find it for sale on amazon.com. There is a famous book called "Architecture WITHOUT architects" by Bernard Rudofsky (published in 1964) which covers some of the topics you describe (the link to its amazon.com page is below).
Rudofsky also curated a show at MOMA by the same title, affirming a patronizing view of the primitive huts of the noble savage...Modernism in architecture was on its way to dying a slow death. So, I think the text and theory behind the book is pretty terrible, its probably a good reference if you're looking for a nice collection of photographs.
I haven't heard of a book called "Architecture Before Architects," and I couldn't find it for sale on amazon.com. There is a famous book called "Architecture WITHOUT architects" by Bernard Rudofsky (published in 1964) which covers some of the topics you describe (the link to its amazon.com page is below).
Rudofsky also curated a show at MOMA by the same title, affirming a patronizing view of the primitive huts of the noble savage...Modernism in architecture was on its way to dying a slow death. So, I think the text and theory behind the book is pretty terrible, its probably a good reference if you're looking for a nice collection of photographs.
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