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Revival Style, when was it? |
Revival is the re-born styles!, it came with the renaissance. Therefore, it started in 1400. It then continued until modernism basically. 1800 |
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Describe Renaissance |
It came about as people regained an interest in intellectualism and learning in general. Return to classical rules of collumns, arches. The arches were very heavy because it is classical, not gothic. It was very into symmetry, because brunelleschi was involved. |
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What mode of transportation defines each sector |
1. Water ways, 2. Trains 3. Cars |
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When did trains come on the scene? |
1830s |
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When did lebreton flats start |
1850s |
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During what years was lebreton flats sector 2 |
1850s-1950 |
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When did lebreton flats transition to white collar? |
1950s |
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What did Gerber do to lebreton flats |
Kicked out all the manufacturing, moved trains and factories to the edges of the city. Reclaimed the train right of ways for automobiles. Cleaned up the parkway and made a pretty pedestrian area. |
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Who developed the notion of the "building in the park" |
Le Corbusier, that was also the vision for Lebreton Flats remeber? |
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When did street cars become electrified? |
1875 |
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When did automobiles begin being used for commuting? |
1925 |
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How did street cars affect a layout |
Dense housing within walking distance of stops. Straight road patterns. Cattered to main streets |
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How did Automobiles affect the layout of a city? |
Urban sprawl, lower density neighborhoods. Catered to strip malls |
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What is one tricky element used by the chinese to enhance the borrowed landscape technique |
the bonsai tree |
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Describe a chinese garden |
Inwardl focused, irregular and naturalistic |
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Describe the layout of a chinese city |
A walled market with a grid style |
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When is medieval |
Roman To Renaissance |
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Describe the style of the urban landscape in 1800 |
Crammed squallar. It was made worse by defensive walls. The walls were torn down at the begining of the 1800s, setting the stage for new urban planning models |
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As economic sectors changed from primary to secondary, as the world advanced, how did the perception of the landscape change |
From agricultural to picturesque |
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Describe what was in vogue during the 1800s when much of ottawa was planned |
Romantacism and naturalism, also gothic revival |
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Describe Ottawa's parks and gardens |
All developed in a romantic period of the 1800s, they are all outward stretching, and irregular. They embrace the city around them. Also, the contour the city, making it as though the city fully integrated into the wilderness. |
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What were the two major antidotes to urbanism in the 1800s |
Build upwards, or build outwards, (or build giant parks) |
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What facilitated building outwards, and given this, around what time must this have happened |
Public transport, namely streetcars, helped the outward movement. Given this, it was just after 1885 |
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When did streetcars become electrified? (remember it was just after when you had initially thought) |
1885 |
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Why were vaults limited? |
They couldn't span large floor spaces |
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When did elevators become safe? |
1852, safety brake developed by Otis |
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WQhat bird contributed to the trend of having tall buildings? |
the "Perret" |
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What did le Corbusier think the value of taller buildings was? |
Not even higher density, the same density, less buildings. |
