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54 Cards in this Set
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Early settlement in Israel (9000BC) |
JERICO |
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An early settlement in cyrus (5500BC) First documented city with streets |
KHIROKITIA |
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*An early settlement in turkey (7000BC) *Largest Neolithic city with 13 hectares of land *Population = 10000 *an intricate assembled complex w/o streets |
CATAL HUYUK |
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The rise of the first true cities in the mudplains between the tigris and euphrates |
CATAL HUYUK |
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Largest city of the yellow river valley |
YIN AT ANYANG |
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Earliest settlements |
ZHENGZHOU |
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Elaborate network of cities in mesoamerica were built by the zapotecs,mextecs, and aztec in rough land |
MESOAMERICA |
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The largest cities (mesoamerica) |
TEOTIHUACAN AND DZIBILCHALTUN |
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Among the oldest maya cities |
TIKAL & UAXACTUM |
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Defined as a city state |
Polis |
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A religous & defensive structure up on the hills, with no definite geometric plan |
ACROPOLIS |
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The largest cities |
Sparta & athens |
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New cities |
Neopolis |
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Old cities |
Paleopolis |
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Regarded as the first planned city |
City of miletus |
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First noted urban planner Introduced the grid system |
Hippodamus |
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Public marketplace |
Agora (city of miletus) |
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Focal ponts of roman city planning |
Roman forum |
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Covered market: law courts |
Basilica |
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Local meeting hall: the capitol |
Curia |
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Tradirional roman house w/ a central atrium |
Domus |
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Insolae |
3 to 6 storey apartmenta w/ storefront |
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Artisans, farmers, & military |
3 sector of milerus |
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Adopted greek forms but w/ a monumental scale Had a social hierarchy |
Roman classical cities (700BC) |
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*Decline of roman power left many outposts all around europe *Rise of the church *growth revolved around the fortifications or monasteries *intimate w/ widing roads and sequenced views of cathedrals or military fortifications |
Medieval ages |
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Continuous increase in size while the power of the feudal lord declined |
Mercantilist cities |
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*Kings achieved unity & displayed their affluence and power by improving beautifying their cities *art & architectecture *geometrical forms of cities were proposed *landscape architecture showcased places and garden *rebirth of classical towns: piazza planning in venice |
The renaissance |
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Taken after the "boug" (military town) and "fauborg" (citizen's town) *not have any regular street form |
Medieval organic city |
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New town *built in regular grid-like or radial form around them |
French medieval bastide |
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Built from king philip II's city guidelines that produced 3 types of towns +Pueblo (civic) +presidio (military) +Mission (religious) |
Spanish "law of the indies" |
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European planned cities |
The english renaissance |
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Two of these developed as capital in chesapeake by region: Annapolis & Williamsburg |
Designed by terriorial governor Col. Francis Nicholson |
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Developments driven by speculation with emphasis on equality |
The speculators town |
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Dutch settlement built on the top of what is known as manhattan *almost medieval irregular plan and the canal are reminiscent of town in holland |
New Amsterdan |
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Early settlement were irregular and uneven |
Organic town |
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Characterized by rigid rectilinear street patterns |
The gridiron plan |
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Cities form w/ diagonal avenues and circular |
The radial plan |
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*Settled in 1632 as middle plantation later renamed as williamsburg *land subdivided into lots about one-half, acre in size *spaces are not grand but of human scale |
Williamsburg |
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*Planned for william by surveyor thomas holme in 1682*best exemplifies the american speculator's town*rigid gridiron plan*square block parks placed in each of the four quadrants*early dwellings were single-family houses |
Philadelphia |
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*Laid out in 1733 by james Oglethorpe *plan was a regular pattern of rectangular streets w/ park squares liberally spotted in alternate blocks |
Savannah |
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*Small settlement begun in 1649 *firts city in american to adopt diaginal avenues and circles as its basic |
Annapolis |
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Classical plan designed by major pierre charles L'Enfant *grand in scale woven into a pattern of geometrical order *a system of diagonal streets overlaid upon a gridiron pattern |
Washington, D.C. |
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*Plan prepared by judge augustus brevoort woodward and governor william hull in 1807 *grand complex elaborated w/ concentric hexagonal streets |
Detroit |
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*From handicraft to machine *signified the change from manpower to assembly lines *reform movement *specialists |
Machine age |
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Reform movements |
Robert owen |
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Selected to take charge of napoleon III's monument plan for developmentcin 1853 *gargantuan in scale scheme included broad streets cutting through the maze of winding medieval lanes |
(city beautiful movement) Baron Haussmann |
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Famous axiom Make no little plans they have no magic to stir men's blood *credited w/ the designs of CLEVELAND, SAN FRANCISCO, MANILA & BAGUIO |
Daniel Burnham |
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+Brasilia +CANBERRA +CHANDIGARH +NEW DELHI |
NEW CAPITALS (CITY BEAUTIFUL MOVEMENT) |
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+Brasilia +CANBERRA +CHANDIGARH +NEW DELHI |
NEW CAPITALS (CITY BEAUTIFUL MOVEMENT) |
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The first comprehensive zoning ordinance in the united states was enacted |
NEW YORK CITY in 1916 |
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Prepared the legal instrument for the people Defined zoning as "the regulation by districts under the police power of the height bulk and use of building, the use of land, and the density of population" |
EDWARD BASSETT |
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First conceptualized in his book "the cities of tomorrow"
Unite d' Habitation in Marseilles +his first plan of high density living +super building +10 acre of land +337 dwelling La Ville Contemporaine +city of towers +3 million population +high rise office, apartment districts, w/ broad ooen spaces La Ville Radieuse +Radiant city +continuous rows of buildings woven in zigzag form across landscaped space |
Le Corbusier |
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+Broadacres +The Chicago/ the mile high tower =manhattan residents |
Frank Lloyd Wright |
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+Reform movement +New Lanark Mills in Manchester -industrial village that was self-sufficient and complete w/ agricultural, light industrial, educational, recreational facilities |
Robert owen |
