1. SARVAJANIK COLLEGE OF
ENGINEERING
& TECHNOLOGY, SURAT
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Presented by: Manoj Patel Guided by: Prof. Bhasker
Bhatt
CONTRIBUTION OF EMINENT TOWN PLANNER
PLANNING HISTORY AND THEORY
3. Introduction
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The entire discuss of the subject of town planning
remains uncompleted without the works of these
famous people who gave some of the basic and
most extraordinary concepts in town planning.
These are the concepts that are still contributing
towards making the better quality of city life for
community.
4. Town Planning Basics
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The goal of planning is creating convenient,
equitable, healthy, efficient and attractive
environments.
Three key aspects of a city
The physical environment - its location, its
climate and its proximity to sources of food and
water.
The social environment - The social environment
includes the groups of a city's residents belong to
the neighbourhoods in which they live.
The economic environment - the retention and
expansion of existing local businesses.
5. Eminent Town Planners
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Ebenezer Howard (Garden city)
Raymond Unwin and Barry Parker (Letchworth city)
Clarence Perry, Clarence Stein (The Neighborhood Unit,
Rad burn)
Patrick Geddes (Survey before plan)
Patrick Abercrombie (Town and Country Planning)
Frank Lloyd Wright (Broadacre City)
Le Corbusier (Sector planning, Chandigarh)
Soria-y-Mata (Linear city)
Charles Corea (Community housing)
Charles Mulford Robinson (Modern Civic Art)
H.K. Mewada and P.M. Apte (Sector planning,
Gandhinagar)
6. Ebenezer Howard
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(1850-1928)
Concept: The Garden city concept
Book written "garden city of tomorrow“
ideas of garden city by an impressive
diagram of "three magnets“
Letchworth, Welwyn and other city
planned.
8. Main features of garden city
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public building located centrally
shopping centre to be located on the edge
industries to be located on outskirts of the town
Rural fresh air, gardens, playfields, cottages etc.
And amenities of urban life schools, theatres,
hospitals, recreation centres etc.
land to be brought under co-operative basis
9. Sir Patrick Geddes
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(1854 – 1932)
Concept: survey before plan
emphasis on survey before plan
Diagnosis before treatment to make a
correct diagnosis of various ills from which
the town suffers & then describe correct
remedies for his cure
10. Principal
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Relationship among folk, places and work.
Folk organism (social aspect)
place (physical aspect)
work (economical aspect)
11. Le Corbusier
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(1887-1965)
Concept: City is a living organism
Chandigarh sector wise city planner
Known Charles-edourd jeanneret
towns are biological phenomenon
towns are biological phenomenon such as
hearts, limbs, lungs and arteries.
12. Principal
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Core of the city should be decongested by
removing the excess of population
Provision of speedy transportation
Provision open space in the form of garden,
parks, etc.
High density population spread over the entire
area
Family should not be enclose in compound wall
instead it is to be lifted up so landscape goes
below and occupants can enjoy the beauty of
surrounding country
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The Open Hand is a recurring motif in Le
Corbusier's architecture, a sign for "peace and
reconciliation.
It is open to give and open to receive.
The Open Hand
14. Patrick Abercrombie
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(1879 – 1957)
Concept: Regional Planning
planner of city like greater London, Bristol,
etc.
principal
Civic survey before planning
town shall be considered as a whole unit
Uncontrolled growth of city should be stop
Industries should be located on the outer area
15. Barry Parker & Raymond Unwin
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Richard Barry Parker (1867 – 1947) & Sir
Raymond Unwin (1863 – 1940) made
Letchworth city planning
Letchworth Garden City
16. Clarence Stein
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Concept: The Neighborhood Unit, Rad burn
along with Henry Wright prepared the town Rad-
Burn in new jersey in New York, 1928
The principals
No grid iron road pattern
Overall planning of the whole neighbourly area
pedestrian should be safe and segregated from
other vehicular traffic
House to be turn inside out
community park spreading on whole of the area
18. Arturo Soria-y-Mata
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(1844-1920)
Concept: Linear city
invented urban telephone networks
of a subway system for Madrid
established a magazine on urbanism called "La Ciudad
Lineal“
first linear city around Madrid to fruition intended to be 48
kilometres long, ringing the city, with a 7 kilometre radial
connection.
Soria's linear city creates the infrastructure for a
controlled process of expansion that joins one growing
city to the next in a rational way, instead of letting them
both sprawl.
19. H.K.Mewada and P.M.Apte
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The city was planned and implemented between 1965-1970 by two Indian
planners, H.K.Mewada and P.M.Apte.
VIDHAN SABHA VIEW AND ROTARY
GANDHINAGAR
20. Charles Correa
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(born Sept 1, 1930)
Concept: Different Community housing planning
memorial Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Museum at
the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad to
Kanchanjunga Apartment tower in Mumbai, the
Jawahar Kala Kendra in Jaipur, the planning of
Navi Mumbai.
21. References
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1. G.K. HIRASKAR & K.G. HIRASKAR, DHANPAT
RAI PUBLICATIONS(P) LTD.
- THE GREAT TOWN PLANNERS OF MODERN
AGE. PAGE NO. 5
2. S.C. RANGWALA, K.S. RANGWALA, P.S.
RANGWALA.
CHAROTAR PUBLISHING HOUSE PVT. LTD.
- OBJECTIVE OF TOWN PLANNING. PAGE NO. 3