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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT“BROADACRE CITY: A NEW COMMUNITY PLAN”
Architectural Record 1935
Filofteia – Cristina RăbăgelMSP I
26 May 2010
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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT(1867-1959)
• “the architecture of American democracy”• A social revolutionary• His belief: a system of personal freedom and
dignity through land ownership guaranteed social harmony and avoid the class struggle
• Broadacre City (a social structure)presented at Rockefeller Center in 1935
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BROADACRE CITY
• A model of four square miles of a typical countryside developed on the acre as unit according to conditions in the temperate zone and accommodating around 1,400 families
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THE PRINCIPLES OF BROADACRE CITY
• Decentralization and redistribution• Symmetry with rhythm, no standardization• Architectural reintegration • Free use of the ground• Public utilities and government itself owned
by the people of Broadacre City (the architect is the agent of the state)
• Economic independence
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THE CHARACTERISTICS OF BROADACRE CITY
• Quality of the buildings is the same• Coordination wherein all are employed• All public utilities are concentrated in the
hands of the county government• Materials used at constructions: fireproof
materials, glass, copper• Every citizen has his own car
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THE COMPONENTS OF BROADACRE CITY
• houses – 4 types; farms; factories; markets;• General park – a flowered meadow • Traffic – multiple-lane highways; no grade
crossing; no signals or lamp-posts• Trains only for long-distance; aerator• Schools placed in the interior of the city;
include art galleries, concert hall, gardens, zoo, pools and green playground.
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