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<p>This paper presents the results of a study on the perception of the ideal place of residence for modern man, based on a multi-faceted analysis of the competition entries submitted to the international urban planning and architecture competition <italic>Re-Imagining the Garden City Design Ideas Competition</italic> organised in 2018 by the Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation in Letchworth (UK), as an attempt to search for a modernised version of the garden city, but analysed and evaluated through the prism of contemporary knowledge of ecology, sustainability and urban self-sufficiency. The analysis of the conceptual work made it possible to identify what elements and directions are currently considered to be the main and most relevant to human and environmental well-being, and which of these will form the basis for creating a new quality of urban living space that meets not only the needs of people, as inhabitants, but also nature and culture.</p>
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This paper presents the results of a study on the perception of the ideal place of residence for modern man, based on a multi-faceted analysis of the competition entries submitted to the international urban planning and architecture competition Re-Imagining the Garden City Design Ideas Competition organised in 2018 by the Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation in Letchworth (UK), as an attempt to search for a modernised version of the garden city, but analysed and evaluated through the prism of contemporary knowledge of ecology, sustainability and urban self-sufficiency. The analysis of the conceptual work made it possible to identify what elements and directions are currently considered to be the main and most relevant to human and environmental well-being, and which of these will form the basis for creating a new quality of urban living space that meets not only the needs of people, as inhabitants, but also nature and culture.

Searching for a new quality of living - a contemporary vision of a garden-city based on The Re-Imagining the Garden City Design Ideas Competition

Środowisko Mieszkaniowe/Housing Environment

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This paper presents the results of a study on the perception of the ideal place of residence for modern man, based on a multi-faceted analysis of the...

Searching for a new quality of living - a contemporary vision of a garden-city based on The Re-Imagining the Garden City Design Ideas Competition

Publié en ligne: 15 janv. 2024

Pages: 38 - 59

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/25438700sm.23.028.19128

Mots clés
cities, urban form, urban morphology, culture heritage, local identity

© 2023 Justyna Kleszcz, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Searching for a new quality of living - a contemporary vision of a garden-city based on The Re-Imagining the Garden City Design Ideas Competition

Publié en ligne: 15 janv. 2024

Pages: 38 - 59

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/25438700sm.23.028.19128

Mots cléscities, urban form, urban morphology, culture heritage, local identity

© 2023 Justyna Kleszcz, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
cities, urban form, urban morphology, culture heritage, local identity