The late 19th century saw the emergence of a series of new city plans, these were graphic arguments for new ways of being in the city. Discuss two of these, Cerda’s plan for the Extension of Barcelona, and the diagrams of the Garden City Movement. Using diagrams and illustrations, discuss the spatial difference between the two, and their differing instrumentality. As a starting point use the references listed below.

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DAL CO, F. 1980. From Parks to the Region: Progressive ideology and the Reform of the American City. The American city: From the Civil War to the New Deal. London: Granada.

PANERAI, P., CASTEX, J., DEPAULE, J. C. & SAMUELS, I. 2004. Urban Forms: The Death and Life of the Urban Block, Ch.2 London, the Garden City.
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HOWARD, S. E. 1962 (1902). Garden Cities of To-morrow The Town and Country Magnet.

CHOAY, F. 1997. The Rule and the Model. On the Theory of Architecture and Urbanism, Massachusetts, MIT Press Chapter 6 on Cerda.

 
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