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

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
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

Author(s): Justyna Kleszcz
Subject(s): Architecture, Rural and urban sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: cities; urban form; urban morphology; culture heritage; local identity;

Summary/Abstract: 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-Im-agining the Garden City Design Ideas Competition organised in 2018 by the Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation inLetchworth (UK), as an attempt to search for a modernised version of the garden city, but analysed and evaluated throughthe prism of contemporary knowledge of ecology, sustainability and urban self-sufficiency. The analysis of the conceptualwork made it possible to identify what elements and directions are currently considered to be the main and most relevant tohuman and environmental well-being, and which of these will form the basis for creating a new quality of urban living spacethat meets not only the needs of people, as inhabitants, but also nature and culture.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 45
  • Page Range: 38-59
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: English