A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Roots and routes: Twenty five years of planning theoryIn June 1938, the Architectural Students Society of the University of the Witwatersrand held a congress on town planning. The proceedings of that momentous congress were published in three special editions of the eminent professional journal, the South African Architectural Record, in late 1938. The following statement by Le Corbusier was used as an introduction to the third edition: "A definite line of conduct is essential. We need basic principles for modern town planning. We must create a firm theoretical scheme, and so arrive at the basic principles of modern town planning". Considered after a time span of more than fifty years, this statement - with its connection to the incipient town planning movement at the University of the Witswatersrand and its reference to planning conduct, principles and theory - could be credited with a prescient quality. Prescient because it encapsulates the essence of the approach to planning and to planning education which has, over the decades, been nurtured in the planning school at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Roots and routes: Twenty five years of planning theoryIn June 1938, the Architectural Students Society of the University of the Witwatersrand held a congress on town planning. The proceedings of that momentous congress were published in three special editions of the eminent professional journal, the South African Architectural Record, in late 1938. The following statement by Le Corbusier was used as an introduction to the third edition: "A definite line of conduct is essential. We need basic principles for modern town planning. We must create a firm theoretical scheme, and so arrive at the basic principles of modern town planning". Considered after a time span of more than fifty years, this statement - with its connection to the incipient town planning movement at the University of the Witswatersrand and its reference to planning conduct, principles and theory - could be credited with a prescient quality. Prescient because it encapsulates the essence of the approach to planning and to planning education which has, over the decades, been nurtured in the planning school at the University of the Witwatersrand.
From the guest editor
Muller, John (author)
1991-09-30
Town and Regional Planning; Vol. 31 (1991); 1-3 ; 2415-0495 ; 1012-280X
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
DDC:
710
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