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Mr Mumford's Neighbourhood
The concept of ‘neighbourhood’, as it appeared in the writings of Lewis Mumford, particularly his texts for the Regional Planning Association of America (RPAA), is the principal building block of the modern community. Mumford argued against the individual house or isolated mansion as being outdated since modern technology now connected all residences below the ground with utility lines into an integrated community. But above ground the major issue for Mumford was always density, scale and community size, and it was the neighbourhood unit that he thought ideal. His attempt to create a specifically American architecture and an alternative ‘social’ architectural criticism – something he thought necessary because of the corporatisation of every aspect of American life – went back to an analysis of the social organisation of the first European settlements in New England.
Mr Mumford's Neighbourhood
The concept of ‘neighbourhood’, as it appeared in the writings of Lewis Mumford, particularly his texts for the Regional Planning Association of America (RPAA), is the principal building block of the modern community. Mumford argued against the individual house or isolated mansion as being outdated since modern technology now connected all residences below the ground with utility lines into an integrated community. But above ground the major issue for Mumford was always density, scale and community size, and it was the neighbourhood unit that he thought ideal. His attempt to create a specifically American architecture and an alternative ‘social’ architectural criticism – something he thought necessary because of the corporatisation of every aspect of American life – went back to an analysis of the social organisation of the first European settlements in New England.
Mr Mumford's Neighbourhood
Borden, Iain (editor) / Fraser, Murray (editor) / Penner, Barbara (editor) / Menking, William (author)
Forty Ways To Think About Architecture ; 254-258
2015-03-24
5 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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