1. Filofteia – Cristina Răbăgel MSP I 26 May 2010
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT “BROADACRE CITY: A NEW COMMUNITY PLAN” Architectural Record 1935
Filofteia – Cristina Răbăgel
MSP I
26 May 2010

2. FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT ( )
“the architecture of American democracy”
A social revolutionary
His belief: a system of personal freedom and dignity through land ownership guaranteed social harmony and avoid the class struggle
Broadacre City (a social structure)presented at Rockefeller Center in 1935

3. BROADACRE CITY
A model of four square miles of a typical countryside developed on the acre as unit according to conditions in the temperate zone and accommodating around 1,400 families

4. THE PRINCIPLES OF BROADACRE CITY
Decentralization and redistribution
Symmetry with rhythm, no standardization
Architectural reintegration
Free use of the ground
Public utilities and government itself owned by the people of Broadacre City (the architect is the agent of the state)
Economic independence

5. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF BROADACRE CITY
Quality of the buildings is the same
Coordination wherein all are employed
All public utilities are concentrated in the hands of the county government
Materials used at constructions: fireproof materials, glass, copper
Every citizen has his own car

6. THE COMPONENTS OF BROADACRE CITY
houses – 4 types; farms; factories; markets;
General park – a flowered meadow
Traffic – multiple-lane highways; no grade crossing; no signals or lamp-posts
Trains only for long-distance; aerator
Schools placed in the interior of the city; include art galleries, concert hall, gardens, zoo, pools and green playground.