PLAN100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Walter Gropius, Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, Daniel Burnham
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Served as an inspiration for other planned communities in toronto. 4quadrants, one inner acted as downtown with high density housing in other three, lower density housing surrounded this with office space around the outer edge. Gave contracts to several building companies, required to build different housing styles. Transformed over time to different styles as owners didn"t like original types. Path system - parallel system, path for pedestrians, roads for cars. Mall built in 1950"s, meant to be the downtown/community centre of don mills. Proposed creating a downtown area, demolished mall. Created streets with shops at street level, a couple of squares with sculptures, some offices on upper floors, high end stores and restaurants, large parking garage, attracts a lot of people to shop. Area originally meant to be mini downtown of neighbourhood is now a retail area with large catchment area. Emphasis on aesthetics, borrow models from europe (renaissance city, monumental architecture) Influence of beaux arts architecture (highly ornamented buildings)
