ARC132H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Urban Renewal, Panopticon, Spatial Planning
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Lecture 11 architecture as utopia ii: public. Arc engagement of social projects: social project to change society for better always the case. * utopia - an imaginary and indefinitely remote place; a place of ideal perfection. * dystopia an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives. Desire of mod. architects to change social relations: change our interactions w/ each other, ourselves, etc. * type a particular spatial arrangement: robin evans nature of human relationships found in architect"s plans interaction of individuals idea used by architects as a tool. Changing plan change social relations. Unity designed by architects = will change structure of family (ex: liberating women from housework) + be kind of catalyst for realization of new kind of society. Corridors: space = catalyst for social interaction. * le corbusier, towards an architecture, 1923: arc/revolution. Arc can prevent revolutions by changing society.
