It’s safe to say over the
past one hundred years, the developments within the architectural world have
been outstanding. The further into the future we go, the faster these
developments are carried as our intelligence and knowledge grows. From reading
a passage of text from before these new ideas had started to take place, was
quite frankly astounding. There was genuinely no hope that we would even be
close to the understanding we have today.
Looking at London
directly, the text speaks of improvements that must be made within the future.
Although having a true belief that these changes were definitely going to take
place at some point during the future, there was still a lot of doubt due to
funding and the high demand for housing during this period of time. Although
most slums had been cleared during the war it still proved a very difficult
task building London up to the city so many people wanted it to be. However
faith is kept throughout and there is a genuine compassion for the welfare of
London as a city and its people.
I found this a pleasant
read. Mainly due to the knowledge that I have of London today, knowing how it
has so greatly developed as a city and is still one of the most rapidly
developing cities in the world.
With relation to the
lecture which followed this reading on ‘Modern Urbanism’, it allowed a clearer
understanding of the lecture, making it easier to follow. Especially in
relation to the mass urban developments of Pairs, Berlin, Glasgow, Birmingham
and Vienna, also adding other cities which have undergone big development
schemes. Also was interesting to see the comparison between each and every city
across the world and how, regardless of time year, each and every part of the
world is at different stages of intelligence in the architectural world today.
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