A successful comparison will center on approximately three issues that link or separate the two projects. How are the socioeconomic conditions or politics behind each case similar or different? How is transportation handled in the plan? What are the class implications for the way the plan is organized? Do the projects share a commitment to open space—how and why? How does the formal language of the plan compare in each case? Discuss with your professor if you want to choose urban projects outside of the list below:
Berlin, Germany: Stalinalee (Egon Hartmann, et al., 1952)
Brasília, Brazil (Lucío Costa, Oscar Niemeyer, et al., 1957-)
Canberra, Australia (Walter Burley Griffin, 1911-)
Celebration, FL (Cooper, Robertson & Partners and Robert A. M. Stern, 1987-)
Islamabad, Pakistan (Constantinos A. Doxiadis, 1960-)
King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia (Foster and Partners, 2005-)
Konza Techno City, Kenya (SHoP Architects, 2013)
London, England: Greater London Plan (Patrick Abercrombie, 1944)
Mazdar City (Abu Dhabi), UAE (Foster and Partners, 2006-)
Milton Keynes, UK (Llewelyn-Davies, Weeks, Forestier-Walker and Bor, 1967-)
Moscow, Russia: 1935 General Plan (Vladimir Semenov, 1935)
New Songdo City, Korea (KPF, 2008-)
Riverside, IL (Olmsted and Vaux, 1875)
Rome, Italy: EUR District Plan (Marcello Piacentini, 1936)
Römerstadt (Frankfurt), Germany (Ernst May, 1926-)
Sunnyside Gardens, NY (Clarence Stein, Henry Wright, Frederick Ackerman, Marjorie Sewell Cautley, 1924-)
U.S. “Green” Cities (Rexford Tugwell et al., 1935)
Greenbelt, MD
Greendale, WI
Greenhills, OH
