11-07-2014, 07:41 AM
Patrick Geddes - cities in evolution
A Scot who has been called the father of modern town planning, Geddes did much of his pioneering work in the Old Town of Edinburgh, having made his married home there in 1886. Geddes’ name and spirit are imperishably associated with Ramsay Garden and the Outlook Tower, both in Castle hill.
Geddes was concerned with the relationship between people and cities and how they affect one another. He emphasized that people do not merely needed shelter, but also food and work, the recreation and social life. This makes the house an inseparable part of the neighbourhood, the city and the surrounding open country and the region. The town planning primarily meant establishing organic relationship among ‘Folk place and work’, which corresponds to triad
(Geddesian triad) of organism, function and environment.
FOLK WORK PLACE
i.e. organism i.e. function i.e. environment
(Social aspect) (Economical aspect) (Physical aspect)
A Scot who has been called the father of modern town planning, Geddes did much of his pioneering work in the Old Town of Edinburgh, having made his married home there in 1886. Geddes’ name and spirit are imperishably associated with Ramsay Garden and the Outlook Tower, both in Castle hill.
Geddes was concerned with the relationship between people and cities and how they affect one another. He emphasized that people do not merely needed shelter, but also food and work, the recreation and social life. This makes the house an inseparable part of the neighbourhood, the city and the surrounding open country and the region. The town planning primarily meant establishing organic relationship among ‘Folk place and work’, which corresponds to triad
(Geddesian triad) of organism, function and environment.
FOLK WORK PLACE
i.e. organism i.e. function i.e. environment
(Social aspect) (Economical aspect) (Physical aspect)