Frank Lloyd Wright: Broadacre City Project
Juliet Kinchin
Rs. 1,894.00
This latest volume in the MoMA One on One series focuses on Frank Lloyd Wright’s Broadacre City Project (1934–1935).
Frank Lloyd Wright’s proposal for Broadacre City (1929–35) put forth a remarkable claim—that the metropolis was obsolete. In its place, Broadacre was to be a “Usonian” synthesis, an unprecedented landscape unsullied by convention or history, consisting simply of “architecture and acreage.” With its low-density carpet of small plots, predominantly one- and two-story buildings, and seemingly infinite territory, the ruralized landscape of Broadacre would sustain new levels of individuality and freedom, far more democratic than a traditional metropolis could ever support. Yet the 4-square-mile (10.4-squarekilometer) area of the Broadacre City model would give home to only 1,400 families, making the population density not quite urban or rural or suburban, but somehow their hybrid, with a social and spatial structure that eludes clear definition.
Frank Lloyd Wright’s proposal for Broadacre City (1929–35) put forth a remarkable claim—that the metropolis was obsolete. In its place, Broadacre was to be a “Usonian” synthesis, an unprecedented landscape unsullied by convention or history, consisting simply of “architecture and acreage.” With its low-density carpet of small plots, predominantly one- and two-story buildings, and seemingly infinite territory, the ruralized landscape of Broadacre would sustain new levels of individuality and freedom, far more democratic than a traditional metropolis could ever support. Yet the 4-square-mile (10.4-squarekilometer) area of the Broadacre City model would give home to only 1,400 families, making the population density not quite urban or rural or suburban, but somehow their hybrid, with a social and spatial structure that eludes clear definition.
Juliet Kinchin is a former Curator in the Department of Architecture and Design at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Publisher
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
ISBN
9781633451537
Binding
Paperback
Page Extent
48
Weight (kg)
0.2
Height (in)
9.06
Width (in)
7.09
Subject
Architecture & Landscape Design
, Architecture Monographs
Published Date
30
/ 06
/ 2024
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