Agrarian Urbanism

The main idea of my reading is the development of agrarian could influence the urban form, such as the shape or structure of a city. More and more designers interest in building agricultural urbanism system. There are three famous masters in history whose theory influenced the whole development of this field. First, Frank Lloyd Wright's "Broadacre City", a movement of air, light and freedom. The model of Broadacre City described Wright's "damning critique of the modern industrial city." The spread of dense became important part to build such a Utopia. In my collage, I use abstract images to express Wright's Utopia spirit, which influenced the following theory: Ludwig Hilberseimer's "New Regional Pattern". Both of them concerned transportation and communication of the city, and the purpose is to build the low-density urbanization on natural environmental conditions. Then, based on the two formers' theory, Andrea Branzi developed his new social and cultural critique, "Territory for the New Economy". Compared to Wright and Hilberseimer, Branzi mainly focused on the social and political problems produced in the modern city. No matter if agriculture Urbanism would become real project, the theories of these leading thinkers explore the new development of urban landscape. In my collage, I make the abstract theory as specific images, and combine them together. The elements include transportation system, agriculture, products, food, light, and freedom. The whole atmosphere is happy and positive. For the Anam New city, agriculture might not be an important part from the research, however, we could learn how to shape a city from the beginning, such as make sure the transportation network or build community clusters. The further work will be done to search the suitable gate to start the site design.