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Doug Allen's History of Urban Form Doug Allen
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The History of Urban Form was one of the most influential courses ever taught at Georgia Tech: one year it was voted the most popular elective on the entire campus. For many of his students it was enough to change their career paths to urban design and city planning.
We are fortunate that Professor Doug Allen recorded his lectures the last year he was able to teach them, and we are honored to begin sharing them with you here for the first time.
This series of lecture videos will expand your understanding of where cities come from and where they are going. But this is not your average history course. Through sharp wit and legendary asides, Allen reveals and analyzes the interconnected components of cities and displays their collective histories against the challenges of contemporary planning. Prepare to see the built environment in a new light.
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Bonus Lecture: Savannah
This bonus lecture from Doug Allen's History of Urban Form series tells the story of Savannah, Georgia. He describes the region of Georgia before Savannah was conceived – with the ambition of early Americans to grow silk and the eventual abandonment of the estate that eventually led to the genesis of this brilliant town.
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Lecture 39: New Urbanism and Landscape Urbanism
The thirty-ninth lecture in Doug Allen's History of Urban Form series brings the timelines and lessons of the course up to the modern day. It describes the Congress for the New Urbanism and larger New Urbanist movement as a reaction to the 20th Century's Athens Charter and CIAM. The lecture explores Seaside, Florida, the differences between "East Coast" and "West Coast" New Urbanist factions, and how New Urbanism compares to Landscape Urbanism. Finally, this lecture concludes with Doug's best and most eloquent summary of the course.
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Lecture 38: Edge Cities and the Crisis of the Object
The thirty-eighth lecture in Doug Allen's History of Urban Form series draws cities firmly into the modern age. It begins with Radburn, New Jersey, and then explores Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye, Plan Voisin, and Ville Radieuse as exemplary works of the Modern era. The lecture identifies key elements of the Modernist movement and connects them to city planning principles during the 20th Century.
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Lecture 37: Equity, Race, and Place
The thirty-seventh lecture in Doug Allen's History of Urban Form series continues discussions on urbanism by focusing on the initial land use regulation and zoning in America. Doug refers to examples form Atlanta where he discusses how regulatory design standards drove streets away from having an economic purpose to one solely focused on the movement of traffic. The lecture gets into great details about Housing, Subdivisions, and Zoning.
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Lecture 36: Expansion of the Regulatory Framework
The thirty-sixth lecture in Doug Allen's History of Urban Form series traces the expansion of regulatory frameworks in the 20th Century. It beings with the Zoning Enabling Statute and early foundations of urban planning in the United States and then walks through the key legal cases of Euclid v. Ambler and Nectow v. Cambridge, focusing on the differences between application and constitutionality of laws.
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Lecture 34: Block, Superblock, & Space of Flow
The thirty-fourth lecture in Doug Allen's History of Urban Form series examines the transition between late 19th Century and early 20th Century American cities. It details the development of Modernism, the introduction of automobiles in cities, and advancement of planned cities. The lecture explores a number of American and international cities but focuses primarily on Radburn, New Jersey, and that city's influential plan.