Open and Closed The Virtue of the CerdĂ Block Richard Ingersoll Syracuse University in Florence CCCB 10-VI-2010
CerdĂ Plan, 1855-59, Linear Grid
La Illa Cerdà
Haussmann’s Boulevard Sebastapol, 1850s
Haussmann’s Paris, Blvd de La Madeleine, 1860
Haussmann’s Paris, master sewer, 1850s
Ildefonso Cerdà (1815-1879)
Barcelona’s Barrio Gotico
Philadelphia, 1680s For William Penn
Savannah, Georgia, 1734 John Ogglethorpe
Savannah, Georgia, 1734 John Ogglethorpe
Jeffersonville, Kentucky, John Gwathmey, 1802
Berlin, 1860 Hobrecht Plan Mietkasernen
Manatial del Agua, 1980s
Manatial del Agua, 1980s
RCR arquitectos Library of Sant Antoni’ 2008 Reviatilized court of Cerda block
RCR Library of Sant Antoni’ 2008 Reviatilized court of Cerda block
RCR Library of Sant Antoni’ 2008 Reviatilized court of Cerda block
Letchworth,1904 The first garden city Raymond Unwin & Barry Parker
The birth of the superblock
Le Corbusier, the “Redent” block, 500 x 500 m
Barcelona, Plan MaciĂ , 1936, influenced by Le Corbusier
Barcelona, Plan MaciĂ 1936, influenced by Le Corbusier
BCN Industrial Zone, 1930s BCN Industrial Zone, 1970s
La Mina, 1973.
American Sprawl Roads plus Buildings, no blocks
Bijlmermeer G.S.Nassuth, 1962-71 extension to Amsterdam
Vila Olimpica Plan by Oriol Bohigas Back to the open block
Diagonal Mar, 1990s, J. Hines plan.
Berlin, Rauchstrasse block, 1981-85 Rob Krier for IBA Open and closed, without CerdĂ
Berlin, Rauchstrasse block, 1981-85 Rob Krier for IBA Open and closed, without CerdĂ
Berlin, Kirchsteigfeld, Rob Krier, 1990s
Milan La Bicocca (Pirelli)
La Bicocca, Pirelli factories, ca. 1900
La Bicocca Gregotti plan. 1988 City in the periphery
Milan, La Bicocca, Pirelli renewal, Gregotti Associati, 1990-2004
Milan, La Bicocca, Pirelli renewal, Gregotti Associati, 1990-2004
Milan, La Bicocca, Pirelli renewal, Gregotti Associati, 1990-2004
Milan, La Bicocca, Pirelli renewal, Gregotti Associati, 1990-2004
Milan, La Bicocca, Pirelli renewal, Gregotti Associati, 1990-2004
Milan, La Bicocca, Pirelli renewal, Gregotti Associati, 1990-2004
Milan, La Bicocca, Pirelli renewal, Gregotti Associati, 1990-2004
Milan, La Bicocca, Pirelli renewal, Gregotti Associati, 1990-2004
Milan, La Bicocca, Pirelli renewal, Gregotti Associati, 1990-2004
Milan, La Bicocca, Pirelli renewal, Gregotti Associati, 1990-2004
Milan, La Bicocca, Pirelli renewal, Gregotti Associati, 1990-2004
Pamplona, Ensanche 1920-1950
Pamplona, Mendillorri District Francisco Mangado, 1990s
Pamplona, Mendillorri District Francisco Mangado, 1990s
Pamplona, Mendillorri District Francisco Mangado, 1990s
Pamplona, Mendillorri District Francisco Mangado, 1990s
Pamplona, Mendillorri District Francisco Mangado, 1990s
Museu Can Framis 22@ Jordi Badi, 2009