Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Linear City


A Spanish architect named Arturo Soria y Mata thought of the linear city idea in the 19th century.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_city
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad_lineal

Then a German architect implemented the idea and created a city called Magnitogorsk in Russia.
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnitogorsk

It says it didn't turn out linear, and I couldn't find any useful aerial pictures yet.

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