3d model
I've started modeling some ideal cities throughout history.
I'm sticking only with unrealized utopic visions of the city.
Therefore the crawling city becomes a city made up of fictional visions of the city, each quatrant is 1 mile by one mile to scale and therefore allowed to be a complete uncompromised vision of a microcity within the city. I am hoping to make at least 15 or so different quadrants so if anybody knows of any other famous or distinct microcity designs in history let me know.
I thought it would be nice to make a large scale model of this (maybe after the deadline) from CNC or rapid prototype laid over a large scale aerial map of london's fringe. It cant serve as one of the plates but it would be fun to do.
Failed Cities
Hilberseimer City
Collage City
Broadacre (FLW)
Situationist City
Leonidov City
Kenzo Tange (Tokyo Bay Project) City
Yona Friedman City
OMA Waterfront City
Foster's Crystal Island
I've not read the book, but this might be useful for you:
http://www.amazon.com/Hundred-Mile-City-Deyan-Sudjic/dp/015642357X
Great images! Is your city projecting future, past or a timeline in between? Think it is great to read a kind of timeline along the city but not sure if previous/current masters should have such a prominent role within the structure of each of the city blocks... Maybe some of them don't project what we already know but a sum of things that could have happened in stead? Take a science fiction novel from the 50's and model it to one of the blocks as a projection of future that didn't happen... Or a failed city as mentioned.. But maybe I am missing a vital link in your story. curious for next Friday!