ASSIGNMENT

ON PHYSICAL PLANNING

AR.CLARENCE STEIN

SUBMITTED TO:

SUBMITTED BY:

CLARENCE STEIN
O HE IS AN AMERICAN ARCHITECT AND PLANNER. HE

WAS MUCH IMPRESSED BY THE CONCEPT OF GARDEN CITY OF SIR EBENEZER HOWARD.
O HE ALONG WITH HENRY WRIGHT ,PREPARED THE

TOWN PLAN FOR A CITY RADBURN IN NEW JERSEY IN 1928.

O STEIN WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN OF KITIMAT,

BRITISH COLUMBIA.
O NEIGHBOURHOOD PRINCIPLE OF STEIN HAS BEEN

TOOK FOR THE PLANNING OF GANDHINAGAR CITY IN INDIA

PRINCIPLES OF PLANNING ADVOCATED BY STEIN

O NO GRID-IRON ROAD PATTERN PROVIDED IN THE

ROAD SYSTEM. IN HIS DICTUM, IT IS THE GREATEST ENEMY OF TRAFFIC AND ROAD USERS. O PLANNING NOT IN TERM OF SINGLE BLOCK, SECTOR ETC .BUT OVERALL PLANNING OF THE WHOLE NEIGHBOURLY AREA OR SUPER BLOCK. O THE SUPER BLOCKS TO BE ENCLOSED BY MAIN ROADS WHICH IN TURN ENCLOSE THE NARROW LANES OR ALLEYS. EXPRESSWAY OR PARKWAY FOR HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC WITH LIMITED ACCESS FROM AND TO NEIGHBOURHOODS. THE FOOTPATH FOR PEDESTRIANS SHOULD BE SAFE AND SEGREGATED FROM OTHER VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. HOUSES TO BE TURNED INSIDE OUT .USUALLY THE ROADS AND BACK OF THE HOUSES ARE NOT KEPT CLEAN.

PRINCIPLES OF PLANNING ADVOCATED BY STEIN

FOR THIS REASON THE WORKING AREAS LIKE STORE,KITCHEN,BATH ETC. SHOULD FACE THE FRONT ROADS WHEREAS LIVING AREAS LIKE DRAWING ,DINING ,BEDROOMS SHOULD BE ON THE REAR SIDE OF THE ROADS . THIS IS KNOWN AS RADBURN IDEA WHICH EARNED THE NAME OF THE TOWN FOR THE MOTOR AGE. O A COMMUNITY PARK SPREADING ON WHOLE OF THE AREA OF THE TOWN INSTEAD OF PROVIDING ONE BIG PARK AT SOME DISTANCE WHICH MAY NOT BE USED BY ALL .THE PARK SHOULD BE WELL BALANCED AND SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE TOWN. O CUL-DE-SAC STREETS. THESE ARE LOOP STREETS OF DEAD END" STREETS .THE IDEA IS NOT TO ALLOW THROUGH TRAFFIC TO GO TO THE HOUSES.

RADBURN

THE TOWN FOR THE MOTOR AGE

O DRASTIC CHANGES IN URBAN DESIGN WERE NECESSARY

TO PROVIDE MORE HOUSING AND TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM THE HORSELESS CARRIAGE IN ANSWER TO THE NEEDS OF "MODERN SOCIETY", RADBURN, THE "TOWN FOR THE MOTOR AGE" WAS CREATED IN 1929. RADBURN HAD BEEN CONCEIVED BY STEIN AND WRIGHT TO HOUSE 25,000 PEOPLE. THE BOUNDARIES OF THIS COMMUNITY WERE TO BE THE SADDLE RIVER ON THE EAST (RADBURN MEANS SADDLE RIVER IN OLD ENGLISH) , PROVIDE AMPLE SITES IN THE RIGHT PLACES FOR COMMUNITY USE: I.E., PLAYGROUNDS, SCHOOL GARDENS, SCHOOLS, THEATRES, CHURCHES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND STORES PUT FACTORIES AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WHERE THEY CAN BE USED WITHOUT WASTEFUL TRANSPORTATION OF GOODS OR PEOPLE CARS MUST BE PARKED AND STORED, DELIVERIES MADE, WASTE COLLECTED - PLAN FOR SUCH SERVICES WITH A MINIMUM OF DANGER, NOISE AND CONFUSION

RADBURN

THE STREET NETWORK STRUCTURE OF RADBURN AND ITS NESTED HIERARCHY. SEPARATE PEDESTRIAN PATHS RUN THROUGH THE GREEN SPACES BETWEEN THE CULS-DESAC AND THROUGH THE CENTRAL GREEN SPINE (NOTE: THE SHADED AREA WAS NOT BUILT)

IMPACT OF NEIGHBORHOOD CONCEPT ACROSS THE GLOBE PERRYS PRINCIPLES HAVE BEEN THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF MANY NEIGHBORHOODS SUCH AS RADBURN, NEW JERSEY; GREENBELT, MARYLAND; GREENHILLS, OHIO ETC. THESE COUNTRIES HAVE SINCE ADOPTED ITS PURPOSE OF PROTECTING AND PROMOTING THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND OF CONSIDERING THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF CITIZENS. THE CELLULAR NATURE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT ALLOWED IT TO BE UTILIZED AS A BUILDING BLOCK IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD ARRAYS, LEADING TO ITS SYSTEMATIC MODULAR USAGE DURING PERIODS OF RAPID RESIDENTIAL EXPANSION IN MANY COUNTRIES ACROSS THE GLOBE.

CLARENCE STEINS 1942 DIAGRAM OF NEIGHBORHOODS