1. Robert Moses and Urban Planning
... way to live. By using superblocks he transformed the amount of land use by using tall towers that opened up over half of the site while keeping the population density the same and in some cases even increasing it, accounting for growth. Moses knew that he had to recapture ... the problem as Moses. Le Corbusier was very confident in architecture's role in social transformation, even suggesting that there would be a revolution if Paris did not accept the Radiant City Plan. Ironically his optimistic belief in design has been blamed for failures in housing projects in America. He vastly ... ...
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