Garden City

田園都市 / 1898– / Layout / Urban Planning

Howard's diagrammed proposal for self-contained towns of planned population joining the advantages of town and country. The concentric diagram materialized at Letchworth and became the template for suburbs and new towns worldwide.

Concentric diagrams / Separation by green belt / Planned population / Work near home

Garden City — ハワード「三つの磁石」図 1898 — レッチワース（CC0）

Garden City — 『明日の田園都市』ダイアグラム — レッチワース（CC0）

Dictionary entry

Best used for: Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
Type: Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
Composition: Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
Material: Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
Caution: Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
Further study: Ebenezer Howard / Letchworth and Welwyn / its influence on Den-en-chōfu in Japan

Related entries

Arts and Crafts (アーツ・アンド・クラフツ)
International Style (インターナショナル・スタイル)

Back to index position