THE INFLUENCES OF BARON HAUSSMANN ON CONTEMPORARY CITIES
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HISTORY, THEORY AND METHODS OF URBAN DESIGN
ASSIGNMENT 1 – URBAN DESIGN IN HISTORY
THE INFLUENCES OF BARON HAUSSMANN
ON CONTEMPORARY CITIES
Introduction
This essay will focus mainly on the urban design developments of Paris, France that were largely influenced by Baron Georges-Eugene Haussmann (Fig. 1). It is
Haussmann’s extensive design work that encouraged a ‘quantum leap’ in the changes and developments of the urban design characteristics of Paris. “Few town planners anywhere in the world have had as great an impact on the city of their birth as did Baron Georges-Eugene Haussmann (1809-91) on Paris”.1 Haussmann’s work has helped Paris to become one of the most well known cities in the world, and in doing so, has pronounced it as a benchmark for other large cities. Paris’ other advancements in urban design elements are extensive, but it is Haussmann’s that are its largest and most successful, and in modern day Paris, they have stood the test of time to truly become an irreplaceable element of the city fabric. In saying this, it can be understood that such significant advances would eventually become an important part of urban design for other cities, and therefore it also the objective of this essay to explain the influences that Haussmann’s designs have had on the urban design of contemporary cities.
Figure 1. Baron Georges-Eugene Haussmann http://www.whatparis.com/img/gallery/paris-haussmann.jpg 1
Fallon, S. (2002) Paris Lonely Planet, Pg 76.
The Paris of Napoleon III and the appointment of Haussmann
Paris during the early 19th century was booming, and over the period from 1815 and when Napoleon III’s reign as emperor began in 1852 the population had doubled.
During Napoleon’s III reign between 1852 and 1870, the population grew further again from an estimated one million to two million. However, there was no increase in its area over this period, and to allow such growth to continue, Napoleon III sought to
HISTORY, THEORY AND METHODS OF URBAN DESIGN
ASSIGNMENT 1 – URBAN DESIGN IN HISTORY
THE INFLUENCES OF BARON HAUSSMANN
ON CONTEMPORARY CITIES
Introduction
This essay will focus mainly on the urban design developments of Paris, France that were largely influenced by Baron Georges-Eugene Haussmann (Fig. 1). It is
Haussmann’s extensive design work that encouraged a ‘quantum leap’ in the changes and developments of the urban design characteristics of Paris. “Few town planners anywhere in the world have had as great an impact on the city of their birth as did Baron Georges-Eugene Haussmann (1809-91) on Paris”.1 Haussmann’s work has helped Paris to become one of the most well known cities in the world, and in doing so, has pronounced it as a benchmark for other large cities. Paris’ other advancements in urban design elements are extensive, but it is Haussmann’s that are its largest and most successful, and in modern day Paris, they have stood the test of time to truly become an irreplaceable element of the city fabric. In saying this, it can be understood that such significant advances would eventually become an important part of urban design for other cities, and therefore it also the objective of this essay to explain the influences that Haussmann’s designs have had on the urban design of contemporary cities.
Figure 1. Baron Georges-Eugene Haussmann http://www.whatparis.com/img/gallery/paris-haussmann.jpg 1
Fallon, S. (2002) Paris Lonely Planet, Pg 76.
The Paris of Napoleon III and the appointment of Haussmann
Paris during the early 19th century was booming, and over the period from 1815 and when Napoleon III’s reign as emperor began in 1852 the population had doubled.
During Napoleon’s III reign between 1852 and 1870, the population grew further again from an estimated one million to two million. However, there was no increase in its area over this period, and to allow such growth to continue, Napoleon III sought to
Bibliography: Jarrasse, Dominique (2007), Grammaire des jardins parisiens, Parigramme. De Moncan, Patrice (2009), Les jardins du Baron Haussmann, Les Editions du (1992), Armand Colin.