Crespi d’Adda - a Workers' Utopia
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The Consensus within Model Villages
An Economy-based Utopia?
Comparison - Crespi d'Adda
Comparison - Port Sunlight
Comparison - Saltaire
Planning & Area Distribution
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Reflection & Summary
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Saltaire
Crespi d'Adda
Port Sunlight
Comparison Reflections
Opinions & Hypothesis
1. Two Main Roles - Workers & Village Owner
The Owner hope to provide a healthy and comfortable environment of living and working for Workers.
2. Four Main Elements - Meet the requirement of Workers
1) Living Space - Residential Houses
2) Working Space - Factory
3) Community - Essential Infrastructure Buildings (Church, School, Hospital, etc.)
4) Landscape
3. The Village is composed by three areas - Residential Area,
Working Area & Landscape (Public Space)
The Working Area is separated from Residential Area and Landscape Area - Usually separated by a street.
The organisation logic of space is different.
Crespi d'Adda and Saltaire is Linear Logic - a street with two sides - Factory is on the one side and residential
& landscape area is on the other side.
Port Sunlight is a Encircle Logic - Landscape is surrounded by buildings.
4. The Village Planning shows the Village Owner's Control to Workers
Crespi d'Adda - Very Strong Control - Worker's Houses, Strong Hierarchy, Village Planning (Symbolic Meaning)
Saltaire - Worker's House (Hierarchy)
Port Sunlight - Different Facade but Two Basic Plan
Crespi d'Adda - an obsolete model
Thinking from Village Owner
Economy Crisis
The Type of Industry is less competitive
The Infrastructures including the factory machines are out of date
The Running & Management fees of low density village is high
Thinking from Workers
Link to the Reading - The City as a Project
Pierre Patte 18th Century - Machine - Design from birth to death
Baron Haussmann 19th Century - simple & tangible rules (Height of each floor etc.)
Le Corbusier 20th Century - Mansion Domino - Self-build their models
See and think more (Freedom and Definition of Happiness)
Not meet their requirements
Is it Possible to Make the Crespi d'Adda work again?
The Main Elements and Area Layout Logic might be used for today and future design.
Village Owner - Control - Management the village - Transformation of industry type - become less affected and adaptable (Self-efficient)
Workers - Be Controlled - Happy to be controlled - Feel like not being controlled - Meet their new requirements (Modern Life) & Remove the strong feeling of being controlled