V.) Img. _01
Caption: » GCTPA [Garden Cities and Town Planning Association] proposal (prepared by C. B. Purdom and shown at the 1920 Ideal Home Exhibition) for satellite towns around London. «
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1920 'Satellite Towns round London'
Charles Benjamin Purdom
» […] as part of the Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition in February 1920, the [Garden Cities and Town Planning] Association mounted a conference on Satellite Towns for Greater London.
A proposal was made for a system of twenty-three satellite towns around London. « V.) 4
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I.) Img. _02
Label [excerpt]: »
LONDON
SOCIAL & FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS
A SIMPLIFICATION OF THE COMMUNITIES & OPEN SPACE SURVEY SHOWING THE EXISTING MAIN ELEMENTS OF LONDON. AROUND THE CENTRE CONSISTING OF THE PORT CITY & WEST END ARE GROUPED THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES WHICH ARE DEVIDED INTO
A. THE CENTRAL COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WEST END
B. THE EAST END & SOUTH BANK COMMUNITIES WHICH HAVE A HIGH PROPORTION OF OBSOLESCENT PROPERTY & IN THE MAIN ARE ADJACENT TO OR MIXED WITH INDUSTRY
C. THE SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES THE MAJOR OPEN SPACES & INDUSTRIAL CONCENTRATIONS ARE ALSO SHOWN
[…] «
http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/
http://www.flickr.com/ 2
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1943
'The County of London Plan'
by [Sir] Patrick Abercrombie
» […] London has been divided into marked residential areas, the purpose of which was to identify those areas with a "high proportion of obsolescent property", in relation to others that were used with more regularity. « I.) 1
Despite its rendered meaning this truly magnificent graphic artwork equivalents a [mind]map of popular urban conditioning - of passed on territorial imprints, manifest through toponyms and their administration.
In the course of urban identity-restoration IX.) 5 this mapping conceptualises the "Twin City of London and Westminster" to form a "cellular" plural[ent]ity of distinct discrete sites III.) 2 and thus projects "growth" by clusters of [exactly such] offshoots.
"[…] Our plan is an idea, a plan for something that is living, something that is growing." III.) 3
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II.) Img. _03
Label: » THE FOUR RINGS
OUTER COUNTRY RING [white]
GREEN BELT RING [green colouring added by me]
SUBURBAN RING [vertical]
INNER URBAN RING [hatched] ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTY OF LONDON [black]
GARDEN CITIES [cross, Letchworth is not depicted in other versions of that diagram]
PROPOSED SITES FOR NEW SATELLITE TOWNS [circles] «
Caption: » Proposed siting of eight to ten new satellite towns and reservation of country belt in Professor Sir Patrick Abercrombie's Greater London Plan (1944) «
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1944
'Grater London Plan'
by [Sir] Patrick Abercrombie
Based on a policy of containment [already pursued in the 16th century] a permanent Green Belt should limit that vast "uncharted sea" of terraces …
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VIII.) Img. _04
Label: » New towns [rhombus]
Large-scale extensions [circle]
Other extensions [dotted circle]
Boundry of metropolitan area [line]
Expanding areas, 1958 [black] «
Caption: » The South East Study : development proposals. «
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1964
'The South East Study'
» […] since the end of the war the population of London, far from attaining the stability envisaged by Sir Patrick Abercrombie, had increased at an unprecedented rate […] « VIII.) 6
London [still] spread …
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VII.) Img. _05
Label: » Sectors for future growth [hatched]
Approved Green Belt [green colouring added by me]
Major planned expansion schemes [square] «
Caption: » South-east England's future as seen in 1967 by the South East Economic Planning Council.
«
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1967
'A Strategy for the South East'
» With the need to preserve a widened Green Belt, urban development could be confined to specific axes [corridors …] « VIII.) 7
London channelled …
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1970
'A Strategic Plan for the South East'
1976
'London Docklands Strategic Plan'
1979
Thatcherism […]
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1995
'Thames Gateway Planning Framework RPG 9a'
my copy from [404]
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X.) Img. _07
Label: » The Key Diagram «
Caption: » The Key Diagram […] shows the emphasis upon growth within the existing London boundary, but with policy and transport linkages in the main development corridors into the surrounding regions […] « X.) 8
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2004
'The London Plan
Spatial Development Strategy for Greater London'
Advised by [Lord] Richard Rogers as chief advisor on architecture and
urbanism to the Mayor(s) of London (2001 – 2009)
Still in the green …
my copy from [404]
'London Thames Gateway'
my copy from [404]
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XI.) Img. _08
Label: » Landmark projects
Regional projects
Local projects «
Caption: » The Thames Gateway Parklands: A new kind of landscape to live in «
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2006
'The Thames Gateway Interim Plan'
my copies a b c from [404]
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2008
'The London Plan
Spatial Development Strategy for Greater London
Consolidated with Alterations since 2004'
my copy from […]
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2009
'The London Plan
Spatial Development Strategy for Greater London
Consultation draft replacement plan'
my copy from […]
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XIV.) Img. _12
Label: » 3
Focus growth on the most
accessible locations…
…to maximise the benefits of
investment in transport «
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2009
'The Thames Gateway Core Vision
November 2009'
by [Sir] Terry Farrell
2010 'The Thames Estuary: An Integrated Approach'
PDF from http://london.gov.uk/ [404]
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XVI.) Img. _14
Label: » Figure 1: "Star and cluster" approach using existing
links and improved strategic interchanges shown in
orange «
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'June 2010
The Mayor's Outer London Commission:
Report'
» […] considering the case
made by a number of stakeholders for a
high-speed, contiguous orbital transport
system [… the comission] concluded that a "star and
cluster" model (see Figure 1) offers a more
effective and practical model to meet the
needs […] characterising outer
London. Orbital movement around London
can also be facilitated by developing and
improving strategic interchanges and
ensuring the most is made of existing
links. « XVI.) 9
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XIII.) Img. _11
Label: » Map 5.1 Heat density in London (relative heat demand based on fuel use kWh/m2/year) «
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2011
'THE LONDON PLAN
Spatial Development Strategy for Greater London
July 2011'
Not green at all …
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2011
'DRAFT SUPPLEMENTARY
PLANNING GUIDANCE
THE ALL LONDON GREEN GRID
NOVEMBER 2011' XVI.) 10
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2011 (January)
'A new airport for London, Part 1 – The Case for New Capacity'
2011 (November)
'A new airport for London, Part 2 – The economic benefits of a new hub airport'
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XV.) Img. _13
Label: » New Thames Estuary Airport Masterplan, Foster + Partners «
Responding to proposals of an airport located on an artificial island in the Thames estuary, nicknamed 'Boris island' after London mayor Boris Johnson (since 2008).
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2011 (November)
'Thames Estuary Airport Masterplan'
by Foster + Partners
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XVIII.) Img. _16
Label: » Figure 1.1 London context «
Olympic Legacy
Supplementary Planning Guidance ['OLSPG' published by
Greater London Authority July 2012]
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Lower Lea Valley
"Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park" [2012 Summer Olympics in London]
Olympic and Paralympic Transport Legacy Action Plan
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XIX.) Img. _17
Label: » POLICY 7.7 LOCATION AND DESIGN OF TALL AND LARGE BUILDINGS
Strategic
A) Tall and large buildings should be part
of a plan-led approach to changing
or developing an area by the
identification of appropriate, sensitive
and inappropriate locations. Tall and
large buildings should not have an
unacceptably harmful impact on their
surroundings. [...] «
THE LONDON PLAN - FURTHER ALTERATIONS TO THE LONDON PLAN [published by
Greater London Authority March 2015, page 284 PDF my copy]
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Vertically challenged [...]
Further Alterations to the London Plan [2015]
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"Gateways" and "Corridors": towards a more linear expansion …
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VI.) Img. _09
Caption: » A DIAGRAMMATIC SKETCH FOR LONDON 1941. «
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1941
Ludwig Hilberseimer
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III.) Img. _10
Caption: » Master plan for London 1942, from Arthur Korn and Felix J. Samuely 'A Master Plan for London' Architectural Rewiew 91 (1942) p. 150 «
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1942 'A Masterplan for London'
Modern Architecture Research Group [MARS = British CIAM Group]
Plan [published] by Arthur Korn and Felix James Samuely III.) 11
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