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Doug Allen's History of Urban Form

Doug Allen

33 episodes

9 months ago

The History of Urban Form was one of the most influential courses ever taught at Georgia Tech: one year it was voted the most popular elective on the entire campus. For many of his students it was enough to change their career paths to urban design and city planning. We are fortunate that Professor Doug Allen recorded his lectures the last year he was able to teach them, and we are honored to begin sharing them with you here for the first time. This series of lecture videos will expand your understanding of where cities come from and where they are going. But this is not your average history course. Through sharp wit and legendary asides, Allen reveals and analyzes the interconnected components of cities and displays their collective histories against the challenges of contemporary planning. Prepare to see the built environment in a new light.

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The History of Urban Form was one of the most influential courses ever taught at Georgia Tech: one year it was voted the most popular elective on the entire campus. For many of his students it was enough to change their career paths to urban design and city planning. We are fortunate that Professor Doug Allen recorded his lectures the last year he was able to teach them, and we are honored to begin sharing them with you here for the first time. This series of lecture videos will expand your understanding of where cities come from and where they are going. But this is not your average history course. Through sharp wit and legendary asides, Allen reveals and analyzes the interconnected components of cities and displays their collective histories against the challenges of contemporary planning. Prepare to see the built environment in a new light.

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Doug Allen's History of Urban Form

Bonus Lecture: Savannah

This bonus lecture from Doug Allen's History of Urban Form series tells the story of Savannah, Georgia. He describes the region of Georgia before Savannah was conceived – with the ambition of early Americans to grow silk and the eventual abandonment of the estate that eventually led to the genesis of this brilliant town.

1 year ago

44 minutes 33 seconds

Doug Allen's History of Urban Form

Lecture 39: New Urbanism and Landscape Urbanism

The thirty-ninth lecture in Doug Allen's History of Urban Form series brings the timelines and lessons of the course up to the modern day. It describes the Congress for the New Urbanism and larger New Urbanist movement as a reaction to the 20th Century's Athens Charter and CIAM. The lecture explores Seaside, Florida, the differences between "East Coast" and "West Coast" New Urbanist factions, and how New Urbanism compares to Landscape Urbanism. Finally, this lecture concludes with Doug's best and most eloquent summary of the course.

1 year ago

58 minutes 30 seconds

Doug Allen's History of Urban Form

Lecture 38: Edge Cities and the Crisis of the Object

The thirty-eighth lecture in Doug Allen's History of Urban Form series draws cities firmly into the modern age. It begins with Radburn, New Jersey, and then explores Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye, Plan Voisin, and Ville Radieuse as exemplary works of the Modern era. The lecture identifies key elements of the Modernist movement and connects them to city planning principles during the 20th Century. Note: Unfortunately the audio for this lecture is truncated, but the later slides address modern-day planning and urban processes.

1 year ago

56 minutes 46 seconds

Doug Allen's History of Urban Form

Lecture 37: Equity, Race, and Place

The thirty-seventh lecture in Doug Allen's History of Urban Form series continues discussions on urbanism by focusing on the initial land use regulation and zoning in America. Doug refers to examples form Atlanta where he discusses how regulatory design standards drove streets away from having an economic purpose to one solely focused on the movement of traffic. The lecture gets into great details about Housing, Subdivisions, and Zoning.

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1 hour 2 minutes 42 seconds

Doug Allen's History of Urban Form

Lecture 36: Expansion of the Regulatory Framework

The thirty-sixth lecture in Doug Allen's History of Urban Form series traces the expansion of regulatory frameworks in the 20th Century. It beings with the Zoning Enabling Statute and early foundations of urban planning in the United States and then walks through the key legal cases of Euclid v. Ambler and Nectow v. Cambridge, focusing on the differences between application and constitutionality of laws. Note: Unfortunately a significant amount of audio is missing from this lecture.

1 year ago

14 minutes 13 seconds

Doug Allen's History of Urban Form

Lecture 34: Block, Superblock, & Space of Flow

The thirty-fourth lecture in Doug Allen's History of Urban Form series examines the transition between late 19th Century and early 20th Century American cities. It details the development of Modernism, the introduction of automobiles in cities, and advancement of planned cities. The lecture explores a number of American and international cities but focuses primarily on Radburn, New Jersey, and that city's influential plan.

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52 minutes 34 seconds

Doug Allen's History of Urban Form

Lecture 30: Reactionary Tactics of Parks and the Suburbs, Part 2

The thirtieth lecture in Doug Allen's History of Urban Form series explores reactions to the industrial cities of the 19th Century, specifically the development of residential suburbs. This lecture includes the introduction of Fredrick Law Olmsted's new "parkway" streets in Boston and his development of Riverside, Illinois.

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1 hour 2 minutes 38 seconds

Doug Allen's History of Urban Form

Lecture 29: Reactionary Tactics of Parks and the Suburbs, Part 1

The twenty-ninth lecture in Doug Allen's History of Urban Form series compares the early developments of Amsterdam and New York / Manhattan. Doug walks us through the first suburbs and their eventual spread throughout the Western world. Towards the end of the lecture, the focus shifts to discussing public parks and the formation of Central Park as the center of NYC.

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51 minutes 49 seconds

Doug Allen's History of Urban Form

Lecture 27: The City of the Dreadful Night

The twenty-seventh lecture in Doug Allen's History of Urban Form series captures the time period of urban development between the 1700s and 1800s and explores a transition from traditional forms of urban design to one of rail dependence and garden suburbs.

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46 minutes 48 seconds

Doug Allen's History of Urban Form

Lecture 26: The City in the Enlightenment

In the twenty-sixth lecture of Doug Allen's History of Urban Form series, Doug describes how broader changes in science, society, and political systems impacted city form, referencing examples such as Versailles, Bath, and London.

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39 minutes 49 seconds

Doug Allen's History of Urban Form

Lecture 25: Establishing a National Order

The twenty-fifth lecture in Doug Allen's History of Urban Form series addresses a grand expansion of the Western world. It continues the story of European colonial expansion into the New World and early development in cultural hearths throughout New England, the Mid-Atlantic, and the South. The primary focus is on the United States' westward expansion through the National Land Ordinance of 1785 and the influential processes that helped shape the continent.

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53 minutes 18 seconds

Doug Allen's History of Urban Form

Lecture 24: Origins of American Urbanism, Part 2

The twenty-fourth lecture in Doug Allen's History of Urban Form series explores the concepts of "streets" and "roads." The transition of streets as "spaces of flow" had a huge impact on the American landscape, which Doug shows in a series of comparative maps.

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51 minutes 4 seconds

Doug Allen's History of Urban Form

Lecture 23: Origins of American Urbanism, Part 1

The twenty-third lecture in Doug Allen's History of Urban Form series continues the story of colonial cities in the Americas. It concludes Lecture 22's examination of colonial enterprises and the influence of French trading routes and settlements on North America, especially in New Orleans. Doug then continues to explore English colonies and the distinct differences between New England, the Mid-Atlantic, and Southern processes and forms.

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55 minutes 13 seconds

Doug Allen's History of Urban Form

Lecture 22: The Colonial City in the Americas

The twenty-second lecture in Doug Allen's History of Urban Form series crosses the Atlantic Ocean from European and Old World cities to the establishment of New World colonial cities. It begins with a continued discussion of London's residential squares, primarily Bedford Square, and the importance of that tradition on British and American cities. It continues with an exploration of the processes and forms that European colonial powers planted in North and South America.

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54 minutes 42 seconds

Doug Allen's History of Urban Form

Lecture 21: London and the Residential Square

The twenty-first lecture in Doug Allen's History of Urban Form series addresses London, England, and that city's pattern of residential squares. It resumes the discussion of Europe in the Renaissance-era, but explores the differences that made English and British urban patterns unique. It begins with a history of London, the development of the Inns of Court, the impact of the Great Fire of 1666, the importation (and lack of implementation) of Renaissance cities, and the influence of London residential squares on later cities.

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47 minutes 23 seconds

Doug Allen's History of Urban Form

Lecture 20: Cities in the Islamic World

The twentieth lecture in Doug Allen's History of Urban Form series travels from Europe to cities in the Islamic World. It explores pre-Islamic, Islamic, and planned cities in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia. The lecture also describes unique elements of Islamic cities, including caravanserai, bazaars, baths, and housing, especially in Sana'a, Yemen.

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47 minutes 2 seconds

Doug Allen's History of Urban Form

Lecture 19: Le Notre and the Grand Project, Part 2

The nineteenth lecture in Doug Allen's History of Urban Form series continues the discussion of Louis XIV and Andre Le Notre's development of Versailles, France. It discusses the history of Paris and Versailles as capitol cities, the relationship of Versailles in the regional landscape, the Italian Renaissance and Rome's influence on the palace and grounds, and a diagrammatic dissection of the Versailles' grounds. This lecture also has an important discussion of the nature of "nature" and the relationships between garden, city, and nature.

1 year ago

51 minutes 49 seconds

Doug Allen's History of Urban Form

Lecture 18: Le Notre and the Grand Project, Part 1

The eighteenth lecture in Doug Allen's History of Urban Form series continues to explore the development of Renaissance principles in France. The lecture finishes a discussion of Paris' royal places. It then moves to the Chateau d’ Richelieu and Versailles as examples of new French "villas" that incorporated and advanced emerging city ideals and new urban forms.

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41 minutes 33 seconds

Doug Allen's History of Urban Form

Lecture 15: Baroque Rome, Church & State

The fifteenth lecture in Doug Allen's History of Urban Form series continues the Italian Renaissance and Europe's transition into the modern world. It concludes the previous lecture's discussion of Florence's early Renaissance works, including the Uffizi and Ponte Vecchio, before returning to Rome to see Michelangelo's Campidoglio and the impact of the Reformation on that city.

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36 minutes 31 seconds

Doug Allen's History of Urban Form

Lecture 14: The State as a Work of Art

The fourteenth lecture in Doug Allen's History of Urban Form series is a seminal moment that addresses the shift from the Ancient and Medieval worlds to the Modern world via the Italian Renaissance. This lecture explains the evolving political (exemplified in Siena) and economic (shown by Florence) frames in Italy and their influence on the concepts of the Ideal City. The lecture also explores the invention of Perspectival Space in art history and its influence on architecture and urban design.

1 year ago

48 minutes 46 seconds