The growing influence of the car and its effect on the ideas of the role and position of mobility in the city of the future: An architectural history thesis comparing the projects Plan Voisin, Broadacre City and Futurama by Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright and Norman Bel Geddes

The projects: Plan Voisin, Broadacre City and Futurama, of the three architects: Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright and Norman Bel Geddes, are all three based upon the criticism the architects had on the design of their contemporary city’s and the mobility within these urban structures. The coming up of the automobile had consequences for the city...

Blue Arches: The Pinheiros as a bridge to improve social accessibility, environmental quality and the connection between people and water

Sao Paulo, a megacity of almost 11 million inhabitants in its city center, is facing environmental, societal and infrastructural challenges due to its rate of rapid urbanization. The rivers in the Tiete basin reflect the painful truth of unmanageable urban planning and the unawareness of water as a valuable source. The rivers, once the blood...