Fabrications
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Broadacre City
Model Information
Scale: 1:200
Techniques
Lasercut
3D Printing
Veneer
Sanding
Model
Project Matrix
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Broadacre City Key Concept Broadacre City is a city envisioned by Frank Lloyd Wright, containing his idea of decentralising the city, creating a city that sprawls across the United States [1] , unlike the one we are so familiar with. Broadacre City is in a way a reaction to the rise of technology in the 20 th century, predominantly the automobile, recognising its ‘emancipatory potential’ [2] , an invention that would allow easy transportation for the individual, bringing about a new found freedom for men, represented by a new form of movement that allows for a city sprawl across a larger area. It also emphasises the right for every person to own an acre of land, allocated with self-sustaining amenities such as agriculture, freeing the individual from reliance on others. [3] Selected Design Element I have selected to model the highlighted section of Broadacre City in the figure below. Figure 1: Highlighted Selection of Broadacre City I hav
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