the ideal community: alternatives to the industrial city
A big concern of modern architects was not to design one building but to design a whole city. Particularly the holistic design would pay attention to working class buildings which many architects and city planners felt were being ignored.
Some wanted to break up a city into manageable sizes and include lots of green spaces. There were also plans to turn the city grid into a linear shape.
One big problem was the living spaces for the working class. Some wanted one large building to house workers. It would promote a communal space but it was doomed to be repetitious.
In the end, the ability to build a city from scratch didn't materialize and much of theories were left unpracticed.
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