Athens Charter on functional city planning

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The Athens Charter on functional city planning is a landmark 20th-century urban planning manifesto that codified modernist principles of zoning, housing, transportation, and green space to guide the rational organization of cities.

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instanceOf modernist planning document
planning charter
urban planning manifesto
aimsTo improve living conditions in cities
optimize circulation of people and goods
rationalize urban growth
reduce overcrowding and slums
associatedWith 20th-century modernism
functionalism in architecture
international style urbanism
criticizedFor neglect of historical urban fabric
promotion of car-oriented planning
rigid zoning
social and spatial segregation effects
definesConcept functional city
rational organization of cities
separation of urban functions
zoning by function
emphasizes green space
high-density housing blocks
large-scale planning
separation of pedestrian and vehicular traffic
state-led planning
sunlight and air in housing
transportation planning
zoning
focusesOn circulation
housing
recreation
work
hasAlternativeName Athens Charter on functional city planning
surface form: Athens Charter

Charter of Athens
hasCorePrinciple access to light, air, and greenery
city as a functional machine
functional segregation of land uses
planning at metropolitan scale
priority of traffic efficiency
standardized housing units
influenced large-scale housing estates in Europe
planning education in the mid-20th century
postwar urban renewal policies
zoning regulations in many countries
influencedBy Athens Charter on functional city planning self-linksurface differs
surface form: CIAM principles

Le Corbusier’s planning ideas
modernist architecture movement
mainSubject functional city planning
modernist architecture
urban planning

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Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne notableMeeting Athens Charter on functional city planning
this entity surface form: CIAM IV, Athens 1933
Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne significantText Athens Charter on functional city planning
La Ville Radieuse relatedTo Athens Charter on functional city planning
this entity surface form: Athens Charter
Athens Charter on functional city planning hasAlternativeName Athens Charter on functional city planning
this entity surface form: Athens Charter
Athens Charter on functional city planning influencedBy Athens Charter on functional city planning self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: CIAM principles
Le Corbusier’s urban design for Chandigarh influencedBy Athens Charter on functional city planning
this entity surface form: Athens Charter
Le Corbusier’s Firminy site influencedBy Athens Charter on functional city planning
this entity surface form: Athens Charter principles