Plan of Manila

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The Plan of Manila is an early 20th-century urban design and city beautification scheme by architect Daniel Burnham that proposed a grand, orderly, and park-filled layout for the Philippine capital.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Daniel Burnham plan
city beautification scheme
master plan
urban plan
architect Daniel Burnham
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts inspired urban composition
city Manila
commissionedBy United States colonial administration in the Philippines
country Philippines
designPhilosophy integration of green spaces with urban fabric
orderly and monumental city form
discipline landscape architecture
urban planning
emphasis axial planning
civic grandeur
monumental vistas
feature formal boulevards
park system
radial and diagonal street system
waterfront development concepts
goal create a grand and orderly layout for Manila
integrate parks and open spaces into Manila
historicalContext American colonial period in the Philippines
impact contributed to discourse on Philippine urbanism
influenced later planning ideas for Manila
includesConcept hierarchy of streets and boulevards
network of parks and parkways
zoning of civic, residential, and commercial areas
influencedBy Beaux-Arts planning principles
City Beautiful movement
languageOfDocumentation English
locationPlanned Manila Bay
surface form: Manila Bay area

historic core of Manila
proposedBy Daniel Burnham
proposedUse civic center
government center
monumental avenues
recreational parks
purpose city beautification
urban design
region Luzon
relatedWork Plan of Chicago
surface form: Burnham Plan of Chicago

Plan of Baguio
status partially implemented
subjectOf studies in Philippine architectural history
studies in colonial urban planning
timePeriod early 20th century

Referenced by (2)

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Daniel Burnham notableWork Plan of Manila
Plan of Baguio relatedWork Plan of Manila