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The "LeCorbusier 40"A product of the Ten Planning Principles for the Next Ten Million is the LeCorbusier-40. The title of this development concept is in recognition of Le Corbusier, one of the founding fathers of the Modernist movement and the author of The City of To-morrow and Its Planning (1929).

Le Corbusier believed that a city should be compact, rapid, lively, concentrated, and that it should have a well organized centre. In Le Corbusier's "Contemporary City", blocks measuring 400 yards by 400 yards (40 acres) were his design units and when merged, created his larger city plan. Further, LeCorbusier also felt that geometry should be a fundamental design component of city planning. The LeCorbusier-40 is a merging of past and current planning principles. Its design is primarily driven by the ten planning principles on this website. A brief discussion of how these principles are implemented in the LeCorbusier 40 is detailed below.

The LeCorbusier-40 can be constructed over a three-year period. The dwelling unit density for this project will approximate six dwelling units per acre. Residential dwelling types will be composed of studio apartments (in the mixed-use node), condominiums, apartments, detached single family units and zero lot line, and single family units with garages at the rear. Remaining components of the project include a 1.8-acre park, a 2.5-acre mixed-use node, and 1.75 acres of office use, which faces the mixed-use node and backs up to the zero lot line single family units.

Maintenance of the park and streetscape will be paid for through a Landscaping/Lighting district. Park construction will be financed through a combination of park and storm drainage impact fees. All other infrastructure improvements will be paid for by the developer.

The implementation of the "Ten Planning Principles for the Next Ten Million" in the context of the LeCorbusier 40, is detailed here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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