The model village and its cottages : $b Bournville — John Shaqi
The model village and its cottages : $b BournvilleHarvey, William Alexander
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The model village and its cottages : $b Bournville
Harvey, William Alexander
Architecture -- England -- Bournville (Birmingham); Architecture, Domestic; Cottages; Working class -- Dwellings
If the land is already entered by one or more turnpike roads
which may not be diverted, these should guide the cutting of the
new roads, and the chief centres of the village must be made
as accessible as possible from them. If an existing road only
approaches the land, and only one connection is deemed necessary,
the connection should be constructed to suit the village as a
whole, without partiality to any one extremity, always keeping
the centres in view. It is nearly always better to work to the
contour of the land, taking a gentle sweep in preference to a
straight line.
The site of the chief centre, not forgetting to keep in view its
general accessibility, should if possible be on the highest point
of the village, such a position giving prominence over the whole,
as well as a more imposing elevation and dignity to the principal
buildings which are to be erected thereon. The nature of the
buildings would depend altogether on the size of the scheme. In
the case of a garden city they would possibly include council
chambers, theatre, museum, library or other monumental buildings
of a like character, and as large spaces as possible should be
reserved around them for extensions and gardens. A great city, in
which it has been decided to build a cathedral, has found itself
before now in the dilemma of having no suitable site available,
and the monument of beauty has had to make the best of beggarly
and ugly neighbours. It is as well to profit by the errors of the
past, and the utmost should therefore be done to save a garden
city or model village from ever getting congested at its chief
centre.
The other centres should be places of distinct interest, such as
schools, railway station, or market-place, but secondary to the
chief one.
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