Visionary Metropolis
Tony Garnier's Une Cité Industrielle
This exhibit talks about how the industrial revolution was a huge crisis at the beginning of the 20th century, and this caused many designers to come up with new ideas to improve the living conditions of urban life. Tony Garnier being one of these designers to come up with hundreds of plans for an ideal city that evoked France. Garnier's drawings were inspired by science fiction, classical ruins, and rational design principles which can all be seen in his work.
Every part of the city that Garnier came up with was geared toward health and recreation, everything from the parks, sanitation systems, fitness centers etc. I really appreciated the attention to detail that Garnier put into his work and how "mathematically correct" (if that makes any sense, maybe architecturally correct is a better term?) they were. You can really tell that he was completely invested in his work.
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