Mapping Modernity

17. Functional Analyses

25 October 2023

 

‘Potato’ Map of London

During  World War II, urban planners John Forshaw and Patrick Abercrombie outlined a vision for London’s post-war spatial development. Their plan envisioned neighbourhoods as a collection of self-sufficient islands, each with its own character, separated by green spaces and infrastructure. Little has come of this due to spectacular growth in car traffic.

A. Ling & D. Johnson, London, Social & Functional Analyses, London 1943, in: J. Forshaw & P. Abercrombie, County of London Plan. Coll. S/T K.464, 52 x 32 cm.