As a part of a critical approach to sprawl in contemporary urban growth, diverse urban planning and design movements emerge, some of which seek to provide better living conditions and sustainability by engaging in neo-traditional planning and design. Unlike the urban culturalists, these currents are based on an essentially pragmatic body of principles that gathers together the best of the past, acknowledges the present, to project them towards the challenges of future urban development. The case of Jakriborg, Sweden, discussed in this article, is a particular experience that allows a better understanding of the debate on the pertinence of neo-traditional movements in the actual context and in its challenges. It constitutes an experience that seems to favor a historicist imagery over further considerations, while nevertheless, bringing up other aspects that enrich their design proposal.
Keywords:
Jakriborg, Sweden, neo-traditional urban design, New Urbanism, culturalism, urban sprawl
Author Biography
Constantino Mawromatis P., Universidad de Chile
Arqto., Profesor Asistente Depto. de Urbanismo, FAU, Universidad de Chile.
Mawromatis P., C. (2011). Jakriborg, Sweden: a case of urban design in the scenario of neo-traditional movements. Revista De Urbanismo, 13(25), Pág. 26–51. https://doi.org/10.5354/ru.v13i25.18317
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