Planning Capital Cities

(Barré) #1

Fig. 9
Housing areas, industrial areas and main
circulation routes. Published in Arhitectura,
1/1971.


new ones, the densification of existing housing areas
was proposed, in order to minimize equipment costs.
Moreover, the periphery was subject to demolitions
of the areas built outside city limits and without
proper systematization.

Throughout this period, the height of the ensembles
increased slowly, preferably ground plus 4 floors,
with higher buildings along boulevards and important
squares.

Bucharest’s urban planning instruments during the communist regime:
systematization sketches, plans, projects and interventions
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