Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Industrial town project, Federal Terratory, (sic) Australia


A project from the office of Walter Burley Griffin dated 1916 and held in the National Library of Australia's Eric Nicholls collection. I think I can count 36 internal reserves in this plan, though there may be more (it's not always completely distinct). If I remember correctly this is one of the projects the Griffins produced reluctantly (as it diverted their attention from the main game of their Canberra plan) but, as can be seen, with their usual attention to detail and great ingenuity. 

I could be wrong but I think one or two of these internal reserves actually follow the course of creeks, which is unusual for the Griffins though pragmatism was not unusual in their work. The city centre detail is below.



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