The Geometric City

What in fact is the geometric city and what exactly are its benefits? What form of geometry is le Corbusier referring to as he concludes his eight-page discussion with this overarching topic? The author of  “The City of Tomorrow and Its Planning” talks about many of the different aspects of city planning that go into making it just what the title suggests. Among those aspects are population density, traffic, open spaces, and industrial quarters – a summary of each Le Corbusier, at the end of this thorough discussion of the planning behind the contemporary city, concludes with the idea that the city of tomorrow, is geometrical. He shares with us his sense of imagination where “the whole city is a Park”(Corbusier 350). As readers, we can safely assume that this is the end to which Corbusier believes that cities should be planned in order to make them cities of tomorrow. In order to make this idea relatable, we will be looking at three cities in order to see what (if at all) geometric forms they take and what that could possibly mean for ensuring that this city is one for ‘tomorrow’.