ABSTRACT
The question of modern public spaces is not sufficiently considered in the historiography of architecture. The main reason for this gap in the literature is the lack of an adequate corpus. No leading architect or urbanist of the modern movement has dealt comprehensively with the subject. While there are plenty of urban visions produced by the “avant-garde,” very few of its protagonists have methodically articulated the intentions that led them to design specific urban forms in relation to social factors, infrastructure and the built environment of the city.
