Paris, origin of urban modernism

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Figure 1. Definition of the urban modernism for Paris, the capital of France. Diagrammed by the author, 2023.

Figure 2. Paris urban planning in the second Empire centered on flat land in downtown Paris: a – topographical map of Paris; B – visualization of terrain; C – Principal urban planning of Paris during the second Empire. Drawn and visualized by the author, 2023.

Figure 3. Principle of the great rebuilding project for the beautification of Paris. Section and master plan of avenue de l’impératrice. Drawn by the author, 2023.

Figure 4. Principle of the great rebuilding project in which perspective was used for the beautification of Paris. View of Saint-jean-baptiste de grenelle church from the street of Commerce (Rue du Commerce), Paris. Photographed by author, 2006.

Figure 5. Immeuble Haussmannien: façade codes for an architecture built around the boulevard. Drawn by the author, 2023.

Figure 6. The first infrastructure construction plan and the view of East Station (gard de L’Est), Historique de Paris (1854). Credits: atlas historique de Paris.

Figure 7. A cross-section of the Paris Central market, 1863. Credits: archives de Paris.

Figure 8. Aerial view of the parc des Buttes Chaumont, from ‘Les promenades de Paris, 1867’. Credits: Adolphe Alphand (1867), Hachette Livre.

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