Seminar: Research Methods in Architecture

Fall Semester 2022

Atlas of Clouds. Reflecting on interconnectedness

by Kristina Shatokhina

Lecturer: Dr. David Peleman

Title page of Howard, Ebenezer (1902) Garden Cities of To-morrow, London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co.

Throughout my five years in architecture schools one particular book stood out as a mysterious phantom. Professors and fellow students referenced it, talked about it, dogmatised it, sacralised it, yet ironically I haven’t met a person who actually read it. Determined to dismantle the myth around it, I took my time to study the book. Here, I invite you to investigate it with me.

„Garden cities of To-Morrow“ by Ebenezer Howard was meant as a carefully and thoughtfully crafted solution to the problem of terrible living conditions in overpopulated cities and the crisis caused by people migrating from the countryside to metropolises.