Michelle Provoost
is an architectural historian living and working in Rotterdam.
Eurozine Articles
New towns on the Cold War frontier
How modern urban planning was exported as an instrument in the battle for the developing world
The New Towns designed by Constantinos Doxiadis were supposed to inculcate democracy in the Developing World. Today, these urban neighbourhoods have become something quite different to what the architect anticipated: Baghdad's Sadr City being a striking example. [German version added] [more]





