Poundbury
Coordinates: 50 ° 43 ′ N , 2 ° 28 ′ W
The British village of Poundbury near Dorchester in the county of Dorset is a model town for the implementation of the principles of sustainable development and the design principles set out by the British heir to the throne Prince Charles in his book A Vision Of Britain . Prince Charles played a key role in the conception and implementation, together with the Luxembourg city planner and architectural theorist Léon Krier . The settlement was built on leasehold land from the Duchy of Cornwall .
The overall architectural concept is based on a rejection of the design principles of the modern age and is instead based on classicist and traditional architecture. It is part of the concept to mix social housing and private houses in a small-town structure. Poundbury is an example of the New Urbanism movement that was founded in the 1980s as a countermovement against the ever-increasing urban sprawl .
Fire station in the classical style
Street train
Hall in historicizing design
Web links
- Pictures of Poundbury
- Poundbury Tours - Drive through the place on YouTube
- Article about Poundbury on Welt Online ( Memento from December 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Article in the NRZ about Poundbury
- Article on the 30th birthday of Poundbury 2018 in Letzebuerger Land