The Metropolitan City
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At a certain moment in its history, the main demand on the city was how to respond to the settlement question, which was territorial in nature. So, starting from the 17th century, the expansion of cities like London, Paris and Naples took place. These cities were celebrated in history and through iconography for their expansiveness, their street networks, and their productive and cultural structures systems, which were related to artisanal, industrial, and mercantile settlements, as well to professional, university and sanitary structures systems.
Because of these functional demands, which affected an ever increasing number of citizens, the demand for dwelling places and buildings and for productive, administrative, educational, and sanitary services grew, as did the demand for spaces where to spend one’s free time and practice sports. It became necessary to obtain buildings that would provide the best use and comfort, and that could grow in height (something that became possible also thanks to the development of industrial plant technologies), providing an increased number of services and residences for the same building footprint.
Over the centuries, the demand for residences and for every other function supplied by the city grew, and specific building typologies developed, something that we will discuss in this essay: we are talking about the relatively recent urban settlement cases of the North American cities of Chicago and New York, where, at a certain moment in history, construction technologies allowed for building with metal and glass, giving rise to skyscrapers.
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