A STUDY ON THE FORMATION AND SOCIAL CONTEXT OF THE 1893 CHICAGO BUILDING HEIGHT LIMITATION

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  • SAKAMOTO Kiyoshi
    Architect, Tokyo Construction Office, East Japan Railway Company
  • AKASAKI Kohei
    Dept. of Environmental Urban Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka City University

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  • 1893年シカゴ建物高さ制限の成立とその背景
  • 1893ネン シカゴ タテモノ タカサ セイゲン ノ セイリツ ト ソノ ハイケイ

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Abstract

The first building height limitation in Chicago was enacted in 1893. This paper is to review the process in enacting the limitation, from its drafts to the enacted limitation, and Chicago's own social context that enabled lawmakers to enact such a limit. Specifically, this paper is to focus on: 1) what urban problems were arising from the boom of "skyscrapers," 2) who took part in a series of discussion in conjunction with building height controls, for what intentions they agitated the matter, and whose intentions were brought into the enacted limitation, 3) what influence the limitation caused to the city and whether the lawmakers' intentions were realized.

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