Claude Nicolas Ledoux, visionary architecture and social utopia

Luc Gruson (1)

1 ThéMA - Théoriser et modéliser pour aménager (UMR 6049)

Claude Nicolas Ledoux is not only the famous French utopian architect from the 18th century. He had also some very modern ideas about industrial production, urban planning, and "territorial intelligence". The project of the royal salt works (1775-79) was an opportunity to apply several very innovating ideas about economical organisation and social living. After the French Revolution, Ledoux planned an "ideal city" which continues to fascinate by its revolutionary vision of the future.

Mots clés: Ledoux; Arc-et-Senans; architecture; utopia

Domaines: Géographie

Luc Gruson. Claude Nicolas Ledoux, visionary architecture and social utopia. International Conference of Territorial Intelligence, Oct 2008, Besançon, France. pp.299-307. ⟨hal-00767259⟩