. Garden cities in theory and practice; being an amplification of a paper on the potentialities of applied science in a garden city, read before Section F of the British Association . nce with a notinartistic effect. An ideal site for an industrial Village exists uponthe Hertfordshire land upon the undulating slopeson either side of Norton Common, an expanse ofcopse - land well suited to be converted into apeoples park. From every point of view, it is tobe hoped that such economic utilization of ruralland upon the system I advocate should be enteredupon, because it must be borne in mind that t
. Garden cities in theory and practice; being an amplification of a paper on the potentialities of applied science in a garden city, read before Section F of the British Association . nce with a notinartistic effect. An ideal site for an industrial Village exists uponthe Hertfordshire land upon the undulating slopeson either side of Norton Common, an expanse ofcopse - land well suited to be converted into apeoples park. From every point of view, it is tobe hoped that such economic utilization of ruralland upon the system I advocate should be enteredupon, because it must be borne in mind that theobject to be aimed at is to give the artisan themaximum of accommodation in his dwelling withmaximum size of garden at the minimum of , the cost of unnecessary roads will increase therental of the workmans house, and, far from beingdesired by him, they constitute a great disadvan-tage, by reason of the dirt and dust caused to enterboth his garden and his house. It is the more tobe hoped because it will be a pity to lose the oppor-tunity of affording an object-lesson which mightsubsequently be extensively followed with economicadvantage throughout the country. 238 B. The Garden Village of Serrieres, Switzerland. VILLAGE DWELLINGS Turning to the village dwellings, we find ourselveshedged around in most uncomfortable and incon-venient manner. Any liberality of basis is at onceprohibited by the consideration that capital expen-diture is absolutely limited, and this to a figurecalling forth much ingenuity on the part of thearchitect to, so to speak, cut a coat out of aquantity of material better adapted to the buildingof a jacket; for the capital expenditure is in itsturn limited by the return it is right and properthe worker-tenant should pay for the accommoda-tion suited to his requirements. These are hedgesthrough which one cannot, by any means, manageto make ones escape : they are inevitable. Thereare others, however, to be met, which should nothave to be met in a Ga
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