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“A city made for speed is made for success” Le Corbusier.

(Kasarda J. & Lindsay, 2011)

The above mentioned quotation by Le Corbusier, expressed by one of the
greatest of all architectural designers of the 20 century, encapsulates a de- Etchells, F. 1947 ,pp.176-177
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sign objective, which would emerge as an important requirement of an effec-

tively functioning city in the 20 century, and would provide just as relevant
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to that of the airport-driven city of the 21 century.
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Le Corbusier was primarily describing the role of the personal land vehicles,

or “automobile”, and the influence, and the impact that would influence the
development and growth of future cities. (Etchells, F. 1947) He incorporates
airports in his ‘Contemporary City” concept design, and physically positioned
an airport in the centre of a city, on the rooftop of “The Station”, and this
would ‘form the aerodrome for aero-taxi’, which would ‘linked up with the

main aerodrome in the protected zone”. (Etchells, F. 1947, p.170) Le Corbu-
sier defines the importance of the centralised airport in the CBD, and the
Protected Areas, and we can gather from this, the importance that he under-

stood the role an airport functions in cities.

Etchells, F. 1947 ,p.192