United States: Farm Security Administration, 1938-1942
Title:
United States: Farm Security Administration, 1938-1942Creator/Contributor:
Eckbo, Garrett, Landscape ArchitectCreator/Contributor:
United States. Farm Security Administration, ClientDate:
1938-1942Subject:
Landscape architects--California
Landscape architecture--California
Public spaces--Design and plans
United States. Farm Security Administration
Note:
Eckbo joined the FSA in 1938 after a brief stint working for Thomas Church, the renowned California landscape architect.
The FSA attracted dozens of talented designers and contracted with many established firms to create a "regionalist" community
architecture to house, first, migrant workers and, later, defense workers. The migrant and defense communities were so large
and arrived so suddenly that housing had to be designed for constructing in a matter of days, if not hours. Because of the
need for mass housing, vast tracts of land were cleared and standardized, often prefabricated buildings put up as quickly
as possible. Eckbo worked on nearly 50 of these types of camps in the four years of his FSA employment. Because many of
the camps were located in extreme climactic regions, Eckbo's designs for the landscape incorporated shade-giving and wind-breaking
trees, varied plantings to break up the monotony of the housing stock, and community areas and playgrounds to compensate for
a lack of private yards and gardens. Eckbo's landscape designs made the each camp seem less like transient housing for a
transient population and more like a community with roots and a center
Type:
Landscape architecture drawingsPhysical Description:
2 folders, 40 flat files
Language:
English
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Related Item:
Metacollection:
Designing California
: ceda_dc001