BP11 Due April 6

With people in need to modernize I think a lot of help came within the world fairs. The world fairs introduced a lot of things that have been happening around the world that others could share. Population was starting to grow with people by the 20th century. I think the style and design on the Queens House in Greenwich influenced the structure across landscape but not only stretching structures but building ways to get around places underneath. Although this was a bit of time before the beginning of the 20th century I don’t think this idea was forgotten. World fairs in my opinion showed new ways of how the world could be built and designed. This then could bring older styles and ideas such as the Queens house into aspect to start something new to modernize how transportation would be conducted in cities. My modern day place would be the subway stations. I think this was greatly impacted into being built in the 1800s with world fairs expressing new influences on city plans and transportation. This sparked an idea of why not have transportation underground to where the city can be shaped whichever way it wants without having to worry about how people are going to get around. Granted roads are going to be a burden on how the buildings and city can be built but having huge trains and long railways are much more massive than roads and cars. I think this was a great way into modernizing the world. It allowed for transportation to be faster and safer in a sense that a fast huge train has less likely of a chance to crash and hurt people if it’s underground. Another great aspect of it being underground is you can shape the railways and twist and twine the railways whichever way you please. It would be underground buildings and other set objects won’t be a factor. I think there was a need to modernize around the beginning of the 20th century because we are starting to invent bigger and better things where such means need to happen to allow for these inventions to prosper. We have machines to do mass assembly, we have wars where we need heavy artillery, there is a need to have components to compliment where the world was starting to direct itself towards. Design is starting to have new ideas from older times with ideas of people during this time that are experiencing the changes and inventions of new things. Theme parks are a good example because it is starting to become a popular fun event. Back in the older centuries it was a great time for gathering with a few games, and food. Now it is a place where it’s a city within itself to have fun. The design of having this is a direction from world fairs and older designs of having open places for fun and gatherings. I think it was called Disney "WORLD" because it was influenced by world fairs where it’s a world of its own where everyone can come and enjoy the festivities. Everyone wants to go to Disney World. Overall we need to modernize to future the design for tomorrow. New things come and we have to adapt design for these things. But older designs will always have a foot in the door and have reflection in new design. It’s the foundation of how we design our world today