Untitled - Triangle Modernist Houses

12Basildon near London, Town and ShoppingCenter13Stevenage Town Center1CiNC'FITH CAFIC'LINA AFICHITECTand business offices and recreationfacilities. There are also localshopping facilities in each"village", including the obligatoryEnglish pub; these earliertowns are designed much moredispersed than Cumbernauld.One interesting feature is thatmany of the industrial plants, inorder to attract female labor,have found it necessary to provideadditional nurseries and daycare centers for pre-school children.This especially in the newtowns since the average age ofthe inhabitants is relativelyyoung, and they are planned forfamilies with children.What then are the basic differencesbetween these towns andtheir housing discussed and whatis being built in the US?First of all there is a difference inattitude. lt is agreed in most ofthese northern industrial democraciesthat every citizen has theright to a living job and to decenthousing, and right to freehealth care and free education,to social security and adequatesupport when old, as well as supportbetween jobs. The basicdifference between the US andthese countries is that this is regardedas the right of each citizenit would not occur to anyone- to call this charity as it is oftenstill done here. In fact, thepeople are supporting this legislationwith their own money, andthe taxes are very steep indeed.Nor is housing considered a consumerproduct on which to makea maximum profit-as in the US.The actual building of the housingis organized in different ways,depending on the country, buteverywhere there is a wide varietyof choices, f rom singlehouses to large apartmentblocks. There is private ownership,cooperatives, as well as