Zlín – dubbed the “model town of Modernism” – located in the Czech Republic, is a town that was purpose designed to maximise its production of shoes… now that’s what I call town planning.
The town is divided into zones assigned to the areas of working, living, spare time and traffic – a separation of functions corresponding to the key concepts of modern town building that were later propagated in the “Charta of Athens”. Decisively influenced by the architects František L. Gahura and Vladimír Karfík, almost all public buildings were developed on a planning grid of 6.15 by 6.15 metres, a uniform measurement which literally served as a standardization of work and life.
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