Patrick Geddes 🔍

Biologist, Sociologist, Geographer, Town Planner (1854 - 1932)

A polymath and pioneering urban theorist, Geddes advocated for a holistic, ecological approach to town planning, viewing cities as dynamic biological systems.

Mentors & Influences (Looking Backward)

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Inspired By Patrick Geddes (Looking Forward)

Kiyonori Kikutake

Architect, Urban Theorist

Geddes's pioneering ecological approach to urban planning, which conceived cities as living, evolving organisms, provided a foundational philosophical context for Kikutake's Metabolist ideas of architecture and urbanism as dynamic, adaptable biological processes.