A Study on Urban Improvement of Bordeaux in the 18th Century by the Intendant De Tourny

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25630258
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Architectural history/Design
• Research Institution: Kyushu University
• Principal Investigator: DOI Yoshitake 九州大学, 芸術工学研究院, 教授 (00227696)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: ボルドー / 地方長官 / トゥルニ / 大西洋貿易 / 都市整備 / 商人

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The subject of research is De Tourny, regional secretary in the 18th century, France. The author analyzed the urban development project done in Bordeaux city where he was dispatched, from the viewpoint of urban history and architectural history, while referring to previous research such as local archives, Western history, socio-economic history. Beyond the traditional viewpoint of space history, style history, architect history in particular, a comprehensive analysis was done from the viewpoint about what kind of construction strategy and urban development projects are based on economic, employment, and community-based urban management strategies.
As a result, it was revealed that this urban development was economically re-investment of wealth acquired in Atlantic trade, motivated the real estate industry and the social rise of some merchants to a novelty, a celebrity and to become larger merchants.

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