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Phalanstère A Phalanstère was a type of building designed for a self contained utopian community, it ideally consisted of 500-1200 people working for a mutual benefit, and was developed in the early nineteenth century by a man named Charles Fourier. Fourier was a French socialist who wanted to develop an architectural system based off of principles of sexual liberation, co-operative organization, women’s liberation, and human interaction. He envisioned a U-shaped building with wings on either side of the structure, large meeting rooms, private rooms and gardens. Fourier was not a fan of industrialization and free market, he felt that it developed workers exploration. Fourier wanted “to return to the land and agriculture and he proposed the creation of an ideal community called phalanstère .” The idea behind his proposal was that members would receive shares in relation with the production they provided to the community, and it would be ruler in a democratic way. More activity ...