Designing cities : basics, principles, projects / Leonhard Schenk, with contributions by Oliver Fritz, Rolo Fütterer and Markus Neppl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schenk, Leonhard, 1965- author.

Fritz, Oliver, author.

Fütterer, Rolo, 1963- author.

Neppl, Markus, author.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

City planning.

Space (Architecture).

Physical Description:

355 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Basel : Birkhäuser, [2013]

Summary:

Urban design is based on planning and design principles that need to meet functional demands on the one hand, but on the other hand bring the design elements together into a distinctive whole. Although designs are almost always dominated by the spirit of the times, the basic compositional principles are, for the most part, timeless.'Designing Cities' examines the most important design and presentation principles of urban design, using selected historical examples and contemporary international competition entries designed by practices including Foster + Partners, KCAP Architects & Planners, MVRDV, and OMA. At the core of the publication is the question of how the projects were designed and what methods and tools were available to the designer. In addition to the classic design that evolves in the mind of the designer, the repertoire is now expanding by means of new, computer-based methods, such as parametric design, in which variable parameters automatically influence the design and provide a range of possible solutions.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Qualitative Traits

Visual Principles

Gestalt Laws And Urban Design

Another Approach To Qualitative Traits

Proportions

Proportions In Urban Design

General Organizing Principles

The Nongeometric Principle

The Geometric Principle

The Relationship of the Parts to the Whole

Additive Approach

Divisional Approach

Superimposition

Urban Design As A Single Entity (Grand Form)

"Grid" Design Principle

The Regular Grid

The Irregular Grid

The Tilted Grid

The Deformed Grid

The Transformed Grid

The Superimposed Grid

Urban Building Blocks

Classification Of Urban Building Blocks

Standard Building Blocks

The Layout of Development Sites, Building Lots, and Urban Building Blocks

Principles For Combining Development Sites Into Larger Urban Districts And Building Lots Into Development Sites

Organizing Principles For Urban Building Blocks On The Building Lot

Road Systems

Complete Road Networks

Incomplete Road Networks

Combinations

Urban Space

Squares

Street Spaces

Green And Open Spaces

Representation in Urban Design

Plans And Drawings

Legal And Informal Plans

Plan Types, Drawings, And Models In Urban Design

Parametric Design

Oliver Fritz: Possible Applications In Urban Design

Examples of Best Practice

Markus Neppl: Development Of The Master Plan For Hafencity In Hamburg

Rolo Futterer: From Steelworks To City, Belval/Esch-Sur-Alzette

Leonhard Schenk: Citizens Build A City: The Sudstadt District In Tubingen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 346-349).

ISBN:

9783034613255

3034613253

OCLC:

849907050