In this basic textbook, prospective architects, urban and landscape planners receive assistance in working on urban development projects and designs. This edition has been expanded by two chapters on informal urban planning and regional urban development. The contents presented and their preparation are based on the design process in practice and embed it in a theoretical framework of necessary background knowledge. As an introduction, an overview of the understanding of the city, of urban structures and the laws governing them is given. In order to make the multi-layered structure of the city more comprehensible, it is broken down into different layers and building blocks. The approach to urban design is described using the "layer method" in the form of successive phases. Examples of urban development projects and competitions illustrate the individual design steps.
Author(s): Christa Reicher
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 410
City: Wiesbaden
Preface
Contents
1: Introduction
1 Tasks and Challenges for Architects, Urban and Landscape Planners
2 Urban Design of Product and Process
3 Definition and Understanding: What Is Urban Design?
2: To Understand the Basic Terms
1 Sustainability
2 Urbanity
3 Identity
4 Aesthetics
5 Building Culture
6 The Interaction of the Basic Concepts
Literature
1. Sustainability
2. Urbanity
3. Identity
4. Aesthetics
5. Building Culture
3: A Journey: From History to Theory
1 The History of Urban Development
1.1 The Origin of the City
1.2 The Medieval City
1.3 The City in Absolutism
1.4 The Gründerzeit City
1.5 Modern Age Urban Design
1.6 Reconstruction and New Models
2 Urban Design Theory
2.1 Ildefonso Cerd
2.2 Le Corbusier
2.3 Kevin Lynch
2.4 Aldo Rossi
2.5 Christopher Alexander
2.6 Gerd Albers
2.7 Thomas Sieverts
Literature
1. History of Urban Development
2. Theory of Urban Development
4: The ``Grammar´´ of the City
1 Understanding the Place and the Code: Transformation of the Museum Quarter Vienna
2 Typologies and Layers of the City
2.1 Structural Levels and Structural Models
2.2 Urban Structure
3 City Logics
3.1 Perception of the Figure-Ground Relationship
3.2 Urban Morphology
3.3 Structure of Use
4 Urban Structure Types
4.1 Block
4.2 Court
4.3 Rows
4.4 Line
4.5 Solitaire
4.6 Clusters
5 Tradition and Change in Urban Structures
5.1 The European City
5.2 The US City
5.3 The Asian City
Literature
1. Understanding the Place and the Code
2. Typologies and Layers of the City
3. City Logics
4. Urban Structure Types
5. Tradition and Change in Urban Structures
5: Urban Components of the City
1 Urban Component Open Space
2 Urban Component Public Space
3 Urban Component Living
4 Urban Component Trade and Industry
5 Urban Component Social and Educational Infrastructure
6 Urban Component Trade and Supply
Literature
1. Urban Component Open Space
2. Urban Component Public Space
3. Urban Component Living
4. Urban Component Trade and Industry
5. Urban Component Social and Educational Infrastructure
6. Urban Component Trade and Supply
6: Reading the City
1 Seeing and Perceiving
2 Site Survey and Analysis
3 Morphological Analysis
4 Subjective Analysis
Literature
1. Seeing and Perceiving
2. Site Survey and Analysis
3. Morphological Analysis
4. Subjective Analysis
7: Urban Design
1 The ``Layer Method´´ and its Design Steps
1.1 Site Survey and Analysis
1.2 Vision
1.3 Structure Plan
1.4 Framework Plan
1.5 Design Plan
1.6 Urban Design Detail
2 Vision
3 Structural Plan
4 Framework Plan/Master Plan
5 Design Plan
6 Urban Detail
7 Verification
7.1 Figure-Ground Plan
7.2 Model
7.3 ``Zeppelin´´ Method
8 Excursus: Further Urban Design Methods
8.1 Network City Method
8.2 Scenario Method
9 Reading Plans and Concepts
Literature
1. The layer method and its design steps
8. Excursus
9. Reading plans and concepts
8: Urban Design and Attitude
1 Urban Form and Urban Image
1.1 Urban Design
1.2 Urban Image
2 Dimensions of the City
2.1 Design Qualities
2.2 Dimensions of the City
3 The Hierarchy and Collective Memory of the City
4 Attitude towards the Built City
4.1 Constants and Variables
4.2 Superordination: Subordination-Classification
Literature
1. Urban Form and Urban Image
2. Dimensions of the City
3. The Hierarchy and Collective Memory of the City
9: Urban Development as a Process
1 Process-Oriented Approach
1.1 Temporary Uses
1.2 Staggering and Phasing
2 Participation
2.1 Participation Procedures and Actors
2.2 Open Source Planning
3 Image and Branding Strategies
3.1 The New Role of Images in Urban Production
3.2 Image Carriers and Built Images
Literature
1. Process-Oriented Approach
2. Participation
3. Image and Branding Strategies
10: Informal Urban Design
1 Understanding of Informality
1.1 Civil Society as an Actor
1.2 Definition
2 Plan and Design with Informality
2.1 Opening up Urban Space
2.2 Enabling Appropriation
2.3 Planning Differently
3 Implementation of Informal Urban Design Using the Example of Dortmund and Acharnes (GR)
3.1 (In)Formal Urbanism: Concepts for Dortmund´s Nordstadt
3.2 (In)Formal Urbanism: Concepts for Acharnes (GR)
Literature
1. Understanding of Informality
2. Plan and Design with Informality
3. Implementation of Informal Urban Design Using the Example of Dortmund and Acharnes (GR)
11: Regional Urban Design
1 Urban Networks and Agglomerations
2 Regional Urban Design Taking the Agglomeration Ruhr as Example
2.1 Analysis of Spatial Characteristics
2.2 Specific Urbanity
2.3 Regional Guard Rails
3 Urban Challenges Between Neighbourhood and Region
Literature
1. Urban Networks and Agglomerations
2. Regional Urban Design Using the Example of the Agglomeration Ruhr
12: Selected Task Fields
1 Solar and Energy Efficient Urban Development
2 Dismantling and Conversion
3 Brownfield Development
4 Planning and Building by the Water
5 Activation of the City Centre
Literature
Annexure
A.1. Housing Typologies
A.2. Street Typologies
A.3. Housing Typologies
A.4. Road Typologies
