The Morphology of Urban Landscapes: History, Analysis, Design

Abstract

Intro -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- Part I IN SEARCH OF A SYNTHESIS -- The dissolution of cities -- Saverio Muratori and Aldo Rossi: near-converging vanishing points -- Types, prototypes and the project of the city -- France: from history to urban project -- The emergence of second form -- Urs Primas -- Cells, Nodes and Patterns -- The minimum unit of built form: a sketch -- Awakening in Florence -- Metamorphoses of space - approaching André Corboz -- Part II STORIA OPERANTE -- The urban space as a research and design subject -- Applied Morphology -- A seed on Viennese soil -- Morphology and typology in landscape architecture on the regional scale -- At the beginning the end is not yet in sight -- A pragmatic approach to typo-morphology and city transformation -- On "things" in urban design -- Afterword -- Biographies -- Image rights.