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This book advances an interdisciplinary and innovative approach to urban design, whilst recognising that distinctly different traditions exist within its study and practice. It informs users who are grappling with urban design research problems, but who need the inspiration to move from idea to methodological approach. Through the work of 32 urban researchers from the arts, sciences and social sciences, it demonstrates a wide range of problems and approaches and shows how the diverse range of complementary approaches can come together to provide a holistic understanding to the design of cities.

Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Investigating urban design -- Part I Philosophical Approaches -- 2 The role of risk in urban design -- 3 Deconstructing and recalibrating urban design in the global south -- 4 The politics of space production: the case of Macau, China -- 5 Urban design in the realm of urban studies -- 6 Place-temporality and rhythmicity: a new aesthetic and methodological foundation for urban design theory and practice -- Part II Process Investigations -- 7 Mixing methods / theorising urban design process -- 8 Link and Place - bridging stakeholder divides -- 9 Actor-network theory coevolution framework for urban design -- 10 Unlocking policy documents: policy analysis in urban design -- 11 Smart cities, social networks and the Internet of Things -- 12 Environmental masterplanning: defining an integrated approach -- Part III Physical Explorations -- 13 Urbiculturalism, understanding the patterns of place -- 14 Space syntax as interdisciplinary urban design pedagogy -- 15 Thinking systems in urban design: a prioritised structure model -- 16 Explorations in generative street layouts -- 17 The relationship between density, built form and design -- Part IV Propositional Experiments -- 18 London short stories -- 19 The siting of writing and the writing of sites -- 20 Design as research and research as design: mega-plans and mega-projects in Karbala and Hong Kong -- 21 Crafting a methodology for urban design in development: between research, pedagogy and practice -- 22 An evidence-based approach to designing new cities: the English New Towns revisited -- Part V Performance Enquiries -- 23 Public space as lived -- 24 Historical exploration/explanation in urban design -- 25 The problem of scale

Fifty years ago a landmark conference at Harvard University established urban design as a distinct architectural and planning practice. Today, with the world's urban population surpassing three billion people, urban design has become more crucial than ever. Indeed, the concerns that initially brought leading architects and city planners together-including concerns over sprawl, pollution, and aging infrastructure-have only intensified over the past half century. In Urban Design, Alex Krieger and William S. Saunders have assembled prominent figures in architecture, planning, and landscape design

Fifty years ago a landmark conference at Harvard University established urban design as a distinct architectural and planning practice. Today, with the world's urban population surpassing three billion people, urban design has become more crucial than ever. Indeed, the concerns that initially brought leading architects and city planners together--including concerns over sprawl, pollution, and aging infrastructure--have only intensified over the past half century. In Urban Design, Alex Krieger and William S. Saunders have assembled prominent figures in architecture, planning, and landscape design.

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. This book is a translation of the original German 5th edition Städtebauliches Entwerfen by Reicher, Christa, published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature in 2017. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors. The Content Introduction - To understand the basic concepts - An excursion: from history to theory - The "grammar" of the city - Building blocks of the city - Reading the city - Urban design - Urban design and attitude - Urban design as a process - Informal urban design - Regional urban design - Selected fields of activity The target group Architects, urban and spatial planners in study The author Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Christa Reicher is an architect and urban planner and teaches urban development, urban design and urban land use planning at the RWTH Aachen University.

Intro -- 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.

The last decade has seen the rise of urban design which has taken a central position in the new agendas for urban regeneration and renaissance. Urban design has moved from marginality to mainstream. The principles espoused by urban designers over the past thirty years are now accepted as key to a better urban environment and as we move towards greater sustainability, different ideas are emerging that are challenging some of the accepted urban design norms; urban design is at a watershed. Urban Design Futures presents essays from an international cast of authors to review progress and explore emerging ideas: should urban design reflect the future rather than recreate the past? What are the new driving forces that will shape urban living and hence urban design in the future? This book explores new concepts and points the way towards a series of urban design paradigms for the twenty-first century.