Firley / Groen The Urban Masterplanning Handbook

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-49464-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten, E-Book

A highly illustrated reference tool, this handbook providescomparative visual analysis of major urban extensions andmasterplans around the world. It places an important new emphasison the processes and structures that influence urban form,highlighting the significant impact that public or privatelandownership, management and funding might have on shaping aparticular project. Each of the book's 20 subjects isrigorously analysed through original diagrams, scale drawings anddescriptive texts, which are complemented by key statistics andcolour photography. The case studies are presented in order of sizerather than date or geographical location. This offers designprofessionals, developers and city planners, as well as students ofarchitecture and urban design informed organisational and formalcomparisons, leading to intriguing insights.
A wide geographical range of contemporary and historicmasterplans are featured. These encompass European projects fromthe 19th century to the present day: Belgravia in London,Sarphatipark in Amsterdam, Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, LaDéfense Seine Arche in Paris and Hammarby Sjöstad inStockholm. In North America, the postwar development of StuyvesantTown in Manhattan is also the subject of a case study. More recentand ongoing international urban schemes are included, such asPuerto Madero in Buenos Aires, Downtown Dubai and the New CentralBusiness District in Beijing.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Firley, Eric

Groen, Katharina

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Introduction
CASE STUDIES
Broadgate, London 24
Masséna Nord, Paris 36
stuyvesant Town, New York 50
Battery Park City, New York 62
Avenue de l'Opéra, Paris 76
Vauban, Freiburg 88
Antigone, Montpellier 100
Potsdamer Platz, Berlin 114
Kirchsteigfeld, Potsdam 126
Spangen, Rotterdam 138
Belgravia, London 150
False Creek North, Vancouver 164
Sarphatipark, Amsterdam 178
Marunouchi, Tokyo 190
Euralille, Lille 200
Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires 212
Hammarby Sjöstad, Stockholm 224
Downtown Dubai 236
Beijing Central Business District 248
La Défense Seine Arche, Greater Paris 260
APPENDICES
Timeline 274
Density Table 275
Figure-ground Diagrams 276
Scale Comparison of all Projects 280
Bibliography 282
Index 284
Image Credits 288

Über Autor(innen)

Eric Firley is the author of this book's companionvolumes The Urban Housing Handbook (2009) and The UrbanTowers Handbook (2011). Assistant Professor at the Universityof Miami School of Architecture since January 2011, he is a trainedarchitect and urban designer with work experience in propertydevelopment and several design practices in Paris and London.Regularly invited to speak at architectural institutions around theworld, he has a specific interest in interdisciplinary research andin the relationship between architecture and the urban fabric.
Katharina Grön is a German planner who graduated in2008 from the Hamburg University of Technology. Already involved inthe production of The Urban Housing Handbook, she hasdeveloped the graphic concept of the book, including diagrams andcustom-made urban plans. She lives and works as a planner and urbandesigner in Hamburg.