Lessons from Ten Cities

2010

In Copyright-Non-Commercial Use Permitted This page was generated automatically upon download from the ETH Zurich Research Collection. For more information please consult the Terms of use. ETH Library www.res.ethz.ch URBAN SPACES-PUBLIC AND PRIVATE N a g o rn o-K a ra b a k h Adjara South Ossetia A b k h a z i a analytical No. 23

2013

Urban and Landscape Perspectives is a series which aims at nurturing theoretic reflection on the city and the territory and working out and applying methods and techniques for improving our physical and social landscapes. The main issue in the series is developed around the projectual dimension, with the objective of visualising both the city and the territory from a particular viewpoint, which singles out the territorial dimension as the city's space of communication and negotiation. The series will face emerging problems that characterise the dynamics of city development, like the new, fresh relations between urban societies and physical space, the right to the city, urban equity, the project for the physical city as a means to reveal civitas, signs of new social cohesiveness, the sense of contemporary public space and the sustainability of urban development. Concerned with advancing theories on the city, the series resolves to welcome articles that feature a pluralism of disciplinary contributions studying formal and informal practices on the project for the city and seeking conceptual and operative categories capable of understanding and facing the problems inherent in the profound transformations of contemporary urban landscapes.

2022

The Conference provided a setting for discussing theoretical and methodological transdisciplinarity in urban morphology. The topic of the conference, Cities as Assemblages, encouraged deliberation on the processes of urban emergence and transformation from a relational perspective, as well as consideration, in research methodologies and design approaches, to the relationship between physical and human elements. The aim of conference was to address the challenges currently faced by urban morphology: bridging the gaps between different approaches, developing cross-disciplinary studies, and integrating research and practice. The themes of the conference covered theory (emergence, relationality, social sciences, and the scope of limits of urban theories), methods (embedding and combining different approaches), urban design (urban morphology and building typology) and contextual topics (conflict, divided cities and port cities) relating to the location of the Conference. Approximately 220 presentations were delivered in 45 parallel sessions. This present volume includes 49 contributions from all themes, focusing on specific subthemes: emergence, relational theories, the social sciences and urban morphology (theory), embedding different approaches into the study of urban morphology (methods) and Mediterranean port cities in a global context (focus). The papers included in this volume were, in most cases, presented within the same sessions. Under the theme of theory, the papers discuss the notion and mechanisms of emergence in the formation of socio-spatial relations, debate the idea of cities as assemblages for the description of emergence and also discuss the contradictory and multi-faceted nature of urban design. The papers within the theme of methods present a variety of mapping techniques focusing on quantitative approaches, applications of concepts and narrative tools through critical analysis, and diachronic analyses of urban development. There is a strong focus on three-dimensional form, the relationship between built and open spaces, and public space more generally. The socio-cultural dimension of form in the relations between building typology and urban space features prominently as a key to analysing the impact of design and everyday life on the public realm. In the urban design theme, public space and its use remain core elements of analysis, but with a stronger focus on the impact of the design of recent development projects, in particular transport projects, including road systems, public transport and walkability. New and subur-Preface ban neighbourhoods, gated and houseboat communities, industrial and waterfront areas were also subjects of research Finally, in the focus theme, a small number of papers cover comparative analyses of port cities and their evolution in the Mediterranean and in Asia. This volume offers a variety of the different papers that were presented at the Conference, providing a permanent record of the fruitful knowledge exchange that took place during the four days of the event, touching upon many important aspects of urban morphology and producing insights, which I believe will be invaluable for the future development of the field. I would like to thank all participants for their contributions to the Conference programme and to these Proceedings. My special thanks go to the keynote speakers:

The greatest challenges of the 21st century will presumably require tremendous shifts in the way cities, neighborhoods and buildings are formed, designed and shaped. While the regulations and constrains predicated primarily by environmental concerns steadily rise the role of planners, urban designers, architects and engineers in shaping metropolitan cities and urban areas of the future will, more than likely, remain in the forefront of providing unparalleled vision and innovation.

Public space is the thread of a methodological discourse about urban structure, interpreted from three complementary systems. We read urban structure as "support" of urban life. The three-systems (roads and mobility, centers and neighborhoods, and public open spaces themselves) allow spatial and functional reading of urban geometry. The ability of the three, independently, but mostly coordinated, offers arguments in order to get that public space was the center of the contemporary and future city project.

These workshops are about cultural exchange in professional and sustainable management planning and aim to participate students in international debates of land-use planning and spatial design. The first workshop is organized by the faculty for civil engineering, architecture and urban planning, represented of Frank SCHWARTZE (Urban Planner) as quality of Prof. Dipl. Ing. at the Lab for Urbanism and Planning (LSO) . The second workshop is organized by the planning department, represented of Abdesselem MAHMOUD (Urban Professor) as quality of Chef of Planning Department at the National School of Architecture and Urban Planning (E.N.A.U.). These workshops are co-organized by the Union of Young Tunisian Planners (U.J.U.T.) represented of OUERGHI Mohamed (Urban Planner) as quality of member charged of the international cooperation.

Human Smart Cities, 2016

Urban and Landscape Perspectives is a series which aims at nurturing theoretic reflection on the city and the territory and working out and applying methods and techniques for improving our physical and social landscapes. The main issue in the series is developed around the projectual dimension, with the objective of visualising both the city and the territory from a particular viewpoint, which singles out the territorial dimension as the city's space of communication and negotiation. The series will face emerging problems that characterise the dynamics of city development, like the new, fresh relations between urban societies and physical space, the right to the city, urban equity, the project for the physical city as a means to reveal civitas, signs of new social cohesiveness, the sense of contemporary public space and the sustainability of urban development. Concerned with advancing theories on the city, the series resolves to welcome articles that feature a pluralism of disciplinary contributions studying formal and informal practices on the project for the city and seeking conceptual and operative categories capable of understanding and facing the problems inherent in the profound transformations of contemporary urban landscapes.

Open urban studies and demography journal, 2015

International Journal of Research (IJR), 2014

This paper on urban form in planning and design is intended to discuss how the old concepts are changing and new meaning of the urban form is emerging in the planning and development of urban centres. The paper is an attempt to elucidate the basic concepts of the urban forms and how they are perceived at different levels of the planning and design exercises. The paper finally concludes with findings and recommendations which can guide the future course of development of new towns and the growth of the urban centres.

2nd Conference on Urban Planning and Regional Development _ sustainable urban developmen, 2020

Human migration to urban environments is expected to comprise of more than 68 percent of the world population by 2050, according to the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs new report (UN DESA, 2018). With an increasing urbanization and expected growth of cities, among other demands on the city infrastructure and resources to meet human needs, managing and creating new public spaces presents an additional challenge to sustainable urban development. The need for quality open places that provide safety, accessibility, green areas and services has been especially emphasized during the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic. New global urban development goals responding to contemporary lifestyle, health, business and recreational habits shift towards the 15-min walkability in cities. The general aim is to provide all citizens with access to public open areas and recreation in a walking distance. The main purpose of this paper is to elucidate hidden potentials and possibilities of large and small urban areas to meet these challenges and to demonstrate how redesigning, rethinking, exploring new meanings and converting existing city spaces can lead to new quality open places. Based on a case study of one of the highest-density cities in the world, this paper is explaining applied legal frameworks, management, contribution of the private sector and communities in the process of redesigning the city space of New York. The paper reflects on the important contribution of quality open public space in designing sustainable and livable cities, but as well as contribution to the economic, social and environmental benefit for the communities. Zbornik radova 2. Konferencija o urbanom planiranju i regionalnom razvoju_ održivi urbani razvoj Proceedings 2nd Conference on Urban Planning and Regional Development _ sustainable urban development 309