Designing Cities: Basics, Principles, Projects

Foreword p.7, 1. Introduction p.11, 2. Qualitative Traits p.17, 2.1 Visual Principles p.18, 2.2 Gestalt Laws and Urban Design p.22, 2.3 Another Approach to Qualitative Traits p.26, 2.4 Proportions p.28, 2.5 Proportions in Urban Design p.29, 3. General Organizing Principles p.33, 3.1 The Nongeometric Principle p.33, 3.2 The Geometric Principle p.44, 4. The Relationship of the Parts to the Whole p.57, 4.1 Additive Approach p.57, 4.2 Divisional Approach p.4.3 Superimposition p.66, 4.4 Urban Design as a Single Entity (Grand Form) p.70, 5. "Grid" Design Principle p.77, The Regular Grid The Irregular Grid The Tilted Grid p.77, The Deformed Grid The Transformed Grid p.77, The Superimposed Grid p.77, 6.Urban Building Blocks p.95, 6.1 Classification of Urban Building Blocks p.95, 6.2 Standard Building Blocks p.97, 7. The Layout of Development Sites, Building Lots, and Urban Building Blocks p.141, 7.1 Principles for Combining Development Sites into Larger Urban Districts and Building Lots into Development Sites p.141, 7.2 Organizing Principles for Urban Building Blocks on the Building Lot p.166, 8. Road Systems p.177, 8.1 Complete Road Networks p.177, 8.2 Incomplete Road Networks p.179, 8.3 Combinations p.179, 9. Urban Space p.189, 9.1 Squares p.189, 9.2 Street Spaces p.207, 9.3 Green and Open Spaces p.219, 10. Representation in Urban Design p.243, 10.1 Plans and Drawings - Legal and Informal Plans p.243, 10.2 Plan Types, Drawings, and Models in Urban Design p.245, 11. Parametric Design p.311, 11.1 Oliver Fritz: Possible Applications in Urban Design p.312, 12. Examples of Best Practice p.317, 12.1 Markus Neppl: Development of the Master Plan for Hafen City in Hamburg p.319, 12.2 Rolo Fütterer: From Steelworks to City, Belval / Esch-sur-Alzette p.327, 12.3 Leonhard Schenk: Citizens Build a City: The Sudstadt District in Tubingen p.333