Netzstadt : Designing the Urban. - Baccini Peter (Birkhauser, 2003)
Approaches to the Contemporary City p.11, What is a City? p.12, The Evolution of Contemporary Urban Settlements p.14, New Urbanity p.20, The Long Process of Reconstructing the City p.25, Redesigning the City p.27, The Netzstadt p.33, On Models, Metaphors and Methods of Urban Analysis p.35, Coping with Complexity p.36, Models and Metaphors of the City in Architectural Literature p.38, The Netzstadt Model p.45, The Urban system as a Model and Network as its Metaphor p.46, Criteria for Evaluating Urban Quality p.50, System Structure in the Netzstadt Model p.54, The Netzstadt Method p.63, The Morphological Tools p.65, The Objective and Purpose of Morphological Tools in the Netzstadt Method p.72, The Architecture of Territory p.80, Recording Territories p.96, The Morphological Analysis of Urban Systems in the Netzstadt Method p.103, A First Selection of Morphological Indicators in the Netzstadt Method p.130, Conclusion: Morphological Tools and the Architecture of Territory p.152, The Physiological Tools p.155, The Objective and Purpose of Physiological Tools in the Netzstadt Method p.156, Identifying Flows of Material and Energy p.158, The Metabolism of Urban Systems p.162, A First Selection of Physiological Indicators for the Netzstadt Method p.172, Conclusion on the Netzstadt Method p.181, Designing the Urban with the Netzstadt Method p.185, Designing the Urban p.187, Five Design Steps: Applying the Netzstadt Method p.195, Step 1: Analysis of the Project and Observation Perimeters p.198, Step 2: Identification of the Network p.208, Step 3: Initial Evaluation of the Urban Features p.218, Step 4: Setting Developmental Goals p.221, Step 5: Urban Projects Designs for the Reconstruction Process p.222, Methodological Conclusions p.247, The Synoikos Method p.251, Goals and Method p.258, The Workshops p.260, Wigger City p.263, Workshop 1: Analysisa of the Actual Condition and the Central Concepts p.264, Workshop 2: Projects and Sponsors p.278
Keywords: Urban Design