Density & atmosphere : on factors relating to building density in the European city

Density & atmosphere : on factors relating to building density in the European city / (ed.) Dietmar Eberle ; (author) Eberhard Tröger ; [texts, Eberhard Tröger ; translation, Elizabeth Schwaiger, Robin Benson].

This book offers a thorough study of the relationship between the characteristics of construction density and the ensuing atmospheres, distribution of uses and their value. 36 case study examples in Zurich, Vienna, Munich and Berlin were documented and assessed, from the outskirts to the center of t...

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Other Authors: Eberle, Dietmar, 1952- (Editor), Tröger, Eberhard (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
German
Published: Basel : Birkhäuser, [2015]
Subjects:
Architecture and society.
Urban density.
City planning.
ARCHITECTURE > Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE > Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE > Reference.
Architecture and society
City planning
Urban density
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Table of Contents:
  • Photo Essay by Claudia Klein; The Att uned City by Dietmar Eberle; DENSITY ANALYSES; Introduction- "You just have to get through it"; APPROACH, METHODOLOGY, AND TERMINOLOGY; The Districts- 36 Urban Districts in 9 Density Categories; Density Category 1 (<0.4): Single-Family House Idyll 1:; House and Garden Density Category 2 (0.4
  • 0.6): Single-Family House Idyll 2:; Urban Garden Cities Density Category 3 (0.6
  • 0.9): Urban Apartments in Green Areas 1:; Houses and Rows Density Category 4 (0.9
  • 1.2): Urban Apartments in Green Areas 2.
  • Row and Courtyard Density Category 5 (1.2
  • 1.5): Urban Apartments in Green Areas 3:Courtyard and Garden Density Category 6 (1.5
  • 1.9): Inner-City Mixture 1:; Courtyard and Street Density Category 7 (1.9
  • 2.3): Inner-City Mixture 2:; Grids, Axes, and Squares Density Category 8 (2.3
  • 2.7): Inner-City Mixture 3:; Historic Suburbs and City Centers Density Category 9 (> 2.7): Inner-City Mixture 4:; Commercial Centers Eval uation
  • Density, Atmosphere, and Numbers; Density Categories and their Parameters; The Cities and their Parameters; Concl usions
  • Density and Atmosphere.
  • The City as Social SpaceThe City as Residential Space; The City as Living Space; DENSITY STORIES; Berlin by Bettina Erasmy (Berlin); Only Playing by Matthias Kiefersauer (Munich); City and Atmosphere . Impressions of Vienna by Franz Schuh (Vienna); Forest Fever by Gerhard Meister (Zurich); DENSITY CATALOG; Glossary of Terms; Figure-Ground Plans of the Cities; Density Category 1 (<0.4): Single-Family House Idyll 1:; House and Garden Density Category 2 (0.4
  • 0.6): Single-Family House Idyll 2:; Urban Garden Cities Density Category 3 (0.6
  • 0.9): Urban A partments in Green Areas 1.
  • Houses and Rows Density Category 4 (0.9
  • 1.2): Urban Apartments in Green Areas 2:Row and Courtyard Density Category 5 (1.2
  • 1.5): Urban Apartments in Green Areas 3:; Courtyard and Garden Density Category 6 (1.5
  • 1.9): Inner-City Mixture 1:; Courtyard and Street Density Category 7 (1.9
  • 2.3): Inner-City Mixture 2:; Grids, Axes, and Squares Density Category 8 (2.3
  • 2.7): Inner-City Mixture 3:; Historic Suburbs and City Centers Density Category 9 (> 2.7): Inner-City Mixture 4:; Commercial Centers City Diagrams; Biographies; Photo Credits; Imprint, Acknowledgments.

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