Designing Cities Basics Principles Projects 1st Edition Leonhard Schenk by Leonhard Schenk, Oliver Fritz, Rolo Fütterer, Markus Neppl 9783034613255, 3034613253 instant download after payment.

Urban Design Is Based On Planning And Design Principles That Need To Meet Functional Demands On The One Hand, But On The Other Hand Bring The Design Elements Together Into A Distinctive Whole. Although Designs Are Almost Always Dominated By The Spirit Of The Times, The Basic Compositional Principles Are, For The Most Part, Timeless.'designing Cities' Examines The Most Important Design And Presentation Principles Of Urban Design, Using Selected Historical Examples And Contemporary International Competition Entries Designed By Practices Including Foster + Partners, Kcap Architects & Planners, Mvrdv, And Oma. At The Core Of The Publication Is The Question Of How The Projects Were Designed And What Methods And Tools Were Available To The Designer. In Addition To The Classic Design That Evolves In The Mind Of The Designer, The Repertoire Is Now Expanding By Means Of New, Computer-based Methods, Such As Parametric Design, In Which Variable Parameters Automatically Influence The Design And Provide A Range Of Possible Solutions. Machine Generated Contents Note: Qualitative Traits -- Visual Principles -- Gestalt Laws And Urban Design -- Another Approach To Qualitative Traits -- Proportions -- Proportions In Urban Design -- General Organizing Principles -- The Nongeometric Principle -- The Geometric Principle -- The Relationship Of The Parts To The Whole -- Additive Approach -- Divisional Approach -- Superimposition -- Urban Design As A Single Entity (grand Form) -- Grid Design Principle -- The Regular Grid -- The Irregular Grid -- The Tilted Grid -- The Deformed Grid -- The Transformed Grid -- The Superimposed Grid -- Urban Building Blocks -- Classification Of Urban Building Blocks -- Standard Building Blocks -- The Layout Of Development Sites, Building Lots, And Urban Building Blocks -- Principles For Combining Development Sites Into Larger Urban Districts And Building Lots Into Development Sites -- Organizing Principles For Urban Building Blocks On The Building Lot --…