The Urban Masterplanning Handbook E-Book

Eric Firley

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 348

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2014

Beschreibung

A highly illustrated reference tool, this handbook provides comparative visual analysis of major urban extensions and masterplans around the world. It places an important new emphasis on the processes and structures that influence urban form, highlighting the significant impact that public or private landownership, management and funding might have on shaping a particular project. Each of the book’s 20 subjects is rigorously analysed through original diagrams, scale drawings and descriptive texts, which are complemented by key statistics and colour photography. The case studies are presented in order of size rather than date or geographical location. This offers design professionals, developers and city planners, as well as students of architecture and urban design informed organisational and formal comparisons, leading to intriguing insights.

A wide geographical range of contemporary and historic masterplans are featured. These encompass European projects from the 19th century to the present day: Belgravia in London, Sarphatipark in Amsterdam, Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, La Défense Seine Arche in Paris and Hammarby Sjöstad in Stockholm. In North America, the postwar development of Stuyvesant Town in Manhattan is also the subject of a case study. More recent and ongoing international urban schemes are included, such as Puerto Madero in Buenos Aires, Downtown Dubai and the New Central Business District in Beijing.

Leseprobe

Contents

Cover

Half Title page

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Blueprints for Urban Life

A Brief History of Masterplanning

The Post-War Change in Paradigm

The Case Studies: Commonalities and Contrasts

The Designer and the Process: How to Keep the Overview?

Sustainability and Masterplanning

Conclusion

Case Studies

Broadgate

Project Organisation / Team Structure

Urban form / Connectivity

Architectural Typologies

Conclusion

Masséna Nord (Paris Rive Gauche)

Project Organisation / Team Structure

Urban form / Connectivity

Architectural Typologies

Conclusion

Stuyvesant Town

Project Organisation / Team Structure

Urban form / Connectivity

Architectural Typologies

Conclusion

Battery Park City

Project Organisation / Team Structure

Urban form / Connectivity

Architectural Typologies

Conclusion

Avenue de l’Opéra

Project Organisation / Team Structure

Urban form / Connectivity

Architectural Typologies

Conclusion

Vauban

Project Organisation / Team Structure

Urban form / Connectivity

Architectural Typologies

Conclusion

Antigone

Project Organisation / Team Structure

Urban form / Connectivity

Architectural Typologies

Conclusion

Potsdamer Platz (including Leipziger Platz)

Project Organisation / Team Structure

Urban form / Connections

Architectural Typologies

Conclusion

Kirchsteigfeld

Project Organisation / Team Structure

Urban form / Connectivity

Architectural Typologies

Conclusion

Spangen

Project Organisation / Team Structure

Urban form / Connectivity

Architectural Typologies

Conclusion

Belgravia

Project Organisation / Team Structure

Urban form / Connectivity

Architectural Typologies

Conclusion

False Creek North

Project Organisation / Team Structure

Urban form / Connectivity

Architectural Typologies

Conclusion

Sarphatipark

Project Organisation / Team Structure

Urban form / Connectivity

Architectural Typologies

Conclusion

Marunouchi

Project Organisation / Team Structure

Urban form / Connectivity

Architectural Typologies

Conclusion

Euralille

Project Organisation / Team Structure

Urban form / Connectivity

Architectural Typologies

Conclusion

Puerto Madero

Project Organisation / Team Structure

Urban form / Connectivity

Architectural Typologies

Conclusion

Hammarby Sjöstad

Project Organisation / Team Structure

Urban form / Connectivity

Architectural Typologies

Conclusion

Downtown Dubai

Project Organisation / Team Structure

Urban form / Connectivity

Architectural Typologies

Conclusion

Beijing Central Business District

Project Organisation / Team Structure

Urban form / Connectivity

Architectural Typologies

Conclusion

La Défense Seine Arche

Project Organisation / Team Structure

Urban form / Connectivity

Architectural Typologies

Conclusion

Appendices

Timeline

Density Table

Figure-ground Diagrams

Scale Comparison of all Projects

Bibliography

General Reference

Case Studies

Key Search Terms

Image Credits

The Urban Masterplanning Handbook

Eric Firley and Katharina Grön

A famous example of 19th century urban renewal: Avenue de l’Opéra and its surroundings, Paris, France.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank our sponsors who have made possible the realisation of this book not only through their financial contribution, but also through their continuous and personal interest in the subject:

Dominique Boré and her team from EPADESA, La Défense Seine Arche

Steve Tomlinson and Mark Brearley from Design for London

Charles Walford and Ron German from Stanhope plc

Thierry Laget and Julie Sanchez from SERM-Montpellier

Steve Tomlinson deserves special mention, his support including considerable input in establishing the book’s structure, the choice of case studies and the revision of the introduction.

The numerous purpose-made plans and diagrams are a key feature of this work. Conceived by Katharina Grön herself, we would like to show our gratitude to Jennifer Margitan, Axel Eitel and David Zink who contributed to their production.

During our long research and travel period we have been in touch with hundreds of people. Without their help the following material could not have been gathered. Space dictates that we can only mention some of them (in alphabetical order):

Bill Addis (Buro Happold); Sharif Aggour (Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects); Thomas Albrecht (Hilmer & Sattler und Albrecht); Diego Ardiaca; Larry Beasley, Alain Beauregard (APUR); Professor Roberto Behar; Marie Beirne; Neil Bennett (Farrells); Peter Bishop; Barbara Bottet (Atelier Christian de Portzamparc); Reinhard Böwer (Böwer Eith Murken); Marlies Britz (City of Potsdam); Steve Brown (Buro Happold); Professor Ricky Burdett; Stefania Canta (Renzo Piano Building Workshop); Björn Cederquist (City of Stockholm); James KM Cheng; Emma Cobb (Pei Cobb Freed & Partners); Catherine Coquen-Creusot (SEMAPA); Alexander Cooper (Cooper, Robertson & Partners), Craig Copeland (Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects); Daniel Day (Metropolitan Life); Michel Dionne; Sir Philip Dowson; Professor François Dufaux; Mats Egelius (White Architects); Eveline van Engelen (OMA); William Fain (Johnson Fain); Mads Fars⊘; Kathryn Firth; Stellan Fryxell (Tengbom); Hiroaki Fuji (MEC); Alfredo Garay (CAPMSA); Stephanie Gelb (Battery Park City Authority); Fenella Gentleman (Grosvenor Estates); Mieke de Geyter (EMAAR); Caroline Giezeman (City of Rotterdam); Michael Gordon (City of Vancouver); Laure Gosselin (EPADESA); Nathalie Grand (SEMAPA); Len Grundlingh (DSA Architects); Professor Sharon Haar; Professor Christoph Hadrys; Meinhard Hansen (Hansen Architekten); Eric Heijselaar (City Archives Amsterdam); Philippe Honnorat (WSP); Nigel Hughes (Grosvenor Estates); Christine Huvé (BHVP), Susanne Klar (Freie Planungsgruppe Berlin GmbH); William Kelly; Christoph Kohl (Krier Kohl Architekten); Sven Kohlhoff; Adrián Kraisman (CAPMSA); Kengo Kuma; Thierry Laget (SERM Montpellier); Rob Latham (WSP); Pacal Le Barbu (TGT); François Leclerc (Agence François Leclerc); Anu Leinonen (OMA); Xie Li; Sir Stuart Lipton; Weiming Lu; Neill Maclaine (Broadgate Estates); Professor Lars Marcus; Erik Mattie; Yves Nurit (Montpellier Agglomération); Malin Olsson (City of Stockholm); Adrian Penfold (British Land); Professor Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk; Christian de Portzamparc; Wang Qingfeng (CBD Authority Beijing); Margit Rust (City of Berlin); Keiichiro Sako (SAKO Architects); Suzan Samaha (EMAAR); Russell Sharfman (DSA Architects); Brian Shea (Cooper, Robertson & Partners); Malcolm Smith (Arup Associates); Sebastian Springer (City of Freiburg); Gerhard Stanierowski (City of Berlin); Marinke Steenhuis (Steenhuismeurs bv); Hans Stimmann; Professor Vladimir Stissi; Isamu Sugeno (MEC); Yvonne Szeto (Pei Cobb Freed & Partners); Manuel Tardits (Mikan); Koji Terada (Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei); Jérôme Treuttel (TGT); Peter Udzenija (Concord Pacific); Professor Arnold van der Valk; Professor Laura Vaughan; Roland Veith (City of Freiburg); Christophe Vénien (EPADESA); Serena Vergano (Taller de Arquitectura); Sharon Wade (Battery Park City Authority); David Wauthy (SAEM Euralille); Sarah M Whiting; Barry Winfield; Norio Yamato (Mori); Christina du Yulian (CBD Authority Beijing); Kentaro Yusa (MEC); Sérida Zaïd (APUR); Ruoli Zhou.

Thanks also to Timea Hopp who performed a language check of the book before the handover to the publisher.

Last but not least, we would like to express our gratitude to Helen Castle, Calver Lezama and Miriam Swift from John Wiley & Sons.

A square in the Jianwai SOHO district, part of Beijing’s new CBD.

Introduction

Blueprints for Urban Life

From a philosophical early history traceable back to utopian visions and ideas, masterplanning today is internationally recognised as a planning method that is embedded in political, social and economic frameworks. It responds to the needs of architects, urban designers, planners, developers and other construction professionals to participate in major urban expansion and regeneration projects that cross the boundaries of their own roles and promise to transform the quality of city life. Vast in scope, such initiatives demand extensive preparatory research in order to identify an effective approach for the site in question. Following on from the first two books in Wiley’s ‘Urban Handbook’ series – The Urban Housing Handbook (2009) and The Urban Towers Handbook (2011) – this manual sets out to equip professionals for the task.

Rather than to test or discuss a particular hypothesis in the field of planning, our aim is to enable an organisational and visual comparative approach. We have selected 20 masterplans from around the world, historic and recent, each of which is analysed in turn. Project descriptions and key data are complemented by specially custom-made diagrams that outline each masterplan’s physical nature and development. Each study includes four analysis drawings of the current site – highlighting separately green spaces, the street network, public transport connections and building uses – a further four graphics illustrate the development process, putting special emphasis on the notions of cadastral subdivisions and of public or private ownership.

Images and figure-ground diagrams of Avenue de l’Opéra in Paris and Stuyvesant Town in New York City. One of the main aims of this book is to examine the ways in which the diversity of these urban artefacts has been influenced by non-formal parameters.