Main entry:

Lehnerer, Alex.

Title & Author:

Grand urban rules / Alex Lehnerer.

Publication:

Rotterdam : 010 Publishers, 2009.

Description:

271 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
"The content of this book is based on research conducted at the ETH Zürich: at the Chair of Prof. Kees Christiaanse and the Chair of Prof. Dr. Luger Hovestadt."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-270).
The city of Averuni and its code : General declarations, motive ; Superordinate land use rules ; District-related land use rules ; Streetscape rules ; Neighborhood rules ; Plot/block rules ; Building rules -- Rules as tools: a token of affection -- The tightrope walk of exercising control over private property -- Power is nothing without control : The difficult act of setting thresholds ; Attempts and realizations of control -- Codified aesthetics : Control and (visual) order ; Downtown's will to form -- Connected isolation: neighborhood : Prologue: Loss of autonomy: a neighborhood paradigm ; Immaterial intruder: the right to light ; How big is your neighborhood -- Codes, conventions and maxims: official and informal regimes, rules of place in 1960s New York -- Within or without : Automatic inclusion: externalities ; Artificial conclusion: plans and special districts -- Difference and consistency -- Designed variation -- Synthesis: a designed conclusion -- Remote control / Kees Christiaanse -- The climatic aspect of architecture / Ludger Hovestadt.

Summary:

"Grand Urban Rules offers a compilation and discussion of significant rules invented and implemented by European, North American, and Asian cities. The reader does not only get an overview of the functionality and repercussions of these rule sets but also gains insight into the context and situation of the specific city through the lens of rule-based governance: a citys code as the inverted, abstracted and extracted image of a citys actual situation. Setting standards is first and foremost a cultural act. We map cities by their rules! The publication is based on a database of approximately 100 relevant urban rules researched over the past three years at the ETH Zurich. These rules describe built form with regard to physical characteristics, qualities, and consequences as well as the distribution of program, density, urban performance, and aesthetics."--Publisher's description.

ISBN:

9789064506666
9064506663

Subject:

City planning.
Städtebau Regel.
Regel Städtebau.
Stadtplanung.
Stadsplanering.
Byggnadsregler.
Urbanisering.

Added entries:

Christiaanse, Kees.
Hovestadt, Ludger.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 265199
Call No.: BIB 196639
Status: Available