Main entry:

Paans, Otto, author.

Title & Author:

Situational urbanism : directing postwar urbanity : an adaptive methodology for urban transformation / Otto Paans, Ralf Pasel.

Publication:

Berlin : Jovis, [2014]
©2014

Description:

256 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Cartwheels, kettles and crossroads: processing in design -- Threshold of transition: negotiations between place and non-place -- Comparing cases: Krachtwijken -- The lives in-between: Overvecht in context -- social conditions -- Modernistic spatiality: urban framework -- layers of public space -- situational approach -- Transformation phasing: staging of the transformation process over 15 years -- Central park Overvecht: transformation strategies for park de Watertoren -- Network development: transformation and activation of local networks -- Layer of connections: transformation strategies for blind ground floors -- Between the volumes: transformation strategies for 4-6 storey blocks and public spaces -- The multi-courtyard: transformation strategies for courtyards between flats -- Overvecht 2050: post-transformation scenarios 2027-2050.

Summary:

Transforming modernistic urban areas to fit contemporary needs is one of the predominant challenges that postwar European cities face today. Although these transformation processes are highly complex they generate a wide variety of chances to take advantage of existing micro-economies, cultural diversity and spatial structures. Situational Urbanism is an adaptive methodology that identifies new ways of dealing with modernistic urban areas. In order to synthesize the lived experience on the street with the need for long-term planning, this design approach addresses simultaneously spatial, socio-economic, and cultural issues. This results in a variety of innovative and versatile design strategies that deal with post-war urbanism. The volume combines applicable spatial theory, innovative analytical methods and a comprehensive toolkit of flexible design methods for transforming modernist urban areas, ranging over the full array of scales, from the individual house, via the block to the neighbourhood.

ISBN:

9783868592580
386859258X

Subject:

City planning.
Urbanisme Pays-Bas 1945- ...
Villes Rénovation Pays-Bas 1945- ...
City planning Netherlands Utrecht.
Overvecht (Utrecht, Netherlands)

Added entries:

Pasel, Ralf, author.
Pasel, Ralf.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 286147
Call No.: BIB 226279
Status: Available