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Abstract
The aim of this research project is to discover possible forms of urban space in city extensions
and new urban areas. On the basis of existing and perceivable urban forms, an urban design
system is to be developed which facilitates the use of the rich experience gained throughout
the history of urban design. Special emphasis will be placed on urban space offering a high
quality of life and a clear identity, designed for the peripheries of large cities.
In order to enable the research to be applied directly to Glattal-Stadt, the focus of the overall
programme, this project will examine selected examples of city extensions whose starting positions contained comparable components and which have led to good examples of urban design. We propose the following city extension plans as examples for examination: Berlin according to the plan of James Hobrecht 1862, Hamburg under Fritz Schumacher in the 1910s
and 1920s, Amsterdam South according to the plan of Hendrik Petrus Berlage 1917, the Garden City of Welwyn according to the plan of Louis de Soissons 1920, and the development
around the Boulevard Priphrique in Paris in the 1920s.
Finally, those urban forms which may be appropriate for application in the context of the Glattal-Stadt should be distilled from the examples examined. An initial step will be to select a
catalogue of urban forms according to the specific scale of the Glattal-Stadt. As a second step,
the factors that have been instrumental in the development of these forms will be examined;
thus the formal analysis will be combined with an analysis of the political, economical, social
and other factors. Finally, we have to examine which political and other decisions will have to
be made in the Glattal-Stadt case in order to create the right conditions for the development of
quality urban space.
Creating added value by interdisciplinary exchange and/or ongoing synthesis, the project will
be closely contextualised with the projects
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be developed which facilitates the use of the rich experience gained throughout the history of
urban design.
In order to enable the research to be applied directly to Glattal-Stadt, the spatial focus of the
overall programme, this project will examine selected examples of city extensions whose starting positions contained comparable components and which have led to good examples of urban design. At the same time, the research will identify the factors responsible for the fact that
there are still hardly any urban areas with a clear identity in the Glattal-Stadt district. Finally, an
urban design strategy should be developed for the creation of areas with good quality of life in
this district. Here the combination of design strategies and planning approaches for sustainable
development may lead to new, convincing results.
The expected outcome is a method for designing an urban space with a clear identity for the
Glattal-Stadt. Some further design examples will be used to illustrate the method. Thus this
project seeks to add two important factors to the general research unit: firstly, the use of urban design history with its impressive and successful examples of urban extension designs;
secondly, the use of architecture with its capacity for creating specific city spaces with a clear
identity.
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urban qualities to the new-build areas. In contrast, this research project seeks to develop an
appropriate urban quality, which includes city extension areas. Thus it is assumed that future
Urbanised Landscapes must also display a perceptible difference between urban areas and the
surrounding landscape, if reasonable fulfilment is sought of the cultural requirements placed on
them.
Essential preparatory works for this research project include, on the one hand, the existing
monographs on the examples of city extensions referred to below. But as these do not examine the conditions of urban areas in a systematic and comparable manner, targeted subsequent
investigations are required, including on site, in the relevant archives. Other works which may
be considered references include urban design handbooks such as Josef Stbbens Stdtebau [Urban Design] of 1890, Werner Hegemann and Elbert Peets' American Vitruvius of
1922 and Rob Kriers "Stadtraum in Theorie und Praxis" [Urban space in theory and practice] of
1975, although these do not systematically place form in a relationship with its conditions.
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Typology: continuity
Timetable
1st year: analysis of the examples by studying secondary sources, collecting necessary data,
organising the research of primary sources in the various cities
2nd year: deepening of the analysis by research of primary sources in the various cities, including plans, reports, statistical data etc., formulation of a final report for each example considering formal qualities and the external factors (geography, politics, economy, law function, and
history)
3rd year: applying the examples to the Glattal-Stadt, examining the conditions in the GlattalStadt region (exchange with other projects), developing a formal strategy for the Glattal-Stadt
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artists in paintings, photography and film. The resources of the new Institute of Urban Design
can be used as an in-house facility.
Similar support may be provided by the research project "Die Architektur, die Tradition und der
Ort. Regionalismen in zeitgenssischen stdtischen Strukturen" [Architecture, tradition and
place. Regionalism in contemporary urban structures], already approved and financed by the
Wstenrot Foundation. The information obtained here on the form of urban areas offering a
clear identity can be incorporated directly into the research project under application.
There will also be synergies with the Postgraduate Programme on "Stadtformen. Bedingungen
und Folgen" [Urban forms. Conditions and consequences] by the Chair of History of Urban
Design.
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