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Centers in the Event Domain: A Retake on the Wholeness of Urban Spaces
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Abstract This article demonstrates that geometric analysis by itself is not enough to evaluate Alexander's wholeness in public spaces and that his theories of wholeness can - and should - be extended into the realm of events. The first section provides a summary of the theory of centers and the relevance of ... mehr
This article demonstrates that geometric analysis by itself is not enough to evaluate Alexander's wholeness in public spaces and that his theories of wholeness can - and should - be extended into the realm of events. The first section provides a summary of the theory of centers and the relevance of events with regard to the theory of wholeness. In the second section, a new way to classify centers is presented, along with insights from Alexander's works into an approach for incorporating event centers into the theory of wholeness. The final part puts these ideas to the test on a public square in Stuttgart, Germany, using a geometric analysis and an analysis of user activity to determine the performance of the square as a center. The research concludes that utilizing Alexander’s theories from an event-first rather than a geometry-first perspective is an approach especially well-suited for public spaces.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Event; Abstraktion; Stadtgebiet; öffentlicher Raum; Architektur; Architektursoziologie; Stadtplanung
Klassifikation
Raumplanung und Regionalforschung
Freie Schlagwörter
event-centers; public square; space; theory of wholeness; urban space; user activity
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2023
Seitenangabe
S. 188-200
Zeitschriftentitel
Urban Planning, 8 (2023) 3
Heftthema
Assessing the Complex Contributions of Christopher Alexander
ISSN
2183-7635
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)