Research Catalog

Title

Spacematrix : space, density, and urban form / Meta Berghauser Pont ; Per Haupt.

Author

Berghauser Pont, Meta.

Publication

Rotterdam : NAI, 2010.

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Details

Additional Authors

Haupt, Per.

Description

279 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 25 cm

Summary

Spacematrix explores the potential of urban density as a tool for urban planning and design. The authors' fascination with density is not primarily normative, making no claim to know which density is best, but is driven by the desire to understand the relational logic between density, urban form and performance. This is a prerequisite for understanding and successfully predicting the effects of specific c designs and planning proposals. The focus of attention is the relationship between types of urban environment and data such as amount, size, physical properties and economic values. The book will also be used by the Bachelor's, Master's and other post-graduate programmes within the Faculty of Architecture at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft).

Subject

• Urban density
• Cities and towns > Growth
• Population density
• City planning
• Urbanization
• urban sprawl
• suburban growth
• urbanization
• Architecture and Planning
• Städtebau
• Stadtentwicklung
• Verdichtete Bebauung
• City planning > Netherlands
• Urban density > Netherlands
• Stadsplanering
• Urbanisering

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The concept of density : The broader concept ; Research strategy ; Density developments Amsterdam -- CIty development and space consumption : Dutch density development ; Runaway space consumptions ; Reinvented density, different doctrines -- Multivariable density: Spacematrix : Perceived density ; Physical density ; Multivaiable definition of density ; Space calculator ; Derivation of formulae ; Representation of density ; Density calculations of four examples ; Samples from the Netherlands, Germany (Berlin) and Spain (Barcelona) -- Density and urban form : REsearch method ; Intrinsic properties of the island ; Intrinsic properties of the urban ground plan ; Urban fabric types ; Comparative research ; Scale and abstraction -- The performance of density : Basic performances indicators ; Parking ; Daylight ; 'Urbanity' ; Performance based design -- Projects from practice : Prescriptive use of Spacemate ; Descriptive use of Spacemate ; Explorative use of Spacemate ; Effectiveness of Spacemate in practice -- Qualities of density : A multivariable and multi-scalar definition of density ; Performance-based description of urban fabrics ; Sustainable densities ; The professional challenge ; The science of urban density.

ISBN

• 9789056627423
• 9056627422

OCLC

• ocn505749966
• 505749966
• SCSB-1546898

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library