Michael Peterek – författare

Our cities and neighborhoods are composed of urban building blocks and a knowledge of these elementary components is part of the basic equipment of city planning. It is absolutely essential for urban design that one understands their form and structure, their functional conditions, and the differentiation into private and public spheres, as well as the ways they are networked into their surroundings. Study of these city building blocks represents a first step toward understanding, and successfully developing the built structure of the city as a physical and social habitat.Themes are - the row, - the block, - the courtyard (the block in reverse), - the passageway, - the line, - the solitaire, - the group, - the "shed".

Our cities and neighborhoods are composed of urban building blocks and a knowledge of these elementary components is part of the basic equipment of city planning. It is absolutely essential for urban design that one understands their form and structure, their functional conditions, and the differentiation into private and public spheres, as well as the ways they are networked into their surroundings. Study of these city building blocks represents a first step toward understanding, and successfully developing the built structure of the city as a physical and social habitat.Themes are - the row, - the block, - the courtyard (the block in reverse), - the passageway, - the line, - the solitaire, - the group, - the "shed".

Das Wissen über die unterschiedlichen Stadtbausteine gehört zum grundlegenden Handwerkszeug jeder städtebaulichen Planung. Aus diesen Bausteinen sind unsere Städte und Quartiere zusammengefügt. Für das städtebauliche Entwerfen ist es unerlässlich, ihre Form und Struktur, die funktionalen Bedingungen, ihre Differenzierung von privaten und öffentlichen Bereichen sowie die Vernetzung mit dem Umfeld zu verstehen. Die Beschäftigung mit den Stadtbausteinen stellt einen ersten Schritt dar, die gebaute Struktur der Stadt als physischen und sozialen Lebensraum zu begreifen und als solchen weiter zu entwickeln.Themen: