Table of Contents 1. What Is a Theory? 2. Four Definitions of Theory, and Where Urban Design Falls 3. Three Different Activities, One Name 4. Two Different Kinds of Claim: Form vs. Movement 5. Before Theory: The Ancient World 6. The Case-Study Problem 7. Form-Typology Theories: Linkage Theory and Collective Form 8. Growth Theories from Geography […]
urban renewal projects
Claisebrook Village Urban Renewal Project in Perth
Claisebrook Village Urban Renewal Project in Perth is the sixty article on projects from practice. The government and private sector designed and planned Claisebrook Village on former brownfield land in Perth Australia. Noongar people in 1890 occupied Claisebrook for fishing and they built housing development along the Swan River. After II world war heavy industry […]
Riedberg Urban Development & Design District – Frankfurt
Riedberg Urban Development & Design District – Frankfurt is the sixty-one article on projects from practice. The Reidberg urban development and design project district is located in the north of Frankfurt city in Germany. The project plot is 5.8 miles away from the city center and area covering 266 ha surrounded by agricultural land. The […]
Urban regeneration, architecture of Sopot’s new rail station
Urban regeneration, architecture of Sopot’s new rail station is the twenty-ninth article on projects from practice. The urban regeneration and architecture of the Sopot rail station project is located in the northern area of Poland adjacent to the Baltic Sea in the city of Sopot. Sopot officials agreed with the Polish state railway regarding a […]
Corvin Quarter urban renewal & architecture project Budapest
Corvin Quarter Urban Renewal & Architecture Project Budapest is the fifty-seven article on projects from practice. The site surrounded by old buildings and adjacent to a main highway including a metro line connection to the heart of the city. In a very few kilometers, any person can reach the Danube River and boulevard and waterfront. […]
Pilestredet Park A Sustainable Urban Development Tale – Oslo
Pilestredet Park a sustainable urban development tale – Oslo is the twenty-fourth article on projects from practice. Pilestredet Park is a neighborhood in the borough of St. Hanshaugen in Oslo, Norway, about one kilometer north of the city center. The project is in the heart of old Oslo, Pilestredet Park is the former site of the national hospital from 1883 […]
Seestadt Aspern, urban renewal project Vienna’s future city
Seestadt Aspern, Urban Renewal Project Vienna’s Future City is the fifty-eight article on projects from practice. The site is a former airfield abounded since 1977. The Vienna city council purchased it in 1992. Old buildings on the east side of Vienna surround the plot. Adjacent to a main highway including a metro line connection to […]
Urban regeneration project of Ciutat Vella in Barcelona
The urban regeneration project of Ciutat Vella in Barcelona is the twelfth article on projects from practice. Barcelona has witnessed various urban regeneration projects since the start of modern transformation in the late 1950s. This urban regeneration is one of many other projects in the city. The project includes Ciutat Vella as a district, see […]
Malmo western harbor urban design and regeneration in Sweden
Malmo western harbor urban design and regeneration in Sweden is thirty-four article on projects from practice. Western Harbor is located northwest of the city center of Malmö, the third-largest city in Sweden with an area of 175 hectares. In the 1970s, a recession in shipbuilding caused economic decline in the city, leaving abandoned industrial and […]
Urban renewal: 8 solutions to develop informal settlement
Informal settlements arise from poverty and urban migration, creating environmental damage, social issues, and economic strain. By 2050, they may house half the global urban population, making them a critical urban challenge. The article proposes phased renewal strategies — including commercial development, housing, sports, and cultural facilities — requiring coordinated government and community action. Also, […]