Urban Code : 100 lessons for understanding the city. / txt
by Anne Mikoleit and Moritz Pürckhauer.
- 111 p. ill. ; 21 cm. book
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface: 01 People walk in the sunshine -- 02 Street vendors are positioned according to the path of the sun -- 03 Street vendors facilitate pedestrian movement -- 04 Safe surroundings increase profits -- 05 High turnover makes up for high rent -- 06 Rents rise with increasing pedestrian density -- 07 Global shops sell their wares on popular streets -- 08 Salespeople posses analytical knowledge of the district -- 09 Passersby have an intuitive knowledge of the district -- 10 Familiar chain stores are landmarks 11 Brand names attract people. People attract brand names -- 12 Shops attract other shops -- 13 Tourist carry bags -- 14 Shops give away bags -- 15 Street vendors completment the surrounding selection of shops -- 16 Human traffic complies with shop opening times -- 17 Street vendors reinforce fluctuactions -- 18 People attract people -- 19 Places of concentration depend on places of emtiness -- 20 Cars can park in niches -- 21 Cars park on top of another -- 22 Street vendors follow wrecking balls -- 23 Constant grids afford manifold patterns of movement -- 24 Equal grids provoke unequal blocks -- 25 Buildings outlive uses -- 26 A block consists of many buildings -- 27 Each building has at least one entrance -- 28 No entrance is the same as any other entrance -- 29 Entrances are meeting points -- 30 Entrances are hurdles -- 31 Shops attract pedestrians into the depths of the block -- 32 Each building houses a business -- 33 Small, specialized shops are essential to maintaining a district's variaty -- 34 Display windows are mirrors -- 35 Pedestrians are potential buyers -- 36 Pedestrians walk on sidewalks -- 37 The sidewalk is a cellar entrance -- 38 Wares are stored in the cellar -- 39 Deliveries are limited to the early hours of the morning -- 40 Delivery vans block the streets -- 41 Locals and tourists use the streets at different times -- 42 People walk more slowly in the afternoon -- 43 Rituals result from parallel working hours -- 44 The day to day happens on the street -- 45 Workers wear work clothes -- 46 Taxi drivers live on the street -- 47 Locals have dogs -- 48 Every thirtieth pedestrian has gray hair -- 49 Old people sit on benches -- 50 Benches are found on public squares -- 51 Playgrounds draw children in -- 52 Not every playground is a playground -- 53 Fathers meet fathers on playgrounds -- 54 Small public squares are busier than large public squares -- 55 Crossroads are public squares -- 56 People wait at crossroads -- 57 Hot dog stands are at crosssoads -- 58 Snack stands smell of food -- 59 Shops lead people -- 60 Shop are new, houses are old -- 61 Shop owners put their trash bags out on the street -- 62 A city is made up of characteristic parts -- 63 Streets were once communal spaces -- 64 Public squares and niches create positive outside spaces -- 65 People sit with their back protected -- 66 Sitting people observe their environment -- 67 Pedestrians lost in thought are not lost -- 68 Tourists stands still. Resident pass -- 69 When people stand still, groups develop -- 70 Groups attract people -- 71 Street performers animate public spaces -- 72 Groups walk more slowly than individuals -- 73 Nightlife hotspots increase pedestrian traffic -- 74 People are afraid of the dark -- 75 Many lights illuminate the night -- 76 Street cafés lie at at the center of events -- 77 Subway stations thicken pedestrian traffic -- 78 Narrow streets carry many pedestrians -- 79 Narrow streets carry little traffic -- 80 Cobblesstones tells stories -- 81 Local streets are one way streets -- 82 Cars drive down main roads faster than down main roads faster than down side streets -- 83 Pedestrians walk on a red signal, if traffic is slow -- 84 Traffic jams tend to bring out aggresion -- 85 Weeds reduce aggresion -- 86 The counterpart to the urban everyday is the urban park -- 87 People who walk have a destination in mind -- 88 Good walkways have a good range of destinations along them -- 89 Destinations are more attractive when they invite stay -- 90 Grocery stores are important local destinations -- 91 Grocery stores on street corners have an advantage -- 92 The livelihood of a street begins at crossroads -- 93 SoHo life begins with traffic lights -- 94 Traffic lights create traffic noise -- 95 People wait for taxis. Taxis compensate for public transportation -- 96 Taxis compensate for public transportation -- 97 Subway stations are at borders -- 98 A neighborhood has borders -- 99 Through streets are borders -- 100 Fractures create friction -- Epilogue --