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The way in which most city inhabitants and visitors interact with an urban landscape on a day-to-day basis is on the street level. Storefronts, first floor apartments, and sidewalks are the most immediate and common experience of a city. These plinths are the ground floors that negotiate between inside and outside, the public and private spheres. Featuring more than one hundred pages of new analysis and a new foreword from Joan Clos, under-secretary-general of the United Nations and executive director of UN-Habitat, this thoroughly revised and expanded edition of The City at Eye Level qualitatively evaluates plinths by exploring specific examples from all over the world. Over twenty-five experts investigate the design, land use, and road and foot traffic in rigorously researched essays, case studies, and interviews. These pieces are supplemented by more than two hundred beautiful color images--sixty new to this edition--that engage not only with issues in design, but also the concerns of urban communities. The editors have put together a comprehensive guide for anyone concerned with improving or building plinths, including planners, building owners, property and shop managers, designers, and architects.

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• Foreword(p. 08)
• About This Book(p. 10)
• The Basics
• The City at Eye Level(p. 14)
• Streets as Places(p. 26)
• Close Encounters With Buildings(p. 29)
• History of the Plinth(p. 36)
• Iconic Thinkers(p. 48)
• Experiences of Places
• Economic Values of a Walkable City(p. 56)
• Basic Ingredients for Successful Wayfinding in Our Cities(p. 60)
• Street Experiences in a Car-Dominant City(p. 64)
• The Plinths of the Warm City(p. 68)
• The City at Ear Level(p. 72)
• People Power Markets(p. 76)
• By the Power of 10(p. 80)
• The Ebb and Flow of Public Space(p. 84)
• Dublin After the Boom-And-Bust(p. 88)
• Streets as Palces
• A Finer Grain on Sydney's Streets(p. 94)
• Designing From the Street(p. 99)
• Embedding Buildings(p. 104)
• The Cities of the Future Are Bicycle-Friendly Cities(p. 109)
• Street Performing: Low Cost, High Impact(p. 113)
• Spontaneous Street Life in Rocinha(p. 116)
• Reclaiming Mumbai(p. 120)
• Pedestrainsation of Mama Ngina Street(p. 124)
• Revitalisation of Open Spaces in Kirtipur(p. 128)
• Making Boom for People: Case Study - Valencia Street, San Francisco(p. 132)
• Embrace Flexibility: Case Study- Sluseholmen, Copenhagen(p. 136)
• Taking Ownership
• Hybrid Zones Make Streets Personal(p. 142)
• Turning Buildings Inside Out, Outside In(p. 148)
• The Never-Ending Story of Street Management(p. 152)
• The Importance of 'Local Heroes'(p. 158)
• Japan: The Machiya Concept(p. 161)
• A Plea for Flemish Parking(p. 164)
• The Time Machine: Same Building, Different Demands(p. 168)
• City Improvement Districts in Johannesburg(p. 172)
• Fashion Turns a Street Around: Case Study - Klarendal, Arnhem(p. 176)
• Suppery Squares and Concrete Buildings(p. 180)
• Property Development
• A Developer's Intuition(p. 186)
• Keeping the Sleeping Beauty Awake(p. 191)
• Mixed-Use Makes Money in Office Parks(p. 195)
• Marginal Spaces at La Défense(p. 199)
• Image-Builders and Plinths(p. 203)
• Between Economic and Social Demands(p. 207)
• Train Stations as Destinations: Case study- St. Pancras Station, London(p. 210)
• Creating Livability: Case Study-HafenCity, Hamburg(p. 214)
• Urban Regeneration
• Uncovering Hidden Treasures(p. 220)
• Reinventing the Ground Floor After 50 Years(p. 224)
• Underneath Rails and Roads(p. 229)
• Hofbogen: A Vision for the in-Between Plinth(p. 234)
• From Box To Business, A Low Cost Intervention(p. 237)
• The Rebirth of Litchi Bay(p. 240)
• Street Trade at Warwick Junction(p. 243)
• The 3-Hour Experience: Case Study - The Distillery District, Toronto(p. 248)
• Live, Work and Play: Case Study- Het Eilandje, Antwerp(p. 252)
• Civic-Lead Revitalisation
• In the Meanwhile(p. 258)
• Culture Brings New Life to Porto Alegre(p. 263)
• Using Temporary Vacancy for a Permanent(p. 267)
• The Festival of Empty Shops in Budapest(p. 271)
• The Science of Joy in Sao Paulo(p. 276)
• To Imagine a Space Can Be Different(p. 280)
• New Businesses in 2 Years: Case Study -Neukölin, Berlin(p. 284)
• Towards the City at Eye Level
• Themes, Dimensions & Contributing Lessons(p. 290)
• Take Action#1 - Street: The Place Game and the Plinth Game(p. 293)
• Take Action#2 - District: Bottom-Up Meets Top-Down at Eye Level(p. 299)
• Take Action #3 - City: Ownership is the Key for a Successful Strategy(p. 305)
• Lessons to a Good City at Eyelevel(p. 310)
• Appendix
• Biographies(p. 328)
• Index of Key Words(p. 334)
• Index of Cities(p. 336)
• Photocrebits(p. 337)
• Acknowledgement(p. 338)

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Hans Karssenberg advises cities, housing providers, developers, and NGOs in the Netherlands and internationally. Jeroen Laven is an urban planner based in Rotterdam. Meredith Glaser is an Amsterdam-based urban and mobility strategist who works on projects with Copenhagenize Design Co. Mattijs van 't Hoff is a visiting lecturer in urbanism at Delft University of Technology.