Description
Access and accessibility are central themes in architecture and urbanism. The goal is to make buildings accessible both horizontally and vertically, as well as to provide them with technical infrastructure. But the aim is also to ensure the accessibility of whole streets, routes, parks, and squares, and even entire cities and regions. Today, access is a key concept in the most disparate areas of life. Thus, it is also a matter of access to knowledge and education, access to knowledge media like the Internet, access to healthcare, access to languages, etc. In thirteen articles, this book deals with this world of access in architecture, city planning, and neighboring fields. Topics include ensuring the accessibility of entire urban areas, renewing that of areas that were previously utilized differently, including the general populace in concept planning, and how architecture can help provide access to a better quality of life.
CONTENTS
- Wolfgang Christ: Introduction
- Jeannot Simmen: Elevation – A cultural history of the elevator
- Jonas Hughes: Megamobility – Technology for the individual in the urbanised world
- John Thompson and Andreas von Zadow: Cooperation – Urban planning is a community project
- Cord Soehlke: Variety – The Südstadt in Tübingen as a model for the city
- Anna Rose and Tim Stonor: Syntax – Planning urban accessibility
- Wolfgang Christ: Image – The imaginary as an instrument of urban and regional planning
- Susanne Edinger: Practice – Reducing barriers
- Tobias Reinhard: Everyday life – Normalisation breeds discrimination
- Willi Loose: Public utility – Car sharing as a complementary means of urban mobility
- Gernot Böhme: Reflection – Philosophy for everyone?
- Jutta Groll: Internet – Digital inclusion for everyone regardless of their abilities
- Thomas Sieverts: Competition —-The Schindler Award and the culture of education
184 pages, color ills / 22,5 x 28,5 cm / English
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