scholarly journals STUDY ON THE CITY BLOCK CONSTRUCTION OF THE TEXTILE WHOLESALE DISTRICTS IN THE GIFU RAILWAY STATION-FRONT AREA.

2021 ◽  
Vol 86 (780) ◽  
pp. 675-685
Author(s):  
Namiko ARAKI ◽  
Osamu NAKAGAWA
Keyword(s):  
Railway Station ◽  
City Block ◽  
Block Construction ◽  
The City

Regeneration of a historic city block: the example of the relocation of the historic Atelier building to the cloister area of the Congregation of the Resurrection in Krakow

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bogusław Podhalański ◽  
Anna Połtowicz
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Steel Structure ◽  
City Block ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Straight Line ◽  
Heritage Buildings ◽  
Heritage Building ◽  
Historic City ◽  
The City

Abstract The article discusses a project that features the relocation of the historic Atelier building, built by Krakow-based architect Wandalin Beringer (1839–1923) who was active in the early twentieth century, and the regeneration of a plot belonging to the Congregation of the Resurrection since 1885, which is located at 12 Łobzowska Street in Krakow. The method includes cutting the entire structure off at the foundation and then after reinforcing it with a steel structure transporting it in its entirety to the new location. The project included two possible variants of moving the building in a straight line, either by 21 or 59 metres and evaluates two projects of further regeneration, the adaptive reuse of the building as an exhibition and religious space as well as a proposal for the remodelling of the nearby plot that belongs to the Congregation into a space for meditation and as a recreational park. The aim of these measures is to prevent the demolition of this building, now over a century old, as a result of which a forgotten element of the cultural heritage of the city will be saved. This project was based on the results of analyses of the cultural and historical conditions of Krakow. The block of buildings in which the Atelier in question is located is a very attractive location, near to the very centre of Krakow, adjacent to residential, service and educational buildings. It is directly adjacent to the Monastery Complex of the Congregation of the Resurrection, listed as a heritage building under conservation protection (municipal registry of heritage buildings). In the second half of the twentieth century, the building was used as a workroom by artists such as Xawery Dunikowski and later by the sculptress Teodora Stasiak. The case of the Atelier may provide an inspiration for discussion as well as raising awareness among citizens and city authorities to avoid future situations in which cultural heritage may become forgotten or demolished.

scholarly journals Revising the position of a city block within the morphological frame of a traditional city: Contemporary perspectives

Spatium ◽  
2014 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Nikovic ◽  
Vladan Djokic ◽  
Igor Maric
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Analysis ◽  
Urban Morphology ◽  
Urban Structure ◽  
City Block ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Theoretical Support ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
The City ◽  
Synthetic Models ◽  
Contemporary Context

This paper investigates the basic theoretical concepts of urban morphology related to the phenomena of a traditional city and its constitutive elements, including the city block. The traditional city is not considered an absolute model, but a subject of morphological analysis, by which its characteristics are detected, classified and described, becoming a base for new synthetic models in the context of contemporary designing and planning. The paper provides theoretical support to further studies dealing with the practical application of theoretical knowledge and concepts of urban morphology in designing and planning. It points out that the key characteristics of a traditional city identified by morphological analysis are contained within the architectural and urban entity of a city block, which can, therefore, be considered a generative element of its urban structure. Given that the scale of a city block allows for morphological analysis, as well as providing recommendations for future urban development, these research results can be applied to the contemporary context of designing and planning. The paper fits into contemporary studies that link the fields of urban morphology and urban design.

scholarly journals A New Park for Shanghai

2019 ◽  
pp. 155-178
Author(s):  
Estanislau Roca ◽  
Inés Aquilué
Keyword(s):  
International Student ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Railway Station ◽  
Railroad Tracks ◽  
Positive Balance ◽  
Design Competition ◽  
Ecological Continuity ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
The City

This article summarizes the urban proposal of the team led by Professor Estanislau Roca, consisting of professors and students of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), for the International Student Urban Design Competition for Shanghai Railway Station presented in 2015 at the Haishang Cultural Center in Shanghai. Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Tongji University, Cardiff University, Southeast University of Nanjing and UPC participated in the competition. The UPC team won a second ex aequo prize with MIT. The UPC proposal represents the urban redevelopment of an extensive area located in the heart of the city of Shanghai, where the creation of a park comprising about 40 hectares was conceived. The park is designed to form a vast new space in the city, in an area covered by railroad tracks east of the Shanghai Railway Station, which form a great barrier that divides the Zhabei District into two disconnected parts. In the framework of the Shanghai Master Plan 2020–2040, the metropolitan scale is reflected at the local level. The proposal reinforces the continuity of green and blue through strategies that connect the new park with other existing open urban spaces and rivers. Furthermore, it enhances ecological continuity and stimulates regeneration. The project contributes to improving problems with air pollution while at the same time making the currently adopted measures more economically sustainable. Conceived from a holistic perspective, the idea is modelled on a harmonious, inclusive, friendly, smart, accessible, sustainable city networked through the state-of-the-art technology that is essential for such complex urban transformations. What is more, it rigorously pursues economic viability throughout each stage of implementation by guaranteeing that each phase finances itself while maintaining the ledger in a positive balance.

Composition of the City Block and the Cognitive Region of the Resident in the Historical City of Tokyo

2020 ◽  
Vol 103 ◽  
pp. 27-35
Author(s):  
Shichun Zong ◽  
Hirotomo Ohuchi
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Change Process ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Environmental Perception ◽  
Information Networks ◽  
City Block ◽  
The City ◽  
Over Time

Due to the development of communication information networks in contemporary cities, and without the interconnection of space units, the quality of the overall urban environment is declining. Simultaneously, the awareness of people sharing such an environment is being lost. In this paper, we address Tsukishima, Tsukuda, Higashiueno, and Tsukiji areas in the historical city of Edo-Tokyo. investigate the district blocks and the environmental recognition of the residents to clarify how cognitive region coalesces as space. The results of our analysis show that the cognitive region will shift from the area where residents live due to the passage of time. There is some concern that the awareness of sharing in the area is decreasing. Based on survey data conducted in 1996 and 2011· 2012, the area of Tsukishima, Tsukiji, Tsukuda, and Higashiueno from the analysis of the resident's environmental perception to evaluate the change process over time, and it was possible to clarify the spread and change of the composition of environmental recognition of residents in historical urban areas (Downtown).

scholarly journals Chippendale

1970 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shirley Fitzgerald
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Fresh Water ◽  
Alluvial Soil ◽  
Railway Station ◽  
Northern Edge ◽  
The University ◽  
The City

Chippendale is an unpretentious little section of the city, wedged between Central Railway Station and the University of Sydney, extending south from Broadway to Cleveland Street. Much of it is covered with nineteenth-century workers’ terraces and old industrial buildings.Street names such as Wattle, Rose, Pine and Myrtle hint at a different Chippendale. The area was once densely covered in vegetation, with rich alluvial soil and several creeks that discharged into Blackwattle swamp. Fresh water and ready food supplies made this an attractive area for the Gadigal people, and also for the Europeans. Early government gardens were established on the northern edge of Chippendale, and the botanical street names are a reminder that in the 1820s, Thomas Shepherd established a successful commercial nursery here. He experimented with viticulture and prospered by landscaping gardens – though not the gardens of Chippendale. Its inhabitants never had such pretensions.

scholarly journals Eastwood

1970 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-89
Author(s):  
Beverley McClymont
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Aboriginal People ◽  
West Side ◽  
Railway Station ◽  
Shopping Centre ◽  
The People ◽  
Rail Line ◽  
The City

A train journey from Sydney Central to Strathfield and thence north on the Hornsby rail line will bring a traveller to the suburb of Eastwood, some 21 kilometres from the city. Leaving the train to travel on to Hornsby and stepping out of the station on the east or west side, the visitor will see a busy suburban shopping centre, illustrating the fact that Eastwood developed around the railway station when the service began in 1886. However, the town's history goes back to the eighteenth century and even to earlier times, when the Wallumedegal Aboriginal people lived in the territory bounded by the Lane Cove and Parramatta rivers. The people were part of the Dharug group and they called their country Wallumetta.

Teaching Public Health Nursing by the City Block

1962 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
pp. 82
Author(s):  
Maria Myrtes Araujo Magalhaes ◽  
Margaret Albold
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Health Nursing ◽  
City Block ◽  
Health Nursing ◽  
The City

The Landscape and the Spatial Design Research of the City Wall Ruins Park of the Old City at Xiaoyi

2012 ◽  
Vol 450-451 ◽  
pp. 1057-1060
Author(s):  
Wei Cheng Han ◽  
Rui Shen
Keyword(s):  
Water Body ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Main Body ◽  
City Wall ◽  
City Block ◽  
Spatial Design ◽  
Old City ◽  
The City

The city wall ruins park of the old city at Xiaoyi is a ruins park with the city wall as the main body. With the amusement belt formed by the cultural and historical city wall ruins and the moat, and the landscape belt formed by the historical and cultural city block, and also using the design of the space, the water body, the path and the architectural ornaments, the plan focuses on protecting and inheriting the city wall ruins park of the old city at Xiaoyi with the method of protection, restoration, isolation and so on.

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