Rob Krier URBAN SPACE Foreword by Colin Rowe ACADEMY EDITIONSin memory of Camillo Site Written for students of architecture Dedicated to my brother Leon My deepest gratitude to Guatun for her enticism, corrections and patience First published in Great Britain in 1979 by ‘ACADEMY EDITIONS. an imprint of the Academy Group Lid, 42 Leinster Gardens, London W2 3AN Englich language edition and Foreword Copyright © 1878 Academy Editions London Allrights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced In any manner whatsoever without permission in writing from ‘Academy Edtions, 42 Leinster Gardens, London W2 3AN ISBN 0 85670 576 4 First published in German in 1975 ‘Translated by Christine Gzechowski and George Black Fifth impression 1991 Printed and bound in Hong KengFOREWORD by Colin Rowe . 7 CHAPTER 1 TYPOLOGICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL ELEMENTS OF THE CONCEPT OF URBAN SPACE13 1 INTRODUCTION 8 2 DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT ‘URBAN SPACE 16 =the square ” = the stost 7 3 TYPICAL FUNCTIONS OF URGAN SPACES: 7 =the square 9 =the street 20 TYPOLOGY OF URBAN SPACE. 22 5 MODULATION OF A GIVEN, SPATIAL TYPE 2 8 HOW BUILDING SECTIONS AFFECT URBAN SPACE 2 7 INTERSECTIONS OF STREET AND SQUARE 8 8 SPATIAL TYPES AND HOW THEY MAY BE COMBINED 28 9 MORPHOLOGICAL SERIES OF URBAN SPACES 30 = pas of rectangular squaces ‘wth vanations 2 = onhogona plans for squares... 33 — onthogonal sans for squares with central bulings 36 open squates with bulaings Introcuces a7 examples of spaces which ae angled, vided, added to or superimposed 40 ~ excuses containing butaings CONTENTS and modulation ofthis spatial ‘pe = combinations of eiferent types of crews = geometrically complex systems = angular squares and their servetives large-scale composite plans large-scale composite forms ~ street plans = vanations and inventions 10 EPILOGUE TO THE CHAPTER "THEORY OF URBAN SPACE CHAPTER 2 2 43 46 0 51 59 et a THE EROSION OF URBAN SPACE IN 20TH CENTURY TOWN PLANNING 1 HISTORICAL SUMMARY 2 CRITIQUE OF PRESENT-DAY PATTERNS OF URBAN, DEVELOPMENT 2 WHAT MODELS FOR DEVELOPMENT WILL MEET THE FUTURE DEMANOS OF URBAN GROWTH? CHAPTER 3 63 6a a 83 RECONSTRUCTING DEVASTATED URBAN SPACE WITH EXAMPLES FROM THE CITY CENTRE OF STUTTGART .. 1 INTRODUCTION = mowation and abjectives which ‘ave rg to this study 87 89 2 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN. csseesecvoteon SHORT HISTORY OF STUTTGART 4 PROPOSALS FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF DEVASTATED URBAN AREAS (GENERAL) = university area the Roteboiplate = Johannesstasse/Fouersot =the Ostoreictnsche Platz = the Winelmsplat— the Leonhrcsplatz =the Chartoterpiow— the Schlosspatz = the Staasgalene = the Sehlosegarien EPILOGUE TO THE CHAPTER RECONSTAUCTING DEVASTATED URBAN SPACE CHAPTER 4 APPENDIX 6 STUTTGART AND THE AXES OF MTS DEVELOPMENT 7 PROJECTS FOR STUTTGART) LEINFELDEN - 8 POSTSCRIPT FOR ARCHITECTS: LET'S PUT ARCHITECTURE BACK IN ITS PROPER PLACE” BIBLIOGRAPHY LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, ot 102 108, 108 m2 12 ore} 131 142 a 155, 159 161 166 197 173 174