Contents
Foreword
Renewing the city 5
Historical outline
Renaissance city order 11
Industrial age cities 15
Organic cities 16
Modernism in architecture 21
The struggle for a humane city 23
Gentle urban regeneration 26
Urban sprawl and wasted resources 29
Humane cities
Introduction 34
Return to the dense city 40
10 themes in city transformation 48
1 Renewing dense urban areas
Introduction 54
Berlin Spandauer Vorstadt 58
Copenhagen Svømmehals Quarter 62
Copenhagen Lindevangs Quarter 68
Budapest District 8 74
2 Culling dense urban areas
Introduction 80
Berlin Chamisso Platz area 82
Barcelona Eixample 86
Copenhagen BaNanna Park 94
3 Constructing infill buildings
Introduction 98
Barcelona La Ribera 100
Paris Menilmontant 108
Berlin Gipsplatz 112
Hamburg Marktstraase 118
Copenhagen Østerbrogade 120
Copenhagen Pile Alle 122
4 Transforming urban areas
Introduction 126
Turbinen Platz area Zürich 128
Copenhagen Carlsberg City 134
Hamburg Falkenried 140
5 Transforming buildings
Introduction 146
Madrid San Miquel Market 150
Copenhagen Frederiksberg Riding Ring 152
Madrid CaixaForum 154
Copenhagen Wennberg Silo 156
6 Reconstructing dense urban areas
Introduction 160
Berlin Friedrichwerder 162
Odense Odense city center 172
Hamburg Katharinen Quarter 178
7 Establishing linear city space
Introduction 184
Copenhagen Bicycle routes 186
Barcelona Rambla del Poblenou 192
Barcelona Passeig de Sant Joan 194
Berlin Oderberger Strasse 198
Copenhagen Vester Voldgade 202
8 Renewing local centers
Introduction 208
Copenhagen Valby urban center 212
Copenhagen Vanløse local center 216
Lyon Vaulx-en-Velin 218
9 Developing new dense urban areas
Introduction 222
Berlin Europa City 224
Copenhagen Nordhavn 228
Stockholm Hammar by Sjöstadt 234
Copenhagen Sluseholmen 238
10 Densification of modernism's urban areas
Introduction 244
Stockholm Jakobsberg 252
Götenborg Äppleträdgården 256
Copenhagen Gyldenrisparken 260
Lyon Vaulx-en-Velin 260
Copenhage Urbanplanen 264
Footnotes, Credits
Footnotes 270
Credits 272