Abstract
High-rise buildings were a frequent design element in modernist urban planning and architecture. However, both the criticisms modernism faced and the negative experiences with large housing estates dating from that period led to post-modern designs that built strongly on traditional pre-modernist urban form. Despite the role of high-rise buildings in office areas, many brownfield and greenfield housing developments from the 1980s to the 2000s reflected this trend and abandoned high-rise buildings almost completely in Central Europe. Only recently, a renaissance of high-rise buildings as design elements for housing projects can be noted. The article traces this development by analyzing major design projects in Germany and offering explanations for this trend linked to major socio-cultural transformations and urban design innovations. It looks at the role of architects, urban designers, and other stakeholders in promoting hybrid urban design models and presents major strategies by cities under development pressure that try to manage their evolving skyline. Case studies deal with the five largest German cities of Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne, Munich, and Frankfurt am Main.
Reference108 articles.
1. Althaus, E. (2018). Sozialraum Hochhaus: Nachbarschaft und Wohnalltag in Schweizer Großwohnbauten [Social space high-rise: Neighborhoods and everyday life in Swiss large apartment buildings]. transcript.
2. Altrock, U. (2003). Büroflächen in Berlin [Office space in Berlin]. Reimer.
3. Altrock, U. (2022a). New (sub)urbanism? How German cities try to create “urban” neighborhoods in their outskirts as a contribution to solving their recent housing crises. Urban Governance. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ugj.2022.04.001
4. Altrock, U. (2022b). Baukultur in Großsiedlungen [Building culture in large housing estates]. In U. Altrock, R. Kunze, D. Kurth, H. Schmidt, & G. Schmitt (Eds.), Baukultur in der Stadterneuerung [Building culture and urban regeneration] (pp. 265–302). Springer.
5. Altrock, U. (in press). City-Bildung und Stadtumbau auf ehemaligen Bahnflächen [City-building and urban redevelopment on former railroad sites]. In In U. Altrock, R. Kunze, D. Kurth, H. Schmidt, & G. Schmitt (Eds.), Stadterneuerung und Spekulation [Urban regerenation and speculation]. Springer.
Cited by
2 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献