Stay a while...: Redesigning the built city center of Burghausen to prioritize the pedestrian
(2024) ASBM01 20241Department of Architecture and Built Environment
- Abstract
- Throughout the past, cities have been designed so that cars have become the centre of the streetscape, and pedestrians have come second. This led to wide streets, street parking, and smaller city sidewalks. However, pedestrians are the ones who bring life and movement to a street or square. Currently, more municipalities want to shift their focus to the centre of their cities and reduce access (d‘Antonio, 2021). Bigger cities already do it with a shopping street, but in smaller cities, it is more complicated since the main road often goes through the city centre. Therefore, how can you shift the focus in the city centre of smaller cities to a more pedestrian-friendly streetscape? How does a city benefit from a more pedestrian-focused city... (More)
- Throughout the past, cities have been designed so that cars have become the centre of the streetscape, and pedestrians have come second. This led to wide streets, street parking, and smaller city sidewalks. However, pedestrians are the ones who bring life and movement to a street or square. Currently, more municipalities want to shift their focus to the centre of their cities and reduce access (d‘Antonio, 2021). Bigger cities already do it with a shopping street, but in smaller cities, it is more complicated since the main road often goes through the city centre. Therefore, how can you shift the focus in the city centre of smaller cities to a more pedestrian-friendly streetscape? How does a city benefit from a more pedestrian-focused city centre? Methods to answer those questions include visiting the city, conducting a survey, and library and internet research. The approach to this project should show what is possible to achieve in a car-centric centre. Therefore, the focus lies on the pedestrian, which will occur in three stages. The first stage will focus on the streetscape; the second phase will focus on developing the square and introducing a seasonal pedestrian street, and the third stage will focus on the growth towards the rest of the city and new development. This helps the citizens adapt to the changes over a set period. However, cars will still be a part of the streetscape and will be degraded behind pedestrians and cyclists. Ultimately, the goal is a pedestrian street with a bike lane. (Less)
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- author
- Buschhardt, Kathrin LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- ASBM01 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Urban Design Street Transformation Seasonal Street
- language
- English
- id
- 9164116
- date added to LUP
- 2024-06-17 10:22:43
- date last changed
- 2024-06-17 10:22:43
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abstract = {{Throughout the past, cities have been designed so that cars have become the centre of the streetscape, and pedestrians have come second. This led to wide streets, street parking, and smaller city sidewalks. However, pedestrians are the ones who bring life and movement to a street or square. Currently, more municipalities want to shift their focus to the centre of their cities and reduce access (d‘Antonio, 2021). Bigger cities already do it with a shopping street, but in smaller cities, it is more complicated since the main road often goes through the city centre. Therefore, how can you shift the focus in the city centre of smaller cities to a more pedestrian-friendly streetscape? How does a city benefit from a more pedestrian-focused city centre? Methods to answer those questions include visiting the city, conducting a survey, and library and internet research. The approach to this project should show what is possible to achieve in a car-centric centre. Therefore, the focus lies on the pedestrian, which will occur in three stages. The first stage will focus on the streetscape; the second phase will focus on developing the square and introducing a seasonal pedestrian street, and the third stage will focus on the growth towards the rest of the city and new development. This helps the citizens adapt to the changes over a set period. However, cars will still be a part of the streetscape and will be degraded behind pedestrians and cyclists. Ultimately, the goal is a pedestrian street with a bike lane.}},
author = {{Buschhardt, Kathrin}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Stay a while...: Redesigning the built city center of Burghausen to prioritize the pedestrian}},
year = {{2024}},
}