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Index Keys Method for Analyses of Urban Public Spaces

Authors:
Małgorzata Hanzl

Keywords: urban design; public spaces; urban morphology

Abstract:
The paper proposes the index keys methodology of analysis of urban structures. Few hypotheses are formulated concerning the relation between the crowd of people representing a given culture and the urban settings, which constitute their habitus. The geometrical analyses of public spaces, including the examination of urban closures cross-sections and urban silhouettes, draw upon the writings of Kazimierz Wejchert, widely recognised for his contribution to the theory of urbanism in Poland. Quantitative parameters describing the form of space are introduced, including: central angle, corrugation and regularity. Cultural aspects of given settings, as proved by the results of preliminary descriptive analysis of the former Jewish district in Lodz, require developing methods of description of public spaces.

Pages: 108 to 113

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013

Publication date: February 24, 2013

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-393X

ISBN: 978-1-61208-251-6

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from February 24, 2013 to March 1, 2013