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Index Keys Method for Analyses of Urban Spaces Methodological assumptions

Authors:
Malgorzata Hanzl

Keywords: urban design; public spaces; urban morphology

Abstract:
The paper proposes the index keys methodology of analysis of urban structures. The research stems from the descriptions of urban settings with regard to culture related issues. The geometrical analyses of public spaces, including the examination of streets and squares profiles and urban silhouettes, draw upon the writings of Kazimierz Wejchert, widely recognised for his contribution to the theory of urbanism in Poland. Cultural aspects of given settings require developing methods of description of public spaces. A few hypotheses are formulated concerning the relation between the crowd of people representing a given culture and the urban settings which constitute their habitus. Quantitative parameters describing the form of space are introduced, including: central angle, corrugation and regularity. The algorithmic method has been applied for the automatisation of the process. The preliminary results of analyses are presented as well as further research pathways.

Pages: 337 to 348

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2014. Used with permission.

Publication date: June 30, 2014

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ISSN: 1942-2679