Lessons taught by Jane Jacobs

lessons learned by an architect

Conference paper (2018)

Authors

S. Komossa OLD Public Buiding
Research Group
Spatial Planning and Strategy (Architecture and the Built Environment) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2018 S. Komossa
Urbanism Urban studies Urbanisation Urbanisation economies Urban Geography/Urbanism Jane Jacobs
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Published Date

2018

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Department

Urbanism

Research Group

Spatial Planning and Strategy

Abstract

This article discusses the importance of observation in architecture and urbanism and subsequently, the hypothesis that decoding space through observation of form, use and design and typo-morphological research leads to an understanding of internal logic of spatial patterns instead of outer forms.