2002 Volume 6.1
Editorial comment
Mental maps of urban morphology
Articles
Saverio Muratori and the Italian school of planning typology
G. Cataldi, G.L. Maffei and P. Vaccaro {+}Abstract [Full paper, PDF]
ABSTRACT: This paper outlines the development of the Muratorian school of urban morphology and building typology. Starting from Muratori's experience as a talented architect, deeply rooted in the Roman interpretation of Italian rationalism, the authors describe the growth of Muratori's interest in history as a means of recovering a sense of continuity in architectural practice. Adopting a theoretical approach grounded in architecture and urban design, he started working on a critical framework which could explain the creation and transformation of urban form over the centuries. He had many followers. The resurgence of interest in Muratori's work in the 1990s is described.
Urban design principles of the original neighbourhood concepts
N.N. Patricios {+}Abstract [Full paper, PDF]
ABSTRACT: The neighbourhood concept is arguably one of the major planning landmarks that shaped the urban form of the twentieth-century city in many countries. Coincidently, both the neighbourhood idea of Clarence Stein and Henry Wright, exemplified in their plan for Radburn, and the neighbourhood unit idea of Clarence Perry were published in 1929. The urban design principles of Stein and Wright included the idea of a superblock of residential units grouped around a central green, the separation of vehicles and pedestrians, and a road hierarchy with culs-de-sac for local access roads. A cluster of superblocks was to form a self-contained neighbourhood. A group of neighbourhoods would then comprise the city. For Perry the physical arrangement of the elementary school, small parks and playgrounds, and local shops was the basis of his neighbourhood idea. Each neighbourhood was to be a `unit' of the city. Briefly outlined are the deviations from the original ideas made subsequently by numerous architects, planners, developers, and bureaucrats. This article re-examines the intentions of Stein and Wright and Perry and the sources of their ideas to recover the principles of the original concepts that have become obscured over the decades.
Viewpoints
Thinking about micro and macro urban morphology A.V. Moudon
From Alnwick to Cincinnati: Teasdale property cycles in the Old World and the New M.P. Conzen
Why architects? D. Van Zanten
Archaeology and town planning: an Indian model in south-east Asia J. Gaucher
Reports
ISUF Conference, Cincinnati J. Tatom
ISUF Post-Conference excursion, Chicago S. Vidén
Eleventh Conference of Historical Geographers, Quebec T.R. Slater
RGS-IBG Conference, Belfast K. Lilley
Book reviews
D. Cuff (2000) The provisional city D.R. Scheer
A.V. Moudon and M. Hubner (2000) Monitoring land supply with geographic information systems L. Siebert
S. Bianca (2000) Urban form in the Arab world N. Nasser
C. Caniggia and G.L. Maffei (2001) Architectural composition and building typology: interpreting basic building P.M. Hess
M. Page (1999) The creative destruction of Manhattan, 1900-1940 U. Greinacher
Notes and notices
- Meetings of the Council of ISUF
- Working Party on GIS and Cartography
- Working Party on Legislation and Urban Form
- ISUF's website
- Eighth Conference of IASTE
- International Planning History Book Prize
- Prix Clio 2001
- Sixth International Conference on Urban History
- Housing Cultures