“That the center of plazas be kept free.”
– Camillo Sitte (1889)
Step into the world of urban planning with a purpose! Camillo Sitte’s words make a clear appeal in “City Planning According to Artistic Principles.” Old towns maintained a harmonious balance, where statues, fountains, and churches gracefully adorned the square’s edges. But times have …
“The life of a public square forms naturally around its edge. If the edge fails, then the space never becomes lively.”
– Christopher Alexander (1977)
In his 1977 work, “A Pattern Language”, Alexander introduces a practical language for shaping the built environment. Within this language, known as patterns, he outlines solutions to recurring…
“We are well aware of the effect of an old plaza, but how to produce it under modern conditions is not understood because we are no longer cognizant of the relation between cause and effect in these matters.”
– Camillo Sitte (1889)
Through the last 135 years many great urban designers analysed the qualities of…