Simon Kretz, Lukas Kueng (eds.): Urbane Qualitäten. A handbook using the example of the Zurich metropolitan region. Edition Hochparterre Verlag 2016. Blurb: Our settlement areas have changed fundamentally. New, fascinating and disturbing urban constellations are emerging. Using six concepts – centrality, diversity, interaction, accessibility, adaptability and appropriation – the book helps to identify qualities and deficits in the new urban areas. As a practice-oriented working tool, it is aimed at planners, architects, students and all those who are more interested in qualities and potentials than in hectare density and utilisation in the current urban planning and spatial development debate.
Research group and authors’ collective: Marc Angélil, Rebecca Bornhauser, Kees Christiaanse, Maik Hömke, Thomas Kissling, Philipp Klaus, Simon Kretz, Lukas Kueng, Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani, Gabriela Muri-Koller, Rahel Nüssli, Verena Poloni Esquivié, Christian Schmid, Caroline Ting, Günther Vogt
