Housing in Germany and the Rebirth of the High-Rise in Post-Modern Urban Design
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22018108 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Uwe Altrock (0000-0002-5901-6272, University of Kassel, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2022-11-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Planning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2183-7635 • E-ISSN: 2183-7635 |
| Publisher | Cogitatio (PUBLISHER • PT) |
| DOI | 10.17645/up.v7i4.5744 |
| OpenAlex | W4308913663 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 42 |
High-rise buildings were a frequent design element in modernist urban planning and architecture. However, both the criticisms modernism faced and the negative experiences with large housing estates dating from that period led to post-modern designs that built strongly on traditional pre-modernist urban form. Despite the role of high-rise buildings in office areas, many brownfield and greenfield housing developments from the 1980s to the 2000s reflected this trend and abandoned high-rise buildings almost completely in Central Europe. Only recently, a renaissance of high-rise buildings as design elements for housing projects can be noted. The article traces this development by analyzing major design projects in Germany and offering explanations for this trend linked to major socio-cultural transformations and urban design innovations. It looks at the role of architects, urban designers, and other stakeholders in promoting hybrid urban design models and presents major strategies by cities under development pressure that try to manage their evolving skyline. Case studies deal with the five largest German cities of Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne, Munich, and Frankfurt am Main
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Architectural engineering · Art · Art history · Brownfield · Cityscape · Civil engineering · Economy · German · High rise · Political science · Redevelopment · Skyline · The Renaissance · Urban design · Urban planning · Visual arts · Engineering · History · Housing Market and Economics · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Urbanization and City Planning · Architecture
Housing Estates in Europe
Reurbanisierung
Staging the New Berlin
Psychological and social impacts of high-rise buildings
New (sub)urbanism? - How German cities try to create “urban” neighborhoods in their outskirts as a contribution to solving their recent housing crises
Luxified skies
High-Rise Estates in Europe
Venerated skylines under pressure
De-constructing crisis
High‐rise housing reconsidered
Housing density and its consequences for couples in Germany
The alternative financialization of the German housing market
Measuring residential satisfaction over time
The renewal of what was tomorrow’s idealistic city. Amsterdam’s Bijlmermeer high-rise
Spatial Distribution of High-rise Buildings within Urban Areas
Developing urban growth and urban quality
Disorientation in the unmaking of high‐rise homes
Vertical urbanisms
The New Berlin
The Postmodern Debate over Urban Form
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |