Images of the Periphery
The Architecture of Flex Space in Switzerland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4476683 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ute Lehrer (University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author), Ute Angelika Lehrer (University of California, Los Angeles) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 187-205 |
| Publication date | 1994-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning D Society and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0263-7758 • E-ISSN: 1472-3433 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1068/d120187 |
| OpenAlex | W2059406937 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 8 |
The peripheries of Swiss cities are currently being restructured at an unprecedented pace. Specifically, new commercial and office developments are mushrooming along the major traffic arteries. Peripheral centers without a center have sprung up. In this paper, urban forms are described in relation to the architectural form. The new urban form comes with a specific aesthetic programme: the architecture and the planning design of the industrial and office centers in the periphery defy the mass-produced built environment of earlier suburbanization. Rather, 'individualized' architectural designs lend themselves to custom-made commercialization of the new urban landscape. Buildings increasingly become billboards which are strategically placed along freeways and rail lines. Finally, in what seems a marked difference to automobile-based peripheral centralization in North America and other parts of Europe, the Swiss example depends heavily on a state-managed expansion of the railroads and light-rail systems
Archaeology · Architectural engineering · Business · Commercialization · Economic geography · FLEX · Geography · Pace · Relation (database · Suburbanization · Telecommunications · Transport engineering · Computer Science · Engineering · Global Urban Networks and Dynamics · Urban Development and Cultural Heritage · Urbanization and City Planning · Architecture · Marketing
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The Polycentric Knowledge Economy in Barcelona
Aspirational urban vibes and vertical suburbanization in Toronto, Canada
How newspapers portray suburbs
Parking Behavior
Local aspects of change in the rural-urban fringe of a metropolitan area
Employment Decentralisation
Imaginations of post-suburbia
Suburban studies
Urbanization in Zurich; Headquarter Economy and City-Belt
Global Sprawl
Beyond the Urban-Suburban Divide
On the road to the in-between city
New (Sub)Urbanism
The Unavoidable Incompleteness of the City
Global, Fragmented, Hierarchical
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1994 - 2026 (33) |
| Highly cited | No |