Digital Urban Simulation : Documentation of the Teaching Results from the Autumn Semester 2015

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Blackmap of historic city (St. Peter area) and city blocks (around Idaplatz)
Blackmap of historic city (St. Peter area) and city blocks (around Idaplatz)
Isovist Compactness Analysis, Grid Analysis, 3 meters
Grid 3 meters
500m
500m
Analysis and and Interpretation - Blackmap - Blackmap and Compactness
and Compactness
The blackmap already shows that the density of the historic city is much higher. Also the regularity
The and blackmap wideness of already the streets shows are that very the different. density of The the historic city city has is much two big higher. axis, one Also the right regularity the Limmat
River of and the on streets the left are the very Bahnhofstrasse. different. The The historic site around city has Idaplatz two big is axis, much one more the homogeneous.
right the Limmat
and
wideness River The streets and on have the more left the or Bahnhofstrasse. les the same size The and site there around is mainly Idaplatz just one is much building more typology, homogeneous. the city The
streets block with have it’s more courtyard. or less the same size and there is mainly just one building typology, the city block
with The most it’s courtyard.
compact places are in both sites always the empty courtyards of the city blocks. The most
interesting aspect is the compactness of the street spaces in the historic city. The narrow streets,
The niches, most pockets compact and places squares form in both more sites compact always the spaces empty than courtyards the long axis of the of city the blocks. streets The in the most city interesting
block area. aspect is the compactness of the street spaces in the historic city. The narrow streets, niches,
pockets and squares form more compact spaces than the long axis of the streets in the city block area.
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Digital Urban Simulation | Zurich - Historic City & City Blocks
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New Methods in Urban Analysis and Simulation | Final project documentation
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iA Architecture