224 pages | 207 color plates, 17 halftones | 6 x 9 | © 2012
Architecture:
Sociology: Urban and Rural Sociology
Reviews
Table of Contents
PREFACE
Meredith Glaser, Mattijs van `t Hoff, Hans Karssenberg, Jeroen Laven & Jan van Teeffelen
INTRODUCTION
THE CITY AT EYE LEVEL
Hans Karssenberg & Jeroen Laven
HISTORY OF THE CITY STREET AND PLINTH
Jouke van der Werf, Kim Zweerink & Jan van Teeffelen
ICONIC THINKERS
Meredith Glaser & Mattijs van `t Hoff
THE PLANNED AND THE ORGANIC CITY
A THIRTY-YEAR VISION FOR THE URBAN FABRIC
Adriaan Geuze
FRANS HALSSTRAAT: THE DYNAMIC EXPRESSION OF ITS PLINTH
Jos Gadet
PLINTHS & URBAN DESIGN
Ton Schaap
A PLEA FOR FLEMISH PARKING
Wies Sanders
CASE STUDIES 1: AREA DEVELOPMENT
HAFENCITY HAMBURG
Tanja Karg
SLUSEHOLMEN-NORD COPENHAGEN
Lars Korn
HET EILANDJE ANTWERP
Filip Smits
PUBLIC REALM AND THE USER
THE PLINTHS OF THE WARM CITY
Thaddeus Muller
THE SEMI-PUBLIC PLINTH
John Worthington
HYBRID ZONES
Sander van der Ham
WALKING STREAMS AND THE PLINTH
Tine van Langelaar & Stefan van der Spek
DECIPHERING AND NAVIGATING THE PLINTH
Samar Héchaimé
PROPERTY AND DEVELOPMENT
THE DEVELOPER’S PERSPECTIVE ON PLINTHS
Frank van Beek
A CITY WITH DOUBLE PLINTHS
Max Jeleniewski
HOFBOGEN: A VISION FOR THE IN-BETWEEN PLINTH
Henk Ovink
MIXED-USE OFFICE PARK DEVELOPMENTS FROM A PROPERTY PERSPECTIVE
Jeroen Jansen & Eri Mitsostergiou
RETAIL ISSUES AND SHOP RE-PARCELLING
Peter Nieland
MEENT ROTTERDAM
Robin von Weiler
VALENCIA STREET SAN FRANCISCO
Kris Opbroek
KLARENDAL ARNHEM
Berry Kessels
OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
IMAGE-BUILDERS AND PLINTHS
Tony Wijntuin
THE IMPORTANCE OF ‘LOCAL HEROES’ IN PLINTH IMPROVEMENT
Hans Appelboom
THE ’MEANWHILE’ PLINTH
Emily Berwyn
THE SOUL PURPOSE OF MANAGING EMPTY REAL ESTATE
Willemijn de Boer
REVITALIZING AND RENEWAL
HIDDEN TREASURES: THE PLINTHS OF THE NIEUWE BINNENWEG
Gerard Peet, Frank Belderbos & Joep Klabbers
THE COMEBACK OF AN URBAN SHOPPING STREET
Nel de Jager
ZWAANSHALS: GENERATOR OF NEIGHBOURHOOD DEVELOPMENT
Mark van de Velde
PLINTHS IN URBAN RENEWAL AREA LIENDERT
Arin van Zee & Willem van Laar
A GOOD PLINTH FOR A GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD
Arjan Gooijer, Gert Jan te Velde & Klaas Waarheid
CASE STUDIES 3: REGENERATION
ST. PANCRAS STATION LONDON
Ben Ruse
THE DISTILLERY DISTRICT TORONTO
Willie Macrae
NEUKÖLLN BERLIN
Stefanie Raab
CONCLUSIONS AND LESSONS
SEEING BEYOND THE BUILDINGS: ROTTERDAM AT EYE LEVEL
Emiel Arends & Gábor Everraert
THEMES, DIMENSIONS & CONTRIBUTING LESSONS
Jan van Teeffelen
75 LESSONS FOR GOOD PLINTHS
Hans Karssenberg & Jeroen Laven
APPENDIX
BIOGRAPHIES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
PHOTO CREDITS