Connestions and barriers
- Since the start of industrialization the region joining Nuremberg and Fürth has been the site of drastic urban transformation. Germany’s first railroad was built there in 1835. During the post-1945 era, firms such as AEG and Quelle built large plants in the area. Yet by the beginning of the twenty-first century, the region’s industrial chapter had come to a close. Today, in the place where AEG and Quelle once stood are vast tracts populated by massive vacant buildings, some designated historic landmarks. For years now, officials have been in search of a feasible urban renewal plan for these abandoned industrial areas. One scenario under consideration is the erection of a regional university and research center on the former AEG factory grounds. This paper investigates the opportunities and risks of urban development in the region against the backdrop of its postindustrial change. It examines the historical developments since industrialization by creating axial maps for different periods. This analysis shows that three cordons leave aSince the start of industrialization the region joining Nuremberg and Fürth has been the site of drastic urban transformation. Germany’s first railroad was built there in 1835. During the post-1945 era, firms such as AEG and Quelle built large plants in the area. Yet by the beginning of the twenty-first century, the region’s industrial chapter had come to a close. Today, in the place where AEG and Quelle once stood are vast tracts populated by massive vacant buildings, some designated historic landmarks. For years now, officials have been in search of a feasible urban renewal plan for these abandoned industrial areas. One scenario under consideration is the erection of a regional university and research center on the former AEG factory grounds. This paper investigates the opportunities and risks of urban development in the region against the backdrop of its postindustrial change. It examines the historical developments since industrialization by creating axial maps for different periods. This analysis shows that three cordons leave a powerful mark on the region, raising questions about how to traverse and link the districts they separate. The main connecting axis between Nuremberg and Fürth, Fürther Straße, has global importance in the regional network but is not locally significant. And without links to the surrounding areas, the street cannot urbanize neighboring districts. Further isolating the neighboring districts are stretches of large-scale building and development. Given these structural realities, the planned university center stands to become a space without urbanity, unable to advance the development of neighboring districts. This case makes clear that the midpoint of direct connection linking the two urban centers cannot itself become a new urban center without enormous effort. The permanence and scale of the peripheral structures located there represent long-term obstacles to the formation of a new local center.…
Author: | Ingrid Burgstaller, Christian Schwander, Gunnar Tausch |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:92-opus4-5273 |
Parent Title (English): | Proceedings of the 11th Space Syntax Symposium, 3 - 7 july 2017 |
Subtitle (English): | merging Nuremberg and Fürth |
Document Type: | conference proceeding (article) |
Language: | English |
Publishing Institution: | Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm |
Creating Corporation: | International Space Syntax Symposium |
Release Date: | 2019/03/07 |
Tag: | Space syntax, Urbanization, City Centres, Nuremberg, Fürth, Angular Segment Analysis |
GND Keyword: | Stadtentwicklung; Nürnberg; Fürth |
Pagenumber: | 16 |
Konferenzangabe: | 11th International Space Syntax Symposium, 3 - 7 july 2017 |
Licence (German): | Keine Lizenz - Deutsches Urheberrecht gilt |