Design of the road area and the environment (VSS1999/110)
Overview
Background & policy context:
Since the publication of recommendations for the design of secondary roads in town centers are worth preserving (IVT ETH Zurich and Civil Engineering Department Basel countryside) in 1987, were initially alone, realized later more frequently in the expansion of local roads inner redesigns of the road space. These were based in many cases on the aforementioned recommendations and, where available, on supplementary cantonal guidelines.
Today a wealth of experience in the cantons and communes to completed buildings is available. As a survey of IVT / TBA BL in autumn 1997 showed there is a current interest in the evaluation and presentation of experiences.
Objectives:
The aim of this research project is the presentation of this experiential balance sheet and a collection of examples from all over Switzerland.
Methodology:
The conclusions were reached on the basis of inspections of specific sites and the evaluation, in architectural and traffic-engineering terms, of a number of streetscape designs completed within the last 15 years.
There are general appraisals of 19 examples in selected towns, while a further six streetscape designs are described and documented in detail.
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