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Title:	In search of the best city measures: ten propositions
Author:	Sabaté Bel, Joaquín
Other authors:	Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Urbanisme i Ordenació del Territori; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GRU - Grup de Recerca Urbanisme
Abstract:	There is a remarkable tradition that stands for a close relationship between good architecture or good city form, and the precise dimension of their elements. It defends the existence of well-defined rules that link the parts with the whole city, smart rules that were applied from ancient times until present. In this paper I would like to discuss some of these arguments, checking how designers have long sought for measures that assure the good shape of the city, its best performance, hygiene, safety and beauty. Among these rules density has quite recently become one of the most relevant attributes to describe the form and characteristics of a city. Therefore Vertical Cities Asia has proposed a project set on a main parameter, a density of 100.000 people per square kilometre. It is certainly a remarkable high density. But is it too much? And until what extent a given density may determine the urban form? I would like to share with you ten propositions regarding these questions
Abstract:	Peer Reviewed
Subject(s):	-Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Urbanisme -Cities and towns -- Growth -Urban density -Desenvolupament urbà -Densitat de població
Rights:	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spain http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
Document type:	Article - Published version Conference Object
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