City Pedestrianized: Creating urban environments for people to walk

City Pedestrianized: Creating urban environments for people to walk

Van Bellen, S.

Rooij, R. (mentor)
Van der Spek, S. (mentor)
Westrik, J. (mentor)

Architecture

Urbanism

2010-11-02

This graduation project focuses on the city center as a place for people to walk. Everyone knows that walking is the most primary form of mobility in the city. And the most of us do it every day. It is the most essential way for us to move around. It gives us the opportunity to explore and experience the surrounding environment. But, most certainly, everyone have experienced that some urban environments are less attractive or more difficult to travel through by walking compared with others. Did we ever made the decision not to walk, because of the urban environment? Maybe you felt unsafe or it was just too far to walk or any other reason? At that moment the urban environment could not provide the conditions for you to walk. To be able to walk safely, conveniently, directly and comfortably, you will need an urban environment that corresponds to your needs, as a pedestrian. This graduation project researches the required conditions for the urban environment to facilitate and encourage people to walk, especially for city centers.

Pattern Language
Pedestrians
Urban environment
Walking
City center
Rotterdam
Wijnhaven

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:fc511724-ae52-479d-aeb7-9daaf1dd5721

2010-11-03

Student theses

master thesis

(c) 2010 Van Bellen, S.