VIII – The city is more than the sum of its parts
Basel, Switzerland
Prof. Christian Kerez – FS17
2. Semester BSc
ETHZ
Design a piece of the city by means of a picture and a large-scale map. The vision represents the understanding of the city and its relationship to the place. The size of the perimeter is so large, that it has to be designed on a territorial scale.
Based on the characteristic housing typology of Basel: the „Blockrand“, we developed the „Mega-Blockrand“. It encloses a large territory and allows the existing buildings to continue to exist in its huge courtyard. Thereby large pieces of territory get preserved and start to act as parks.
The new roads connect important traffic routes.
