Die Stadtstraße

City streets form the backbone of public spaces. In addition to serve mobility, they provide opportunities for shopping, entertainment, strolling, and much more. They are urban spaces shaped and characterized by the facades of buildings. In the face of todays climatic requirements, how can we design the city streets of the future to be distinctive and inviting urban spaces? For over a decade, the Konferenz zur Schönheit und Lebensfähigkeit der Stadt has dedicated itself to fundamental questions in urban development. The contributions in this volume present discussions from experts in both the theory and practice of a range of different disciplines, as well as from the heads of various German city planning departments, on how the functional and traffic needs of city streets can be combined with their architectural, urban design, and ecological requirements. - Discusses the challenges and opportunities offered by urban streets Brings together contributions by renowned experts from both research and practice

Christoph Mäckler is an architect based in Frankfurt am Main, an emeritus professor of urban design at TU Dortmund, and director of the Deutsches Institut für Stadtbaukunst, which he founded in 2008. He studied architecture in Darmstadt and Aachen. From 1990 to 1997 he was a visiting professor at universities in Naples, Braunschweig, and Hanover, as well as a member of the Internationale Bauakademie Berlin. Wolfgang Sonne is professor for architectural history and theory at TU Dortmund since 2007. He is scientific director of the Baukunstarchiv NRW as well as deputy director and cofounder of the Deutsches Institut für Stadtbaukunst. He studied art history and archaeology in Munich, Paris, and Berlin, and has taught at institutions including ETH Zurich and the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.