Schöne Städte durch große Pläne? – Baukultur und integrierte Stadtentwicklungsplanung

Abstract

In recent years building culture has become an issue of increasing interest in urban development policy in Germany. The deficiencies in urban design quality are in the focus of discussion. At the same time there is a discourse on the changed framework and characteristics of urban development planning. This article gives an introduction to current integrated urban development plans of the 20 major cities in Germany and analyses them with regard to statements and objectives about urban design. Finally the two case studies of Cologne and Munich illustrate the different treatment of the topic building culture in urban development planning.

Keywords

• Building culture
• Urban design
• Urban policy research
• Integrated urban development planning
• Overall-concept of urban development
• Cologne