Can we imagine streets that are completely different from streets today? Is it possible to design streets where mobility is more balanced with social and natural considerations?
On this page, you can find several sources: manuals, guidelines, norms, regulations, manifestos, scientific publications, books, and more.
RESEARCH
ARTICLES
- Faire jardiner la rue pour en faire un jardin? Le projet de la rue Kléber à Bordeaux à l’épreuve des pratiques et des représentations habitantes (2011-2016) – Les jardins dans la fabrique des territoires : pratiques et représentations du socio-écosystème jardin – Vol. 15, n°1 | June 2024 – Tradution Aurélien Ramos (2024) – FR
- The new Value of Curbs – Digitalisation of public spaces: the great urban change?, Nº22, 2021 – Isabelle Baraud-Serfaty and Nathan Benamouzig – 2021
- More than walking and cycling: What is ‘active travel’? – Transport Policy, Vol. 126, September 2022, Pages 151-161 – Simon Cook, Lorna Stevenson, Rachel Aldred, Matt Kendall, Tom Cohen – 2022
- Merging Green and Active Transportation Infrastructure towards an Equitable Accessibility to Green Areas: Barcelona Green Axes– Land 2023, 12(4), 919 – Francesc Magrinyà, Josep Mercadé-Aloy, Josep Mercadé-Aloy – 2023
- Addressing the “minimum parking” problem for on-demand mobility – Scientific Reports, Vol. 10 – Dániel Kondor, Paolo Santi, Diem-Trinh Le, Xiaohu Zhang, Adam Millard-Ball, Carlo Ratti – 2020
PRESENTATIONS
WEBSITES
- MetroPublicNet – Metropolitan network of public space of Lisbon / Rede Metropolitana de Espaço Público de Lisboa (research project) – PROJECT and DATABASE
VIDEOS
- The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces – William H. Whyte – 1980
BOOKS & VIDEOS
BOOKS
- the Future Design of Streets – Daniel Casas Valle, Ivo Oliveira, Catarina Breia Dias – our own book about how to design better streets – 2023
- Everyday streets – Agustina Martire, Birgit Hausleitner, Jane Clossick – 2023
- Soft City – David Sim – 2019
- Life between buildings: Using Public Spaces – Jan Geh – 2011
- Repenser l’urbanisme – Isabelle Laudier – 2017
- The Landscape of Contemporary Infrastructures – Kelly Shannon and Marcel Smets – 2010
- Street Design: Vision Zero Changes Everything, the Secret to Better Towns and Cities – John Massengale – 2014
- Age-Inclusive Public Spaces – Dominique Hauderowicz and Kristian Ly Serena – 2020
- The Urban Section. An analytical tool for cities and streets – Robert Mantho -2015
- Urbanisation sans urbanisme. Une histoire de la “ville diffuse” – Bénédicte Grosjean -2011
- L’Espace public– Thierry Paquot – 2009
- L’esthétique de la rue – Gustave Kahn, Thierry Paquot – 2008
- La Rue Commune. Inventons la rue métropolitaine ordinaire du XXIe siècle – Richez_Associés, Franck Boutté Consultants, Leonard, 2023
- Great Streets – Allan B. Jacobs – 1995
- Histoire de la rue. De l’Antiquité à nos jours – Joël Cornette, Emmanuel Fureix, Claude Gauvard, Catherine Saliou, Danièle Tartakowski – 2022
- Urban Grids. Handbook on Regular City Design – Joan Busquets and Dingliang Yang – 2018
- Paris Haussmann – Benoît Jallon, Umberto Napolitano, Franck Bouttée – 2023
- Quand les artistes dessinaient les cartes. Vues et figures de l’espace français, Moyen Âge et Renaissance – Collectif, Juliette Dumasy-Rabineau, Nadine Gastaldi, Camille Serchuk – 2019
- Livable Streets – Donald Appleyard – 1982
- La calle y la casa. Urbanismo de interiores – Xavier Montyes – 2018
- The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces – William H Whyte – 1980
- Learning from Las Vegas. Robert Venturi – Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour – 1997
- De ruimtemakers Projectontwikkelaars en de Nederlandse binnenstad 1950-1980 – Tim Verlaan – 2017
- Les abords du chez-soi en quête d’espaces intermédiaires – Christian Moley – 2006
- Street-Level Architecture: The Past, Present and Future of Interactive Frontages – Conrad Kickert, Hans Karssenberg – 2022
- A Rua da Estrada – Álvaro Domingues – 2009
- La rue est à nous…tous! The street belongs to all of us! – Institut pour la ville en mouvement, Mireille Apel-Muller, François Ascher – 2007
- From Flux to Frame. Designing Infrastructure and Shaping Urbanization in Belgium – Maarten van Acker – 2013
- Urban Netowrks- Networking Urbanism – Gabriel DuPuy – 2007
- Streets and Patterns – Stephen Marshall – 2005
- Atlas histórico del urbanismo español -Fernando de Teràn – 2024
- Paris Projet n°30-31 Espaces Publics – Atelier Parisien d’urbanisme – 1993
- Handbook. Integral Design Method Public Spaces, Volume 2 – Alessandra Riccetti, Joyce van den Berg – 2020
- The Free Street Manifesto – Moritz Ahlert, Maximilian Becker, Albert Kreisel, Philipp Misselwitz, Nina Pawlicki, Tobias Schrammek (Hg.) – 2018
- Shared space. Een innovatief verkeersconcept zonder regels – Karin Broer, Pieter de Haan, Sjoerd Nota – 2022
- Straten Maken. Hoe ontwerp je een goed straatprofiel? – Harm Veenenbos, Jeroen Bosch – 2011
- Éléments d’Analyse Urbaine – Michel Veyrenche Philippe Panerai, Jean-Charles Depaule, Marcelle Demorgon – 1980
- Miniatur und Panorama. Vogt Landschaftsarchitekten. Arbeiten 2000–2006 – Günther Vogt – 2012
- Méandres: Penser le paysage urbain – Pieter Versteegh – 2005
- L’architecture de la voie. Histoire et théories – Eric Alonzo – 2018
- Lotus International 23. Rivista trimestrale di architettura. Quarterly Review of Architecture – Pierluigi Nicolin – 2012
- AlnwickNorthumberland: análise do plano de cidade – M. R. G. Conzen – 1969 – (PT) Translation Vitor Oliveira e Cláudia (2022) Monteiro, pt-pt. Análise do Plano de Cidade. Porto, Urban Forms
- Caminhabilidade e Mobilidade Ativa. Espaço Público Área Metropolitana Lisboa [1998-2023] – João Rafael Santos e Ana Beja da Costa (VOL.1) – 2023
- Bairros Conetatos e Coesos. Espaço Público Área Metropolitana Lisboa [1998-2023] – João Rafael Santos e Ana Beja da Costa (VOL.2) – 2023
- As Infraestruturas verdes e azuis. Espaço Público Área Metropolitana Lisboa [1998-2023] – João Rafael Santos e Ana Beja da Costa (VOL.3) – 2023
- Emergent Tokyo – Designing the Spontaneous City – Jorge Almazán + StudioLab – 2022
MANUALS & GUIDELINES
GUIDELINES
- Integral Design Method Public Space – Amsterdam municipality
- Government Measures Barcelona Superblock for Urban Renewal in Barcelona and its Neighbourhoods – Barcelona municipality
- O desenho da rua – Manual de Espaço Público – Lisbon municipality
- Vinte e Cinco Ávores de Lisboa – Lisbon municipality
- New Space – Design Guideline Liveability of public space – Groningen municipality
- Global Designing Cities Initiative (originally a program of NACTO):
– Urban Design Guide; Urban Bikeway Design Guide; Transit Street Design Guide; Urban Street Stormwater Guide; Blueprint for Autonomous Urbanism; Global Street Design Guide; Desining Streets for Kids; Design for all Ages & Ability; Don’t Give Up at the Intersection; Bike Share Station Siting Guide; Global Street Design Guide; Designing for Safe Speeds - Bacelona SuperBlock. Barcelona Regional – Barcelona municipality, 2015-2023
PROGRAMMES
- Piazza Aperte – A public space program for Milan – Milan municipality Agenzia Mobilità Ambiente Territorio (AMAT)
OTHERS
- Free Street / Strassen Befreien – manifesto about streets
- Collection Root system drawings – Wageningen Universit
- e STRAADkrant magazine (NL):
-1.0_2016 slimme straaDsystemen; 2.0_2017 straaDambities waarmaken; 3.0_2018 straaDbewoners betrekken; 4.0_2019 de straaD als basis voor de verdichtingsopgave; 5.0_2021 onder de straaD; 6.0_2022 straaDleven!; 7.0_2024 de gezonde straaD - BiodiverCITY_A Matter of Vital Soil! – Joyce van den Berg, Alessandra Riccetti, Alex Pixley – 2021
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