Airport City - an Urban Design Question 2nd edition Michał Stangel ebook

Airports are of particular significance for contemporary cities. They are not just places where airplanes take off and land, but also hubs where locality combines with globality. The transport hubs have always played an important role in city development. Harbors, railway stations or major crossroads were the locations of intense contacts, it was here that settlement structures developed. As privileged locations, they attracted investments and became economic growth centres. A similar phenomenon can be observed for airports. As the number of the transported passengers and goods grows, the terminals develop additional functions. Airport-proximate zones are prestigious sites with good traffic connections. Investment accumulation based on the snow-ball effect results in creating new building complexes, called Airport City. Those are sites where the flow of people, goods and capital takes place and which are the focal points of the urbanization processes in the global economy. But can the Airport City be compared to a city as a shopping gallery to a gallery or an industrial park to a park? Can urban space be created there and if so, what type of city is it? 

In Poland, it is worth stressing the study problem adopted by the Author. This problem, nowadays chosen for a study, publication and project subject in many centres, has not been given proper attention in the Polish literature. The approach to this subject indicates deep understanding of the Author in this field and his extensive expertise. This work is based on the relevant contemporary, up-to-date written works thanks to which the Author was able to present the state-of-the-art knowledge in reference to the problems discussed. This work may be of interest for students of architecture and urban planning, as well as geography, spatial planning, economy and management. At the same time, it can be a valuable work for active urban planners and local self-government officials. Professor Piotr Lorens, Gdańsk University of Technology

Michał Stangel, Eng. arch, PhD — Architect and Urbanist, vice-dean for Research at the Faculty of Architecture, Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice. Principal designer for over 100 urban design projects – masterplanning, urban regeneration and public spaces. Received 30 prizes in Polish design competitions; including winning “Krakow - Nowa Huta of the Future”. Previously worked for EDAW in London and was a Fulbright visiting scholar at MIT. Member of Polish Chamber of Urban Planners and Polish National Main Urbanism and Architecture Commission. Author of three books and numerous research papers (politechnikaslaska.academia.edu/MichalStangel).
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