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creators_name: Okkali Alsavada, Merve
creators_name: Karimi, Kayvan
creators_name: Krenz, Kimon
title: The Morphogenesis of the Dutch Landscape: The Narrative of Dutch Cities’ Medieval Core
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C04
divisions: F36
keywords: space syntax, spatio-configurational analysis, Dutch city, urban morphology
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abstract: Although the initial inception, or genesis, of a city’s urban grid, is an important marker of its evolution over time, the process of urban transformation, or morphogenesis, can substantially alter its original townscape. This study sheds light on the morphogenetic impacts of the pre-industrialisation period on shaping the spatial configuration of the historical cores of three Dutch cities, Amsterdam, the Hague, and Delft. While some cities have undergone processes of expansion as physical growth of different grid types, others followed the historical patterns of genesis. This study aims to analyse the spatial mechanisms and morphological logic that lay out the medieval core of Dutch cities to create an adaptive approach for evolving in tandem with waterways. The study: i) reviews the literature and ongoing research initiatives on the Dutch urban planning paradigms and strategies through various time periods; ii) proposes a new spatio-temporal description of the medieval core of cities and their infrastructure, including streets and water networks; and iii) analyses the patterns of their historical core using a space syntax-based approach. Space syntax method and tools are applied to critically understand urban morphologies, as it provides quantitative analysis on multiple scales. The study shows how the relationship with water can constitute a path dependency for urban growth, highlighting the role of water in shaping movement patterns. Those different types of grid structures, such as organic, compact, accumulative, discontinuous, cellular etc., produce different spatial growth mechanisms as a powerful instrument in controlling and defining the functions of cities dominated by water.
date: 2024
date_type: published
publisher: University of Belgrade - Faculty of Architecture
official_url: https://raf.arh.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1963
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 2141639
isbn_13: 978-86-7924-342-3
lyricists_name: Okkali Alsavada, Merve
lyricists_id: MOKKA68
actors_name: Okkali Alsavada, Merve
actors_id: MOKKA68
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
pres_type: paper
publication: ISUF 2023 Praxis of Urban Morphology: Conference Proceedings Part II
volume: 2
pagerange: 1304-1318
event_title: XXX Conference of the International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF2023)
event_location: Belgrade, Serbia
event_dates: 4th-10th September 2023
book_title: Conference Proceedings - Part II: XXX Conference of the International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF2023). Praxis of Urban Morphology
editors_name: Djokić, V
editors_name: Djordjević, A
editors_name: Pešić, M
editors_name: Milojević, M
editors_name: Milovanovič, A
citation:        Okkali Alsavada, Merve;    Karimi, Kayvan;    Krenz, Kimon;      (2024)    The Morphogenesis of the Dutch Landscape: The Narrative of Dutch Cities’ Medieval Core.                     In: Djokić, V and Djordjević, A and Pešić, M and Milojević, M and Milovanovič, A, (eds.) Conference Proceedings - Part II: XXX Conference of the International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF2023). Praxis of Urban Morphology.  (pp. pp. 1304-1318).  University of Belgrade - Faculty of Architecture       Green open access   
 
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