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This is not one specific example but rather a strategy for urban design. Implemented by Theodor Fischer in Munich at the end of the 19th century, a time where straight axes and rectangular grids were popular in the development of new and old quarters, it is derived from a manifesto by Camillo Sitte, City Planning According to Artistic Principles (1889). The idea is to create a street network that is and seems to be more natural, like in a grown medieval town, where the view is always enclosed by buildings.

 

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One way I restrict possibilities in design is to work with references from architecture and art, contrasting and comparing them with the on-site environment, i.e. the built environment and the natural environment, both with its respective parameters. The result is a merger of tried and true design solutions and the prevalent local conditions.

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