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Abstract
Despite the odds, manufacturing is not in terminal decay in western cities. On the contrary, it is at the opening of a new chapter. Urban manufacturing can help cities to be more innovative, circular, inclusive and resilient. Recently, with increasing interest in the circular economy, with cleaner and more compact technology, with more progressive building codes for mixed use, with increasing awareness of the impacts of social inequality and with a clearer understanding of the value chains between the trade of material and immaterial goods, cities across the world are realising that manufacturing has an important place in the 21st century urban economy.
While both enthusiasm for making is increasing and the value of manufacturing is becoming increasingly evident in cities, the topic remains extremely complex and challenging to manage. This book attempts to shed light on the ways manufacturing can address urban challenges, it exposes constraints for the manufacturing sector and provides fifty patterns for working with urban manufacturing. This book has been written as a manual to help politicians, public authorities, planners, designers and community organisations to be able to plan, discuss and collaborate by developing more productive urban manufacturing. The book is split into two parts.
We first cover an abridged history of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, noting how European cities evolved rapidly by harnessing manufacturing, and then how the late twentieth century led to a radical shift in how cities work and think. We’re now at a crossroads between actors that do not see the need for manufacturing in cities and those that consider it vital for a prosperous urban future. Part of the tension comes from the fact that manufacturing is considered a ‘weak land use’ compared to activities such as real-estate development, which has been considered more financially attractive by many actors in the private and public sector. This real estate-oriented development narrative is increasingly regarded as short-sighted, but will not change without an alternative vision. We have therefore elaborated a narrative on how urban manufacturing responds to four specific challenges facing cities and how in turn manufacturing needs cities. In practice, planning and design for a topic like this is highly challenging.
Original language | English |
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Publisher | TU Delft OPEN Publishing |
Number of pages | 255 |
ISBN (Print) | 9789463662475 |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
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Cities of Making pattern language _ final card set
Hausleitner, B. (Creator), Muñoz Sanz, V. (Creator), Hill, A. (Creator), Meijer, V. J. (Creator), Croxford, B. (Creator), Domenech Aparisi, T. (Creator), Warden, J. (Creator), Vanin, F. (Creator), Orban, A. (Creator), Nakhlé, L. (Creator) & Rebreanu, L. (Creator), TU Delft - 4TU.ResearchData, 2020
DOI: 10.4121/UUID:0771F98F-3181-426B-8E49-C24E03B5AE26
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Activities
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Beyond classic mixed-use and its spatial conditions
B. Hausleitner (Invited speaker)
29 Apr 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Beyond classic mixed-use
B. Hausleitner (Invited speaker)
12 Jul 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop, seminar, course or other meeting
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Work in the city
B. Hausleitner (Invited speaker)
1 Dec 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop, seminar, course or other meeting