Sustainable Urbanism: Principles and Fractal City Design for Human Scale and Complexity

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Urbanism, sustainable development, fractal theory, graph theory, Serge Salat, urban planning, city density, morphology, Le Corbusier, China urban planning

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Discover "Cities and Forms: On Sustainable Urbanism" by Serge Salat, a thought-provoking book that redefines the future of urban planning. Through a unique blend of graph theory, fractal theory, and mathematical modeling, Salat critiques modern urbanism and advocates for a return to human-scale cities that foster cultural diversity and social integration. Explore how density management, natural morphology, and historical context can create vibrant, connected cities. This insightful book offers a compelling vision for sustainable urbanism, challenging conventional approaches and providing practical tools for urban planners and architects. Dive into Salat's comprehensive analysis and reimagine the possibilities for cities that thrive on mixity, density, connectivity, and accessibility.

A Critique of Modern City
A Mathematical Approach
The Challenge of Sustainable Cities
The Urban Composition Method Proposed

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[...] The different urban scales make it possible to create a city on a human scale, bearing cultural diversity and social integration. According to Serge Salat, cities that respect their natural morphology and the dynamics linked to their history are effective in their ability to create connections and chance encounters. Serge Salat relies on the use of graph theory to allow for the construction of a defined number of paths within a city based on the number of individuals and the number of intersections. [...]

[...] Serge Salat's work is mainly focused on urban theories, fractal theories, or complexity theories. Cities and Forms: On Sustainable Urbanism is a book where the author questions the sustainable city of the future and the forms it should take. It is a book designed as a journey through the cities punctuated by many photos taken by the author. Originally, the book was intended only for China. In order to criticize Chinese urbanism and its new megastructures, Serge Salat criticizes Le Corbusier and his deviations. [...]

[...] All these scales are connected to each other and become interdependent. The challenge of sustainable cities is based on several essential concepts such as mixity, density, connectivity, and accessibility. For Serge Salat, the key to the success of the sustainable city lies in the management of density at the micro-scale. Hausmann starts to create density at a large scale and the modern movement creates density at mega scales. All these concepts are found in the historical layout of urban fabrics through the existence of grids, organic patterns, transformations, fractal symmetries, or hidden order. [...]

[...] While the modern city separates buildings from the urban fabric, which then become isolated objects. This separation will contribute to dissolving the positive/negative relationship of the city and the city's ability to integrate. This re-composition of the different forms of the city allows for the optimization of flows (water, electricity, transportation, etc.). The book also proposes tools for planning urban fabrics that are organized according to a system of indicators. Serge Salat emphasizes the creation of intermediate space and green space at all scales. [...]

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