Nils Ahlberg

HistoricValuesofCitiesandTowns
AHistoricUrbanLandscapeApproach

All Swedish town-planning 1521 1721

175 sites 338 projects Over 600 town plans Thematic chapters The individual towns Volume of maps

All Swedish town-planning 1521 1721

Stockholm

175 sites 338 projects Over 600 town plans Thematic chapters The individual towns Volume of maps

Swedish Town-planning
The Legacy from the Swedish Empire - a Resource in Todays Urban Development (2012)

Popularized standard work

+ Development untill today + European and world-wide context + Parallels + Useful historical facts + Many more pictures

 Research, lecturing National Heritage Board

Areas of National Importance

ICOMOS, World Heritage

al r ltu u 06 rC 0 o f 2 e s rd riz a P w n A o i n tr a U s o an N e pa op r o r u Eu E e g a rit e H

Consultant, town-planning

Local versus Global

Adding a wider perspective

Carmela Venti

Local versus Global

Adding a wider perspective

Home-blind
Carmela Venti

Sustainability

Sustainability
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Housekeeping

Attractivity

SvD 4 juni 2004

global
SvD 26 april 2009

competition

shaped

to attract international capital

High-rises, Iconic Buildings

Mitt i Vasastan 20 jan 2009

SvD 17 feb 2008

put

the city on the map

become

a real big city

SvD 11 mar 2010

SvD 26 mar 2010

SvD 11 mar 2010

Where is this?
SvD 26 mar 2010

SvD 11 mar 2010

Singapore

SvD 26 mar 2010

Dubai

Who has the biggest ?

Alternativet 30 mar 1990

Stockholm

Stockholm

A city with

vision

and heart

in

the past.

Luxor Paris

Wien

The landscape we inherit is an open book

if we learn to read it.

Cultural Environment Ecosystem

Value aspects

Topographical and Communication Prerequisites

Stockholm
10th century / today

c. 1580

Viking Routs
11th century

1840s

1910

1944

1999

Adaptation to Climate and Geology

Singapore

Stockholm, Stigberget

Stockholm, Sdra ngby

Klarlven

Marrakesh, Morocco

Monschau, Germany

Functional Types of Towns

House of the Nobility

National Bank

The Bonde Palace

The Royal Palace

Stockholm

House of the Nobility

National Bank

The Bonde Palace

The Royal Palace

Stockholm

Guadalajara, Mexico

Suzdal, Russia

Neuf-Brisach, France

Sknninge

Eskilstuna

Norrkping

Hudiksvall

Bath, England

Marstrand

Stages of growth

Aigues-Mortes, France

Neuf-Brisach, France

Paris

Stockholm

Medieval I

Medieval II

17th century

All Swedish town-planning 1521 1721

175 sites 338 projects Over 600 town plans Thematic chapters The individual towns Volume of maps

17th century

Newtownplanning projectsperdecade
Fortification1 Demolition Combinedmeasure Suburb Extension Redevelopment Relocation Newfoundation
1Thickringmeans fortificationalsofor othermeasures

17th century

Gteborg relocation 1619/1621

1624

17th century

Gteborg relocation 1619/1621

Batavia (Jakarta)
new foundation 1619

17th century

Sala new foundation1624

17th century

New Amsterdam (New York) new

foundation 1625

Montesor le Rouge 1777

17th century

Stockholm
redevelopment and extension 1637 / 1642

17th century

Karl Gustavs stad (Eskilstuna)

new foundation 1658

17th century

Karl Gustavs stad (Eskilstuna)

1658

17th century

Bjrneborg, Finland c 1642

Gvle 1646 Bors 1682

Kask, Finland 1767 / 1785

Bjrneborg, Fin land c 1642

Gvle 1646 Bors 1682

Kask, Finland 1767 / 1785

Stockholm

17th century

End of 19th century

Early 20th century

1930s

Postwar period

Functional and social differentiation

Stockholm

Local Building Traditions

Bergen, Norway

Rauma, Finland

Vadstena

Ster

Visby

bo, Finland

Stockholm

Hudiksvall

Sergiev Posad, Russia

Ystad

Stockholm

Stockholm

Intangible Values

Hell, Norway

Malm
Mllevngstorget

Gvle
Staketgatan

Stockholm, The Haga park

Stockholm, The Haga park

Stockholm, The Haga Palace 1785

A tool in todays planning

Area of National Importance

Slussen

Stockholm

Slussen

10th century / today

c. 1580

Axel Nilsson 1945

Slussen, Environmental Impact Assessment

Slussen, Environmental Impacs Assessment

Heritage value analysis for the Slussen area

statement of significance The topographical and communication prerequisites The national capital The urban development stages of growth The urbanism of the early modernist period The communication junction

Heritage value analysis for the Slussen area

statement of significance The topographical and communication prerequisites The national capital The urban development stages of growth The urbanism of the early modernist period The communication junction

Measuring the impact

readability, possibility to understand (visual aspects)

Stockholm, Slussen

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