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@PHDTHESIS{Thissen:538378,
author = {Thissen, Fee},
othercontributors = {Selle, Klaus and Wachten, Kunibert},
title = {{V}om {I}ndustrieareal zum {S}tadtteil: {Z}ürich {W}est -
{R}äumliche {T}ransformationen – {P}lanungsprozesse –
{R}aum(um)nutzung},
volume = {34},
school = {Aachen, Techn. Hochsch.},
type = {Dissertation},
address = {Aachen},
publisher = {Publikationsserver der RWTH Aachen University},
reportid = {RWTH-2015-05252},
series = {$PT_Materialien$},
year = {2015},
note = {Aachen, Techn. Hochsch., Diss., 2015},
abstract = {The thesis 'Change from the industrial area to an urban
district : Zurich West. Spatial transformations – planning
processes – conversion in use' deals with the development
processes of inner city wastelands using the example of the
development area Zurich West. To understand the complexity
of the change processes, three perspectives were considered
and put into relation: 1. spatial transitions, 2. planning
processes and 3. types of land use, land use change and and
spatial appropriation. With the structural transition from a
Fordist to a post-Fordist economy in the eighties, many
industrialized countries were faced with the retirement or
migration of industry. This change resulted in the regional
– infrastructural and functional – transformation of
former industrial regions in a lot of cities. Due to the
abundance of redevelopment projects, documentations and
literature are extensive. Still, the current scientific
debate mainly comprises partial approaches that analyse
individual aspects and processes. To expand the knowledge of
the dynamics and trajectories of regional change, it is
necessary to capture the long-term processes of such urban
transitions.The processes of change in Zurich West will
therefore be investigated over a period of twenty-five years
starting about 1990. The examined case study defines a
development area in the West of the city Zurich, which has
undergone manifold changes through political, economic,
spatial and social restructuring – changing from a former
industrial area to a new district of Zurich.The
consideration of the urban development of the area is based
on literature and documentary research, on interviews with
urban planners and architects and the use of the method
‘mapping’. Guideline-based interviews with experts from
politics, economics and planning, combined with a
continuative review of the literature, served to understand
the complex planning processes. The question of how spaces
in Zurich West are converted and appropriated by local
actors, has been investigated by means of narrative
interviews with contemporary witnesses. Based on the methods
a) participatory observation, b) mapping of everyday spaces
and c) vignettes will be shown how the use of public spaces
changes with the transition of the area.Regarding the
relations between the three perspectives, it can be
demonstrated that various conflicts and blockades can become
apparent in such processes that limit or prevent their
desired success. This includes that political or even
ideological interests can block the development of an
overall planning and potential structural changes. It can be
demonstrated that a planning frame ‒ which was missing in
Zurich West as a result of political battles that created
inertia ‒ is needed to prevent spatial and functional
fragmentation.Furthermore, it can be concluded that economic
interests overrule aims and principles of urban planning and
impair their realisation. It becomes apparent that there is
a need for other regulations for public actors to control
the development of public districts on mainly private
property. The experiences made in Zurich West exemplify that
informal deals between private and public actors were of
great importance. They 1. occurred between partners who
contributed private property or investment to the
co-operation and 2. released intransparency, since important
parts of the negotiations took place closed-door whereby
open discourse was undermined.In addition, it can be
concluded from the research that ‘option spaces’ can
unfold due to blockages and ‘non-planning'. In Zurich West
a variety of temporary uses in particular released a pulse
on the following processes of change and initiated a subtle
conversion of the former industrial area. Although Zurich
West in fact transformed into a new district of Zurich, the
density of interaction in the publicly available and
accessible open spaces remains low.In order to learn from
the experiences gained in Zurich West for similar planning
tasks, further approaches and questions based on the main
findings of this research were phrased. They refer to a) the
spatial transition understood as overall planning, b) the
urban objective to implement mixed-uses and the question of
its realisability, c) options to regulate private
development projects, d) public participation in cooperative
plannings, e) temporary uses as urban catalyst and f) the
use of public spaces. The dissertation closes with the
question to what extend changes in planning tasks ‒ with
which ‚urban planning’ is confronted with the
development of inner city wasteland ‒ have an impact on
the role of urban planners. The considerations lead to the
conclusion that the redevelopment of inner city wasteland
results from the interaction of many actors. Urban planning
‒ ideally ‒ takes over the leading and mediating role as
‘reality-conscious team player’ on a par with other
actors.},
cin = {212110},
ddc = {720},
cid = {$I:(DE-82)212110_20140620$},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)11 / PUB:(DE-HGF)3},
urn = {urn:nbn:de:hbz:82-rwth-2015-052523},
url = {https://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/538378},
}
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