Geneva as "The Walkable City"

Antje Eulenberger

In the present project, the city of Ge­neva was examined for its „wal­kability“. For this purpose, the city was viewed and graphically evaluated based on the four categories „Useful­ness“, „Safety“, „Comfortability“ and „Interesting“.

There are some deficits in the city of Geneva. The safety of pedestrians and cyclists is not guaranteed and ac­cidents often occur because there are very few cycle paths and these are of­ten not sufficiently secured. The city center also has a high level of emis­sions. In addition, the proportion of public squares and green spaces wit­hin the city center is too small. In ad­dition, the mix of uses in the city as a whole can be expanded.

Appropriate interventions make it possible to increase the safety of road users, reduce the distances to the in­dividual supply functions, provide the necessary open and green spaces, and improve the environmental va­lues in the city center.

Files
Geneva as "The Walkable City! (PDF)
Team
Teachers:
Pablo Martinez Diez, Mar Santamaria Varas
Assistants:
Nicola Maria Schürch
Infos
Year:
2022
Period:
Y1 (MA), Y2 (MA), Spring
Category:
Semester Project
Topic:  
Architecture, Representation, Society, Technology, Territory, Urban study, Environment
Copyright:
CC BY Licence
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