Case Study of Berlin, from the beginning of the city till today. How it has developed from a fortified town to a city. Then, studying the five points of Kevin Lynch.

1. BERLIN (1688)
The river Spree flowed through the city and also
around the fortified city. In 1856 Berlin was
comprised of Berlin and Colin.
The Thirty Years' War had devastating
consequences for Berlin. A third of the houses were
damaged, and the city lost half of its population and
the city was built again and Friedrichstadt was built.
The Districts- Berlin and Colin were the two major
districts..
The Edges- The river Spree was the edge of the
city as well as the wall built around it.
The Pathways- They were organic in both the
districts.
The Nodes- The entrance to the bridges formed the
major nodes.
The Landmarks- The churches formed the
landmarks.
URBAN DESIGN
PE-II
SEMESTER-V
BERLIN- THE FIVE POINTS OF
KEVIN LYNCH
MITHILESH MANDAL
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THE GROWTH OF THE CITY
The city had an organic growth.
City destroyed many times due to war
and was rebuilt again every time
THE CHANGES IN THE CITY
The shows the buildings built during that period.red new
THE CITY IN THE PAST
1688
THE LAND-USE MAP OF BERLIN
2016
1943
After World War I
1945
After World War II
2001
1953
http://stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/planen/stadtmodelle/de
http://stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/planen/stadtmodelle/de
NEW BUILDINGS FROM 1940-1953
NEW BUILDINGS FROM 1953-1989
NEW BUILDINGS FROM 1989-2001
NEW BUILDINGS FROM 1945-2001

2. ORGANIC
GROWTH
OF THIS PART
OF THE
CITY.
BUILDINGS WERE
BUILT AS PER
THE
REQUIREMENT OF
LIFE AND
THUS THERE WAS
ORGANIC GROWTH.
IT IS REFLECTED
BY THE LAYOUT
OF THE
PATHWAYS AND THE
ORIENTATIONOF THE
BUILDINGS. THE BUILDING TYPE
ARE HOTELS, THEATRES,
HOSPITALS, ETC.
THERE IS A GREEN PATCH AT
THE CENTRE OF THE DISTRICT,
WHICH IS ORGANICALY PLANTED.
GEOMETRIC URBAN METABOLIC
GROWTH OF THIS PART OF
THE CITY.
AS THE NEEDS OF THE CITY
EVOLVED, IN ORDER TO
INCREASE EFFICIENCY, A MORE
GEOMETRIC INFRASTRUCTURE
WAS ESTABLISHED.
IT IS REFLECTED BY
THE IRON GRID
PATTERN OF
THE PATHWAYS.
THE BUILDING TYPES
ARE OFFICES, MUSEUMS
RESIDENTIAL. ETC.
THE TREES ARE PLANTED
IN THE SAME IRON GRID
PATTERN IN STRAIGHT
LINES.
THE RIVER
SPREE FORMS
THE EDGE
BETWEEN THE
TWO DISTRICTS.
THE RAILWAY
ALSO FORMS
AN EDGE
TO THEM.
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MKNEDTHCERB
EAR TGEHTK
CIREDERFFOEUTATS
1
2
1 ANATOMISCHES THEATRE
2 BODE MUSEUM
L ANDMARKS N ODES
PATHWAYS
E DGES
D ISTRICTS
“Those Edges seem strongest which are not only visually prominent,
but also continuous in form and impenetrable to cross movement.”
- Kevin Lynch
The Image of the City, p101
THE FIVE POINTS
URBAN DESIGN
PE-II
SEMESTER-V
BERLIN- THE FIVE POINTS OF
KEVIN LYNCH
MITHILESH MANDAL
114AR0006 | DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROURKELA