Special Issue "Contemporary Cityscape—Structure, Aesthetics, Perception"

A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Landscape Architecture".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2022.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Maciej Lasocki
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Faculty of Architecture, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-659 Warszawa, Poland
Interests: public realm design; spatial composition; pedestrian traffic; participatory planning; culture influence on spatial management; ICT and new media technologies in urban design and education; organizing interdisciplinary collaboration between architects, urban planners, sociologists, journalists, environment and computer specialists
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Prof. Dr. José Guadalupe Vargas Hernández‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
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University Center for Economic and Managerial Sciences, University of Guadalajara, Jalisco 45100, México
Interests: urban and organizational economics; strategic management
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Dr. Martina Koll-Schretzenmayr
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Institute for Spatial and Landscape Development, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Interests: Trained as a geographer and planner, her research interests are focused on urban transformation, planning history, participatory planning and community involvement as well as planning pedagogy. She organizes multimedia exhibitions that address the public and involve planning students to build their capacity to communicate
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Dr. Justyna Zdunek-Wielgołaska
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Faculty of Architecture, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-659 Warsaw, Poland
Interests: urban planning; history of urban form; spatial composition; suburbs; sustainability; urban ecosystems; urban green infrastructure

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The pandemic has brought the world to a halt. It is now time to rethink our cities—not only in relation to “lockdowns”, but first of all in terms of the goals we want to achieve in the future. In this issue, we would like to collect a wide range of reflections on the city’s structure in its spatial dimension and possible ways of its further development. We are more and more advanced in analyzing big data, which supports us in coping with the most complicated problems of urban life. We are fascinated by new digital technologies that bring innovation to urban planning. In all that, we may sometimes forget about the simple, ordinary, but so important delight and pleasure that comes from living in a beautiful environment. In the initiative of “New European Bauhaus”, one of the most important keywords is areas of reflection. Therefore, we are pleased to invite you to submit works that focus on reflections on urban spaces through an interdisciplinary approach, addressing all spheres and elements influencing our living spaces.

This Special Issue aims to offer insight into the newest research on the contemporary landscape of cities. We would like to study changes in the image of urban spaces that occur due to social, environmental, and economic challenges. How do we manage to control these changes and what do we assume to be a success of such attempts? Does our perception of a city’s aesthetics change together with trends of contemporary culture? What does “beautiful city” mean today? What has disappeared and what has emerged in the perspective view of a street? Which trend will shape the future of cityscapes?

In this Special Issue, we welcome architects, urban planners, landscape architects, artists, and all who care about the shape of our urban environment. Manuscripts can be theoretical or applied, state-of-the-science reviews or individual case studies. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • Evolving aesthetics of contemporary city;
  • Perception of urban space among different groups of society;
  • Investigation on changes of city’s spatial structure;
  • Influence of climate change, the pandemic, and other challenges on a city’s structure development;
  • New tendencies in urban design, composition, new aesthetic trends;
  • New ideas on planning or legal regulations to shape the urban space;
  • Experiments with new technologies in shaping the city’s image;
  • The role of different spatial elements, e.g., green spaces, cultural heritage;
  • Virtual landscapes of the city.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Maciej Lasocki
Prof. Dr. José Guadalupe Vargas Hernández
Dr. Martina Koll-Schretzenmayr
Dr. Justyna Zdunek-Wielgołaska
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Land is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1800 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • city’s spatial structure
  • cultural and heritage landscape
  • urban space perception
  • urban space aesthetics
  • urban space designing
  • urban space planning regulations
  • contemporary challenges for urban space
  • New European Bauhaus

Published Papers

This special issue is now open for submission.
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