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This book is about the relation between scientific research and professional practice on the built environment. The physical form of cities is structured in different elements of urban form. Each of these elements, and the way they are combined into distinct patterns, is shaped by various agents and processes of change. Planning, urban design and architecture are practice-oriented activities that have a significant impact on these elements. Yet, this ‘action’ on the physical form if cities tends to be separated from scientific ‘knowledge’ on this complex object. In fact, none of these activities is strongly related to urban morphology, the science of urban form. There are many reasons for this gap. One of the reasons is the lack of significant examples of how the bridging process can happen. The book addresses this specific issue. It gathers a number of cases, developed in the last years in different geographical contexts – from Latin America to Eastern Asia – that exemplify how to move from scientific research to professional practice. Each case, or set of cases, is presented in one chapter. The first part of each chapter presents the morphological view of his/her author(s) on the process of city building; the second part exemplifies how this author moves from reading to design.

Sociology --- Geodesy. Cartography --- Geography --- cartografie --- sociologie --- steden --- geografie --- Architecture publique --- Géographie urbaine --- Sociologie --- Géographie --- Environmental planning --- Architecture --- Economic geography --- architecture [discipline] --- urban planning --- City planning. --- Public architecture.

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Founded in 1981 in Paris, Brunet Saunier Architecture is a French leader in the design of hospitals and large-scale public buildings. This publication is much more than a monograph. It is also a professional reference work, as hospital buildings make up a large portion of the showcased projects. Over the last ten years the architectural office has been developing a successful concept known as "Monospace". The book discusses and analyzes this concept in detail, presenting true to- scale floor plans, cross-sections, architectural views, and other information. The Monospace concept - which is based on a process of creative reduction down to essentials, i.e. "simplexity" - is adaptive rather than normative or prescriptive, and based on probabilities rather than determinism. It respects energy, even when it sometimes uses it. It takes the individual's experience into account, and starts from the position of the subject. It also permits changing perspectives. This design concept should attract attention far beyond the borders of France. Innovative Krankenhaus-Architekturen

Architecture --- Brunet, Jérôme. --- Saunier, Eric. --- Jérôme Brunet, Eric Saunier (Firm). --- Brunet, Jérôme. --- Jérôme Brunet, Eric Saunier (Firm) --- Architectural firms --- Hospital architecture --- Hospital buildings --- Public architecture --- Agence d'architecture --- Architecture hospitalière --- Hôpitaux (Edifices) --- Architecture publique --- Design and construction --- History --- Designs and plans. --- Conception et construction --- Histoire --- Dessins et plans --- Agences d'architecture --- Saunier, Eric --- Brunet, Jérôme --- Saunier, Éric --- Brunet Saunier architecture