Includes bibliographical references.

The concept of circulation / Christian Schittich -- Circulation areas -- places for interaction or an El Dorado for building regulations? / Arno Lederer -- Planning criteria -- A cultural history of elevators and lifts / Jeannot Simmen -- Light design for orientation and direction / Thomas Schielke -- Signage -- effective orientation / Jimmy Schmid -- Cable cars in the city -- large-scale aerial urban circulation systems / Oliver Herwig -- Summary of projects -- Apartment building in Zurich / Graber Pulver Architekten, Zurich/Bern -- Residential development in Berlin / zanderroth architekten, Berlin -- Haus am Weinberg in Stuttgart / UNStudio, Amsterdam -- "House before house" in Utsunomiya / Sou Fujimoto Architects, Tokyo -- Centre for senior citizens in Maienfeld / Arbeitsgemeinschaft Isler Gysel/bhend.klammer architekten, Zurich -- Apartment mound in Copenhagen BIG / Bjarke Ingels Group, Copenhagen; JDS Architects, Copenhagen -- Hostel in split / STUDIO UP, Zagreb -- Hotel am Domplatz in Linz / hohensinn architektur, Graz -- Children's hospital in Basel / Stump & Schibli Architekten, Basel -- Cooper Union in New York / Morphosis Architects, Culver City -- High School in Copenhagen / 3XN, Copenhagen -- Municipal library in Stuttgart / Eun Young Yi, Cologne -- Advertising agency in Tokyo / Klein Dytham architecture, Tokyo -- Office building in Bolzano / Markus Scherer, Meran -- AachenMünchener headquarters in Aachen / kadawittfeldarchitektur, Aachen -- Restaurant and bar in Zurich / Burkhatter Sumi Architekten, Zurich -- Pharmacy in Athens / KLab architecture, Athens/London -- Town hall in Bad Aibling / Behnisch Architekten, Munich -- Café and exhibition spaces in Braganca / Giulia De Appolonia, Brescia -- Beachfront promenade in Benidorm / OAB -- Office of architecture in Barcelona -- Festival arena in Roman quarry in St. Margarethen / AllesWirdGut Architektur, Vienna -- Opera house in Oslo / Snøhetta, Oslo -- Porsche museum in Stuttgart / Delugan Meissl Associated Architects, Vienna -- Armani fifth avenue New York / Doriana and Massimiliano Fuksas, Rome -- New York Times building in New York Renzo Piano building workshop, Paris; FxFowle Architects, New York -- Office building in Sydney ingenhoven architects, Düsseldorf; Architectus, Sydney -- Stadium in Kiev / gmp . Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Hamburg -- Porject data -- architects.

A necessary evil or a fascinating design task? This book is about making building components and spaces accessible in the horizontal and vertical direction while taking into account a wide variety of requirements. When architects make it into the pivotal element of their concepts, they often create compelling yet surprising room constellations: Spectacular lifts and escalators, unusual floor plan arrangements or stairway sculptures that define the space provide staging for the required pathways. Circulation areas take on the characteristics of an amenity and become an exciting spatial experience as well as a crucial criterion of a successful design. The separation between circulation areas and space dissolves, because circulation areas become a space of sojourn and communication.

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