Architecture is an interminable business. Modern construction projects are planned years in
advance those being envisioned today will achieve realization only years in the future. But
without a clear vision that brings us closer to the objective of a truly liveable city
statements of intent will never be translated into reality. The present publication
Gestaltungsleitlinien Stadtraum am Beispiel Dresden (Design Guidelines for Urban Space with
Reference to Dresden) is intended primarily as a guidebook and aims to foster the orientation
around a shared vision for clients planners and architects. "Yes that's what I'd like the
Baltic in front of me Friedrichstraße behind me..." The question goes beyond Kurt Tucholsky's
dreamscapes the cities we inhabit have already been built and they might have gaps and
ruptures that are reflective of social turmoil. How then can we deal with existing structures
in a way that allows truly liveable cities to emerge in the future-or to be preserved in the
present? Striking graphic illustrations visualizing urbanistic urban planning and
architectural design principles An analysis of Dresden's urban structure and proposals for the
further development of the existing architectural inventory Nine theses on the development of
building culture in Dresden
