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|name=Mapping and analysing facades
|name=Mapping and analysing facades
|description="We need parking space otherwise our shops will die!" This is an argument often brought forward by opponents of street transformation. The urban design studio prostorož confronted this claim with evidence. They analysed the facades of the street by the following categories: Lively facade, active facade, monument, empty facade, unremarkable facade. They could show that a lot of the ground floor was at that point in time not occupied.  
|description="We need parking space otherwise our shops will die!" This is an argument often brought forward by opponents of street transformation. The urban design studio prostorož confronted this claim with evidence. They analysed the facades of the street by the following categories: Lively facade, active facade, monument, empty facade, unremarkable facade. They could show that a lot of the ground floor was at that point in time not occupied.  
prostorož combined this analysis with analysing parking place occupancy and human behaviour to build an even stronger argument, that a street full of cars is not helping the shops right now. By combining all these analysis they managed to convince the decision makers to give that street a human friendly makeover!
prostorož combined this analysis with analysing parking place occupancy and human behaviour to build an even stronger argument: A street full of cars is not helping shops at the moment. By combining all these analysis they managed to convince the decision makers to give that street a human friendly makeover!
|hypothesis=This analysis can help to unlock beliefs about how well shops are doing when a street is filled with parking places.
|hypothesis=This analysis can help to unlock beliefs about how well shops are doing when a street is filled with parking places.
|lock-in-layers=institutional
|lock-in-layers=institutional

Latest revision as of 16:01, 3 June 2026

TOOL
Mapping and analysing facades
Short description

"We need parking space otherwise our shops will die!" This is an argument often brought forward by opponents of street transformation. The urban design studio prostorož confronted this claim with evidence. They analysed the facades of the street by the following categories: Lively facade, active facade, monument, empty facade, unremarkable facade. They could show that a lot of the ground floor was at that point in time not occupied. prostorož combined this analysis with analysing parking place occupancy and human behaviour to build an even stronger argument: A street full of cars is not helping shops at the moment. By combining all these analysis they managed to convince the decision makers to give that street a human friendly makeover!

Unlock-hypothesis

This analysis can help to unlock beliefs about how well shops are doing when a street is filled with parking places.

Lock-in Layers

institutional

Lock-in Cluster

Personal and Social Beliefs, Governance incumbency, Political agency

Tool maturity Level

TML4

Link for further information about the tool

-

Link to tool materials

-

Level of effort for application

low

Skill level needed for application

low

Suitable spatial context

street level

Spatial limitation

no

Target group

local/district administration, local politicians, city administration, city politicians, NGOs / local interest groups

Visualisation

Tool type

Evidence

Languages

english