An analytical reading of the planning structure in Munich

Abstract

The Munich example demonstrates the architectural and cultural approach to the analysis of the large cities’ planning structure. In the context of the urban planning fabric’s historical development, the main planning axes are singled out and a conceptual model of mega ensembles is built. Particular attention is paid to the city’s hydrography, the main components of which are the Isar River, the Nymphenburg canals and the Northern system of the Munich canals, which began to be formed in the 17th century and had finally been developed by the beginning of the 20th century. Munich’s northwest quadrant, formed much earlier than the other three, was chosen as the main object of study, on the territory of which the urban triptych was identified as the main system-forming mega-ensemble, formed, firstly, by the city’s historical center with two other triptych elements emanating from it Brynner Strasse and Ludwig Strasse, respectively, secondly, the Olympic Park and thirdly, the Nymphenburg Palace and Park complex, connected with the second element of the triptych by the Nymphenburg-Biedersteiner Canal.