347tinguished by an unmistakable appearance when they thema-
tize the potential of the landscape in the cityscape, exploiting
it scenically and utilizing it in detail for the structural and
spatial handling of individual city districts as well. The devel-
opment in height of the topography benefits, for example, ter-
races and platforms, whose elevations offer opportunities to
construct spacious staircases or to convert high-lying points
into theatrical outlooks. A city benefits from a waterside loca-
tion when it turns its face towards the water; it arrives at an
expressive design through a public waterside promenade, and
suitable residential building types profit from such locations.
Striking places in landscape can be made accessible through
footbridges, bridges and platforms.
Architecture is perceived differently on an urban > scale
than on that of the individual building, and moreover from
various perspectives. As a rule, the expanded circumference
of a metropolitan urban region is not graspable, especially in
instances of the vast dimensions of a megalopolis. Residents
tend to rely > orientation on a simplifying individual concep-
tion, on a mental ‘image of the city’ (Lynch 1960). However,
there have always existed official images designed to offer a
valid overview of the cityscape (vedute) from a distance, com-
plete with the landscape setting. Today, it is > images that cir-
culate in city marketing in particular that attempt to capture
a city’s characteristic features, condensing its complexity into
a unified image.
- Corresponding to the city is a unique form of situative
experience. It is perceived differently from the centre than
from individual urban quarters or suburban districts. Gener-
ally, it is experienced in the form of situations having various
characters, depending upon motivation and mode of move-
ment. From moving vehicles, the architecture of the city is
reduced to a specific perceptual segment, while the pedestrian
establishes a sense of familiarity with it based on an idiosyn-
cratic interpretation of its spatial structure, a highly personal
mode of reading. An urban form of movement is the goal-