"Glatt(t)alstadt": à mot nouveau, ville nouvelle?

• Forschungsstelle: COST
• Projektnummer: C02.0086
• Projekttitel Englisch: "Glatt(t)alstadt": à mot nouveau, ville nouvelle?

Schlüsselwörter (Französisch)

Représentation; Imaginaire; Langage; Espace vécu; Agglomération; Urbanisme Aménagement du territoire; Marketing urbain; Projet; Discours; Image; Identité

Forschungsprogramme (Englisch)

COST-Action C10 - Outskirts of European Cities

Kurzbeschreibung (Französisch)

L'étude interroge l'émergence récente et l'usage de l'expression Glatt(t)alstadt, parmi des urbanistes et aménageurs, pour dénommer la région au nord de Zurich. Jouant de ses avantages en matière d'accessibilité (proximité de l'aéroport de Kloten, excellentes connexions ferroviaires et autoroutières), subissant en même temps les nuisances de ces infrastructures, ce territoire remplit de façon exemplaire les conditions d'une Outskirt d'une ville européenne. La réflexion interroge alors la pertinence de cette expression quant aux configurations morphologiques, aux enjeux de développement, et aux représentations territoriales de différents acteurs.

Partner und Internationale Organisationen (Englisch)

A, B, CY, DK, FIN, F, D, I, N, SI, E, S, CH, GB

Abstract (Englisch)

The research project observes the employment of the expression Glat(t)talstadt. Known since ten years now, it stands for a part of the northern periphery of the Greater Zurich Area that is exposed to a high pressure of economic development, mostly due to the proximity of the airport. It seems significant that this territory detaches itself more and more from the core city of Zurich. In this context we wonder whether the notion of town (Stadt) corresponds to this territorial configuration. The following questions are in the centre of our purpose: Who has invented the expression, who promotes it? In what context is it used? What are the values and intentions that are linked to it? Does it correspond with the economical, political and morphological reality? Is Glat(t)talstadt known by the population? Is there an Glat(t)talstadt identity? Is Glat(t)talstadt a toponym for daily life or a concept for insiders? Is there an interest of conceptualization in the discussion of urban designers? Can we compare its emergence with projects, such as Metropole Suisse or Helvéti-Cité? The research is organized by three different axes of investigation: 1. The use of the expression: Text analysis of specialized literature (urban design, spatial planning, governance), and daily press; 13 interviews with users and promoters of the word (urban designers, planners, architects, geographers, politicians). 2. The Name und daily life in Glatt(t)alstadt: 6 Interviews with inhabitants based on a indirect approach with 8 photographs of the territory. 3. Glat(t)talstadt and the contemporary discussion of urban design: Five experts are confronted with the results of the two first research axes and discuss the potential of the word.

Datenbankreferenzen (Englisch)

Swiss Database: COST-DB of the State Secretariat for Education and Research Hallwylstrasse 4 CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland Tel. [phone] Swiss Project-Number: C02.0086