Road Architecture and Related Subjects
The road and landscape interact, and their interaction is important for planning. When a new road is being planned, decisions are made at an early stage on its alignment that will later have a major influence on how we experience the road aesthetically. Types of projects Decisions on existing plantings, water, soil, the natural environment, and the relationship to buildings and other facilities are decisive for creating a beautiful road.
Improving existing roads is a different process, in which more attention must be paid to users, business and industry, residents, existing landscapes and urban spaces, squares, interchanges, parking facilities, etc. A number of very different factors consequently play a role in road architecture: historical heritage, civilengineering work, traffic safety, ecology, legislation, other planning, economic interests, etc. All these factors influence road architecture and must be dealt with by taking an overall architectural approach to planning.
Traffic safety
Road architecture
Planning
Ecology
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Aesthetics
Construction/ civil engineering
History
Beautiful Roads - A Handbook of Road Architecture
