<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Research was undertaken in order to examine the ways colour has been coordinated in urban design in Poland and Slovakia – especially reasons and conditions under which colour planning started and thereafter operated. The methodology employed included an analysis of archival materials, interviews with designers and public officials as well as field studies. Five colour plans were analysed from the following points of view: the circumstances of their initiation, the methodology and process of their elaboration, the method and degree of implementation and their ‘life’ over the following years. The aim of this study is to compare and analyse the impact of individual colour plans in order to get an input for strengthening the professional and scientific approach to colour planning through lessons learnt from these examples.</p></abstract>

Research was undertaken in order to examine the ways colour has been coordinated in urban design in Poland and Slovakia – especially reasons and conditions under which colour planning started and thereafter operated. The methodology employed included an analysis of archival materials, interviews with designers and public officials as well as field studies. Five colour plans were analysed from the following points of view: the circumstances of their initiation, the methodology and process of their elaboration, the method and degree of implementation and their ‘life’ over the following years. The aim of this study is to compare and analyse the impact of individual colour plans in order to get an input for strengthening the professional and scientific approach to colour planning through lessons learnt from these examples.

Does colour planning matter? Reflection on the impact and coordination of colour planning in Poland and Slovakia

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Research was undertaken in order to examine the ways colour has been coordinated in urban design in Poland and Slovakia – especially reasons and conditions...

Does colour planning matter? Reflection on the impact and coordination of colour planning in Poland and Slovakia

Online veröffentlicht: 23. Mai 2020

Seitenbereich: 17 - 36

Eingereicht: 29. Mai 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.19.058.10611

Schlüsselwörter
colour, colour planning, architecture, urban design, design methodology

© 2019 Karolina Białobłocka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Does colour planning matter? Reflection on the impact and coordination of colour planning in Poland and Slovakia

Online veröffentlicht: 23. Mai 2020

Seitenbereich: 17 - 36

Eingereicht: 29. Mai 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.19.058.10611

Schlüsselwörtercolour, colour planning, architecture, urban design, design methodology

© 2019 Karolina Białobłocka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Schlüsselwörter
colour, colour planning, architecture, urban design, design methodology