The Morphogenesis of the Dutch Landscape: The Narrative of Dutch Cities’ Medieval Core

Although the initial inception, or genesis, of a city’s urban grid, is an important marker of its evolution over time, the process of urban transformation, or morphogenesis, can substantially alter its original townscape. This study sheds light on the morphogenetic impacts of the pre-industrialisation period on shaping the spatial configuration of the historical cores of three Dutch cities, Amsterdam, the Hague, and Delft. While some cities have undergone processes of expansion as physical growth of different grid types, others followed the historical patterns of genesis. This study aims to an... Mehr ...