A Socket To Fit The Town Jewel

Sopron Castle District – Public Space Renewal

Abstract

Sopron is one of our medium-size towns still retaining much of their medieval character in their structure, while the buildings are reminiscent of a city milieu predating modernism. As the Napoleonic Wars brought technical innovations (such as military hot air balloons), and the urbanization trend had cities sprawl beyond their medieval limits, city walls were fast becoming redundant and obsolete. Many European cities opted to demolish their old perimeter walls. Inevitably this formed new open spaces which, according to different respective development concepts, were adapted to circuit roads, promenades, green rings, marketplaces, or developed land.