Frontmatter -- Contents -- # A.1 urban design as a changing profession -- # A.2 some notes about interdisciplinarity -- # A.3 external statements -- # A.4 working across geographical boundaries: reflecting on sino-german cooperation in urban design -- # B. how to read this book -- Introduction -- # B.1 understanding spatial practices -- # B.2 diagrammatic sketching -- # B.3 unpacking discourses -- # B.4 experimenting -- # B.5 interviewing experts -- # B.6 mapping spatial systems -- # B.7 urban data mining -- # B.8 analyzing pictures -- # B.9 using questionnaires -- # B.10 applying ANT -- # B.11 understanding typologies and morphologies -- # B.12 viewing the urban through an ethnographic lens -- # B.13 analyzing and visualizing actors -- # B.14 getting lost: unfolding creative thinking -- # B.15 narrating through graphics -- # B.16 adding, dividing, superimposing -- # B.17 creating conceptual models -- # B.18 intervening through system thinking -- # B.19 designing grid principles -- # B.20 producing and reducing complexity -- # B.21 engaging humans and nonhumans in design -- # B.22 building knowledge through charrettes -- # B.23 participation and enactment games -- # B.24 visualizing possible futures -- # B.25 urban coding -- # B.26 curating evolutionary landscapes -- # B.27 co-designing and building -- index of authors -- imprint