The micro-urban approach is to conduct analyses of how the innate processes are being blocked, concealed or simply ignored by conventional macro-urban hypotheses and also to provide praxes of interior coordination. In line with Eastern therapeutic concepts, the key findings indicate that the existing reality can be seen as a meridian system of interrelated energy zones within the preconceived macro-structure of the city.

Each microcosm is considered as an indispensable part of a specific role within the whole constitution. Like the treatment points along hypothetical meridian-like lines on the human body, such as "nadi" in ayurveda or "jing mai" in acupuncture, sacks of heated interactions, obscure junctures, in between spaces or empty areas in the city, usually invisible and insignificant from their outlook, can be identified as micro-zones after a diagnostic mapping.

Micro-zones can be enhanced in relation to the permutations inside of micro-zones or carefully implanted in the city to create preferable deformations of micro-zone networks, in which to cooperate with the local tactics found and new tactical designs proposed. Above all, the micro-urban operations participate in the process of overall change and progress in a longer time span with sincere comprehension of the universe, human nature and the given complexities, taking a path away from the frequently used jargon in urban design, which is that of intervention with an inherent notion of a forcible and phenomenal diversion.

Architectonic traces of the above-mentioned facets have in fact existed since the beginning of time, and can be found in any city on the globe. In Bergen, where settlements are attached close to the steep rocky mountain along the narrow fjord, people found small landing areas on the ravines or ridges of the mountain and turned them into 'allmenningen', a series of public spaces of irregular shapes. In contrast to the neo-classical town planning of axis, square and fountain in the city center, clearly shown on a map, these micro-zone areas are not depicted, but are embedded within the original constitution of a city of this kind.

The large number of islands in the Atlantic Ocean connected by bridges or ferries are micro-zones forming a significant part of the whole constitution of Bergen. In addition, the less used or abandoned docklands and shipyards in this Viking town affected by the changing global economy are put to alternative uses today, including as offices, schools, workshops, residences, restaurants and shops, that have also become an invisible micro-zone network.