urban design baes 4136 naziaty mohd yaacob
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Issues in the Urban Environment
• Physical• Management• Economic• Political
• Sustainability• Cultural• Social• Design
What is Lost Space?
• Inquiry with reference to Trancik’s “Finding Lost Space”.
• Malaysian Issues
• Discussion from the book on theories
• Summaries
Theories
• Figure-ground Theory: relationship between building mass and open space; analyse textures and patterns of urban fabric; and spatial order.
• Linkage Theory: Dynamics of circulation as generators of urban form; connection and movement.
• Place Theory: Importance of historic, cultural, and social values in urban open space; contextualists angle.