week 1 - what is urban design and how do we understand space?
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Week 1 - What is Urban Design and How Do We Understand Space?. Questions for thought today: How does the way we perceive our environment define the public image of a city? What elements must come together to create authentic place? What roles do urban designers play in development of cities? . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Week 1 -What is Urban Design and How Do We Understand
Space?
Questions for thought today:
1. How does the way we perceive our environment define the public image of a city?
2. What elements must come together to create authentic place?
3. What roles do urban designers play in development of cities?
One Designer . . .
What is the role of the urban designer?
But many roles . . .
Total Designer
What is the role of the urban designer?
“All-of-a-piece” Designer
What is the role of the urban designer?
Vision Maker(Concept Provider)
What is the role of the urban designer?
Community Motivator (Catalyst)
What is the role of the urban designer?
City Manager
What is the role of the urban designer?
Facilitator of Urban Events
What is the role of the urban designer?
Guideline Designer
What is the role of the urban designer?
Infrastructure Designer
What is the role of the urban designer?
Urban Conservationist
What is the role of the urban designer?
Policy Maker
What is the role of the urban designer?
Policy Maker
Urban Conservationist
Infrastructure Designer
Guideline Designer
Facilitator of Urban Events
City Manager
Community Motivator (Catalyst)
Vision Maker(Concept Provider)
“All-of-a-piece” Designer
Total Designer
What is the role of the urban designer?
Urban Design FrameworksAttempts to identify qualities of successful
urban places and good urban form
LynchVitalitySense
FitAccessControl
Jacobs and AppleyardLiveability
Identity and ControlAccess to Opportunities, Imagination and Joy
Authenticity and MeaningCommunity and Public Life
Urban Self-RelianceAn Environment for All
Kevin Lynch “Image of the City”
PATHS
Kevin Lynch “Image of the City”
EDGES
Kevin Lynch “Image of the City”
LANDMARKS
Kevin Lynch “Image of the City”
DISTRICTS
Kevin Lynch “Image of the City”
NODES
Kevin Lynch “Image of the City”
Kevin Lynch “Image of the City”
Kevin Lynch “Image of the City”
NODES
PLACE:An Urban Designer’s Definition
The combination of
geography, history, and culture that
makes a location unique
Geography
Culture
History
PLACE
Geography
Culture
History
PLACE
Placelessness
Causes of “Placelessness”
1. Globalization2. Mass Culture3. Loss of Attachment to Territory
Placelessness
Placelessness
Placelessness
Placelessness
Placelessness
Placelessness
Invented Places