LECTURE 01

INTRODUTION TO URBAN DESIGN

WHAT IS URBAN DESIGN?

Urban design is concerned with the built environment of cities

(and other human settlements) and the public welfare. Urban

design is always both a public and a political act - Jon Lang

Understanding the roles and differences of

Architecture

Urban Design

Urban Planning

Architecture isnt just the reflection of the state of society, its the reflection of the mind

Architecture The art or practice of designing &

constructing buildings

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Function:

Fundamentally to provide shelter

Form:

An art that is appreciated by

many for its beauty.

Firmness:

Stability of structure

The 3 Fs of Architecture

Urban

Design The design of Functionality of

spaces between buildings &

structures

2

WHAT IS URBAN DESIGN?

Art of Making Places for People

Human Interaction with the environment

Involves places such as Squares, Piazza, Streets, Pedestrian

Precinct

A street is a spatial entity and not the residue between buildings.

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Urban

Planning The Design & Organisation Of

Urban Space & Infrastructure

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Layout of neighbourhoods, cities and regions

Fulfilling needs of community & economy

Balancing the built & natural

environment

If you can tell a man by his shoes, you can tell a city by its pavements

- Rowan Moore

This is what an urban designer would be working on:

This is what an urban planner would be working on:

Architecture Urban Design Urban

Planning

Scale Individual building Spaces between buildings: street, park, transit stop

Whole neighbourhoods, districts & cities

Orientation

Aesthetic and functional

Aesthetic and functional

Utility

Treatment of space

2D & 3D 3D Predominantly 2D

Time frame

No definite time frame

Short Term (

URBAN DESIGN VOCABULARY

URBANISM

URBANIZATION

URBAN FORM

URBAN FABRIC

URBAN GRAIN

URBAN INSERT

URBAN RENEWAL

TISSUE

ZONING

LANDUSE

LANDMARKS

CBD

CITY CENTER

DENSITY

DEVELOPMENT PLAN

EDGES

ENTOURAGE

GENTRIFICATION

MORPHOLOGY

NEIGHBOURHOOD

NODES

PUBLIC SPACE, PLACE , REALM

TDR

Ebenezer Howards Garden City

Le Corbusiers Radiant City

Frank Lloyd Wrights Broadacre City

THE STREET GRID

MEGA REGION

THE TRANSECT

THE SETBACK PRINCIPLE