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    ELECTIVE-II

    URBAN DESIGN
    LECTURE-3

    Ar. Ananta Gautam


    BASIC URBAN DESIGN PRINCIPLES
    • Urban design thrives on certain theories and ideologies

    • Urban design principles exist to guide how cities and places should be

    • Principles of urban design deals with making an Ideal city where people can

    Live Properly, Work Comfortably and


    Enjoyably, Commute Smartly and Thrive
    URBAN DESIGN THEORIES AND PRINCIPLES

    1. Density, diversity and mix

    2. Pedestrianizing and transit supportiveness

    3. Visual qualities: Character and identity, massing, composition (balance, proportion,


    rhythm, emphasis, unity)

    4. Spatial qualities: Legibility, Permeability, Robustness, Comfort and Safety

    5. Responsive to context: Sustainability, physical and social context


    1. DENSITY, DIVERSITY AND MIX OF USE
    • Density
    • Expressed as ratio of population to land area
    • Segregating land uses through zoning until paradigm shift in 1980s.
    • Shift gave concept and practice of mixed use development
    • BENEFIT OF DENSITY IN CITIES??????

    • Diversity
    • A place with variety and choice
    • Mixing of residents by race/ethnicity and by income level or wealth
    • Makes it inclusive and welcoming, different activities in same place
    • Encouragement in an array of architectural features
    • Maintain consistency in building setbacks and heights
    2. PEDESTRIANIZING AND TRANSIT SUPPORTIVENESS
    • Designing great places for comfort and
    enjoyment of pedestrian
    • Finest cities are car-free, known as pedestrian
    cities

    • Transport smart and functional for people of


    all ages and abilities, goods and services

    • Transit oriented development(TOD): central


    transit stop(train station, bus stop)
    surrounded by high density mixed use area,
    with lower density areas spreading from
    center Lyon, France
    • Made walkable by use of smaller blocks and
    reducing land area dedicated for automobiles
    3. VISUAL QUALITIES

    • Character and identity, massing, composition (balance, proportion, rhythm, emphasis, unity)

    • Character and identity: Character is the combination of qualities and features that
    distinguishes one place from another.
    • Fun, safe, charming, pretty, friendly, welcoming describe characters of a place to show
    identity of place

    • Massing: Combined effect of arrangement, volume and shape of buildings in relation to


    other buildings and spaces.
    • Three-dimensional expression of amount of development on given piece of land
    3. VISUAL QUALITIES

    • Composition

    • Balance: even distribution of infrastructures required


    • Street balanced if it has, circulations for pedestrians, cyclists, vehicles, parking lanes
    • Balanced lighting can be used to create spaces functional and interesting
    3. VISUAL QUALITIES
    • Proportion: proper or harmonious relation of one part to another or to the whole
    • Public realm is the ratio of height to width. So height of buildings should be in proportion to
    width of public space, to achieve of enclosure
    • Mixture of wide and narrow streets with tall and low buildings will make a place interesting.
    3. VISUAL QUALITIES
    • Rhythm: Recurrence of elements or motifs at regular or irregular intervals.
    • Rhythm incorporates repetition as a device to organize forms and spaces.

    Templeton library, UK Winery building in Czech Republic


    3. VISUAL QUALITIES
    • Emphasis: Special importance, value
    or prominence given to something
    • Eye is attracted to certain elements
    which are: exceptional size or
    proportion, contrasting or unusual
    shape

    • Unity: state or quality of being


    combined into one
    • Dissimilar elements can be organized
    by grouping them in close proximity or
    relating them to a common line or
    plane Patan Durbar Square
    4. SPATIAL QUALITIES
    • Legibility, Permeability, Variety, Richness, Robustness, Safety

    • Legibility: Legible means easy to navigate and read


    • Good designed cities are easy to navigate.
    • The size and type of buildings tell us whether we are on important route or a side street.

    • Permeability: The way that a design affects where people can go and cannot go (also see
    and not see)
    • The greater the no. of alternative routes through an environment, the greater people’s
    freedom of movement and greater responsiveness of that place
    4. SPATIAL QUALITIES
    • Robustness: The design of buildings and outdoor spaces which does not limit users to a
    single or fixed rather support different purpose and activities
    • Adaptable for future changes and extensions
    • Flexibility for physical and socio-cultural changes

    • Comfort and Safety


    • Improved accessibility to public services and facilities: universal design
    • Proper shading, street lights, pavements, furniture, surveillance, signage
    • Design should promote and facilitate social interaction rather than social isolation
    5. RESPONSIVE TO CONTEXT
    • Sustainability, Physical and social context

    • Sustainable: Efficient way of using resources while protecting the ecology/environment for
    future generations

    • Physical context: It consists of architectural structures and elements of the built


    environment that people use in everyday life to orient themselves and to operate in that
    environment.

    • Social context: Understand social processes and human activities by studying everyday
    interactions
    THANK
    YOU!

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