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Elements of Urban Design

Buildings shape urban spaces by forming streetwalls and creating a sense of place when designed well together. Public spaces are where people come together to enjoy the city and each other, making high quality life possible. Streets connect spaces and range from grand avenues to intimate pedestrian streets, with their pattern defining each city. Transport systems connect parts of cities and enable movement, with the best cities elevating the pedestrian experience while minimizing car dominance. Landscape provides green spaces throughout cities in parks, trees, and water, defining character and beauty.

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Elements of Urban Design

Buildings shape urban spaces by forming streetwalls and creating a sense of place when designed well together. Public spaces are where people come together to enjoy the city and each other, making high quality life possible. Streets connect spaces and range from grand avenues to intimate pedestrian streets, with their pattern defining each city. Transport systems connect parts of cities and enable movement, with the best cities elevating the pedestrian experience while minimizing car dominance. Landscape provides green spaces throughout cities in parks, trees, and water, defining character and beauty.

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ELEMENTS OF URBAN DESIGN

BUILDINGS
BUILDINGS ARE THE MOST PRONOUNCED
ELEMENTS OF URBAN DESIGN - THEY SHAPE AND
ARTICULATE SPACE BY FORMING THE STREETWALLS
OF THE CITY. WELL DESIGNED BUILDINGS AND
GROUPS OF BUILDINGS WORK TOGETHER TO
CREATE A SENSE OF PLACE.

PUBLIC SPACE

GREAT PUBLIC SPACES ARE THE LIVING ROOM OF THE


CITY - THE PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COME TOGETHER
TO ENJOY THE CITY AND EACH OTHER. PUBLIC
SPACES MAKE HIGH QUALITY LIFE IN THE CITY
POSSIBLE - THEY FORM THE STAGE AND BACKDROP
TO THE DRAMA OF LIFE. PUBLIC SPACES RANGE
FROM GRAND CENTRAL PLAZAS AND SQUARES, TO
SMALL, LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS.
STREETS

STREETS ARE THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN


SPACES AND PLACES, AS WELL AS BEING
SPACES THEMSELVES. THEY ARE DEFINED
BY THEIR PHYSICAL DIMENSION AND
CHARACTER AS WELL AS THE SIZE, SCALE,
AND CHARACTER OF THE BUILDINGS THAT
LINE THEM. STREETS RANGE FROM GRAND
AVENUES SUCH AS THE CHAMPS-ELYSEES IN
PARIS TO SMALL, INTIMATE PEDESTRIAN
STREETS. THE PATTERN OF THE STREET
NETWORK IS PART OF WHAT DEFINES A
CITY AND WHAT MAKES EACH CITY
UNIQUE.

TRANSPORT

TRANSPORT SYSTEMS CONNECT THE PARTS OF


CITIES AND HELP SHAPE THEM, AND ENABLE
MOVEMENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THEY
INCLUDE ROAD, RAIL, BICYCLE, AND
PEDESTRIAN NETWORKS, AND TOGETHER
FORM THE TOTAL MOVEMENT SYSTEM OF A
CITY. THE BALANCE OF THESE VARIOUS
TRANSPORT SYSTEMS IS WHAT HELPS DEFINE
THE QUALITY AND CHARACTER OF CITIES, AND
MAKES THEM EITHER FRIENDLY OR HOSTILE TO
PEDESTRIANS. THE BEST CITIES ARE THE ONES
THAT ELEVATE THE EXPERIENCE OF THE
PEDESTRIAN WHILE MINIMIZING THE
DOMINANCE OF THE PRIVATE AUTOMOBILE.
LANDSCAPE

THE LANDSCAPE IS THE GREEN PART OF THE CITY


THAT WEAVES THROUGHOUT - IN THE FORM OF
URBAN PARKS, STREET TREES, PLANTS, FLOWERS,
AND WATER IN MANY FORMS. THE LANDSCAPE
HELPS DEFINE THE CHARACTER AND BEAUTY OF
A CITY AND CREATES SOFT, CONTRASTING
SPACES AND ELEMENTS. GREEN SPACES IN CITIES
RANGE FROM GRAND PARKS SUCH AS CENTRAL
PARK IN NEW YORK CITY AND THE WASHINGTON
DC MALL, TO SMALL INTIMATE POCKET PARKS.

References:
http://www.urbandesign.org/elements.html

Google Pictures:
http://urbanspringtime.blogspot.com/2016/06/privately-owned-public-spaces-curse-or_26.html
Honeywell Forge Buildings (website)
New York Skyline
Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia
The Street of London
Japan Bullet Train
Südkreuz Station in Berlin Bus Stop
South of the Olympic Park in London

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