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Topic #7: Elements of Urban Design

Lecture and Discussion


 Elements of Urban Design
1. Buildings
 The most pronounced elements of urban design.
 They shape and articulate space by forming the street walls of the city.
 Well design buildings and groups of buildings work together to create a sense of place.

2. Public Space
 Great 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
drama of life.
 Public spaces range from grand central plazas & square, to small, local neighborhood parks
3. Streets
 The connection between spaces & places as well as being spaces themselves.
 They are defined by their physical dimension & character as well as the scale, size,
character of the buildings that line them.
 Street range from Grand Avenue to small intimate pedestrian streets.
 The pattern of the street network is part of what define a city & what makes each city
unique.

4. Transport
 Transport system connect the part of cities & help shape them, & enable movement
throughout the city.
 They include road, rail, bicycle & pedestrian network & together form the total movement
system of the city.
 The balance of these various transport system is what helps define the quality & character
of the city & makes them either friendly or hostile to pedestrian.
 The best cities are the one that elevate the experience of the pedestrian while minimizing
the dominance of the private automobile.
5. Landscape
 The green part of the city that waves throughout in the form of urban park, street trees, plants,
flower & water many forms.
 Landscape helps define the character and beauty of a city & creates soft contrasting spaces &
elements.
 Green space in cities range from parks to small, intimate pocket parks.

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