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B.Arch Programme, IX Semester Theory of Urban Design ARCH503

This document provides an overview of a course on urban design theory from the Amity School of Architecture and Planning. It discusses several key topics that will be covered in the course, including the evolution of urban design as a discipline, different historical concepts of space, understanding the relationship between cities and observers through elements like geometry, vistas, and landmarks, and various aspects of urban form like imageability, the form-function relationship, and common urban structures. The objectives are for students to understand the visual elements and form of cities by the end of the course. References for further reading are also provided.

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B.Arch Programme, IX Semester Theory of Urban Design ARCH503

This document provides an overview of a course on urban design theory from the Amity School of Architecture and Planning. It discusses several key topics that will be covered in the course, including the evolution of urban design as a discipline, different historical concepts of space, understanding the relationship between cities and observers through elements like geometry, vistas, and landmarks, and various aspects of urban form like imageability, the form-function relationship, and common urban structures. The objectives are for students to understand the visual elements and form of cities by the end of the course. References for further reading are also provided.

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Amity School of Architecture and Planning

B.Arch Programme, IX Semester

Theory of Urban Design


ARCH503
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Visualization of image of the city

Aspects/elements & perception of urban


environment

Contents
Contents
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Learning Objectives

By end of this session you will be able to describe


the visual aspects/elements of a city and its form.

Learning Objectives
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Evolution of Urban Design

Settlement design has existed since prehistorical times; what has changed is:

• Needs of the epoch(Beginning of Period)


• Consciousness in approach
• Development of settlement design as a professional discipline with its
own tools and concepts
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• Traditional concepts of Space


• Time / duration
• Area/Extention
• Modern approaches to Space
• Mental Space : Experiential
• Physical Space : Existential
• Concept of Aesthetics
• creative arrangement of elements in a beautiful and functional manner

Concept/Notion/Approach of space varies with context


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Understanding relationship between the city


and its observer

• Extracted form: harmony between buildings and


nature….e.g consider basic slopes, angle of hills, vegetation/tree
canopies, and rock outcrops. Reflects dominant and pervasive features
of nature

An aerial view of Cape town


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Understanding relationship between the city


and its observer

• Water: proximity to water and possible interplay a natural


asset; water edges, harbours, shorelines, islands, canals e.t.c

Aerial view of Wear river, England from 1965


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Understanding relationship between the city


and its observer

• Geometry: form and relationships of angles, lines,


curves e.t.c

Satellite image of Mexico city


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Understanding relationship between the city


and its observer

• Vistas and site supremacy: view of landscape from the


city… beautifully framed countryside (panorama)

An aerial view New Delhi


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Understanding relationship between the city


and its observer

• Expression: space markers /symbology/ ornamentation/detail


e.g towers and minarets; landmarks; accent of urban landscape and
skyline

St. Mark’s square, Venice


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Understanding relationship between the city


and its observer

• Entrance/Approach: profound impact of cities on the


visitor who traverses long, crowded streets/water.

View of Noida from DND


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Understanding relationship between the city


and its observer

• Colour and light: choice of colour to reflect aesthetic


sensibility; quality of natural light an important visual
factor.

Aerial view of Doha, Qatar


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Understanding relationship between the city


and its observer

• Human scale: how each inhabitant would use space and how they
would feel in it.

Street view of Dubai


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Aspects of Urban Form

• Imageability: Physical Image v/s Functional Image

• Form-Function Relationship

• Main Variations of urban form and structure: Linear, radial, grid, cluster etc.

• Objectives of urban form (includes growth; Meaning and identity etc.)

• Growth and decline


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References;
1. Sennett Richard 1969, Classical Essays on the Culture of Cities, Prentice Hall, New Jersey
2. The American City: What Works and What Doesn't
by Alexander Garvin (1995)
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Thank You

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