ELECTIVE-II
URBAN DESIGN
LECTURE-4
Ar. Ananta Gautam
ELEMENTS OF URBAN OF DESIGN
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Urban design involves arrangement of buildings, public spaces, transport systems, services
and amenities.
Urban design involves design and coordination of all elements that make up cities and towns
Urban pattern and urban fabric
Building form, streetscape, roofscapes
Connections: Visual and physical
Movement structures and systems
Public open spaces: Streets, Squares, Spaces between buildings, Parks, Landscape
Public infrastructure and amenities
1. URBAN PATTERN AND URBAN FABRIC
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Urban pattern is the underlying geometry of city form
Arrangement of built environment(mass and voids and their relationship)
Pattern qualifies size and shape of a city
Radial
Grid
Irregular
1. URBAN PATTERN AND URBAN FABRIC
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Urban fabric is physical form of towns and cities
Urban fabrics are coarse and fine grain
Fine urban grain constitute a network of smaller blocks and streetscapes.
Fine Grain
Coarse Grain
2. BUILDING FORM, STREETSCAPE AND ROOFSCAPE
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Building form shape and articulate space by forming the streetwalls of the city
Well designed buildings and groups work together to create a sense of a place
2. BUILDING FORM, STREETSCAPE AND ROOFSCAPE
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Visual elements of street, including road, buildings, sidewalks, furniture, trees and
open spaces combine to form street’s character
2. BUILDING FORM, STREETSCAPE AND ROOFSCAPE
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High building and rise of drones permit city to be seen from above
Presents opportunities for creative and decorative treatments of city
3. CONNECTION: VISUAL AND PHYSICAL
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Visual: Creating vistas rather than blocked view allows people to move around easily by
linking their current location to destination
Physical: a network of routes works best when the main streets are full of shops, offices,
public buildings and housing.
Routes are also successful when they are connected with each other to provide alternative
ways of getting around.
4. MOVEMENT STRUCTURE AND SYSTEM
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Interconnected system of streets, roads and paths accommodating pedestrians, cyclists, onroad public transport, private and emergency vehicles
Good Movement Network are:
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Connected
Prioritize walking, cycling and public transport modes of transport
Integrate convenient walking, cycling and public transport routes to local destinations
Provide opportunities for planned and incidental physical activity
5. PUBLIC OPEN SPACES
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Streets, Square, Spaces between buildings, Parks, Landscapes
Street dedicated for common use
They are sites for celebration, rebellion and for expressing public dissent
It is often said that urban design is about the space between buildings. Buildings can be seen
as a backdrop to the drama of public life which plays out in the squares and streets of our
towns and cities
Park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment
and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats
Landscapes are all the visible features of an area of land, often considered in terms of their
aesthetic appeal.
6. PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURES AND AMENITIES
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Public infrastructure and amenities are facilities, structures, equipment, services and
institutions that are essential to the economy and quality of life of a nation, region or city.
Quality of life is the well-being of individuals, communities and societies
Heath, air, water & food quality, Education, Happiness, Safety, Freedom, Privacy, Public space,
Culture, Profession, Physical activity, Transportation, etc impact quality of life
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