DIFFRENCE BETWEEN
ARCHITECTURE, URBAN DESIGN &
URBAN PLANNING
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Architecture
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Definition
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Some Important Feature
Urban Design
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Definition
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Some Important Feature
Urban Planning
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Definition
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Some Important Feature
Comparative Analysis
CONTENTS
 A general term to describe buildings and other physical structures.
 The art and science of designing buildings and (some) non-binding
structures.
 The style of design and method of construction of buildings and other
physical structures.
ARCHITECTURE
 Individuality
Mainly deals with the individual building structures satisfying the needs of the
users.
 Within Spheres of Urban Planning
The decisions made in the architectural realm are made in the context of the
environment. Architecture is a natural outgrowth of planning.
 Aesthetics
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Architecture focuses more on the aesthetic value, and structural integrity of
buildings formulated within a design process.
SOME FEATURES OF ARCHITECTURE
“Architecture isn’t just the reflection of the state of society, it’s the reflection of the mind”
 Function
One of the main principles of architecture to design buildings for a specific
purpose of use.
 Form
 Related to the shape or configuration of a building.
 Firmness
Physical strength and durability of the structure.
SOEM FEATURES OF ARCHITECTURE
(3 F’S OF ARCHITECTURE)
URBAN DESIGN
 Urban design is concerned with the arrangement, appearance and
function of our suburbs, towns and cities.
 It is both a process and an outcome of creating localities in which
people live, engage with each other, and engage with the physical
place around them.
 It involves the design and coordination of all that makes up cities and
towns.
URBAN DESIGN
 Urban design is concerned with designing individual features of a city
such as a transportation system, park or element of water
infrastructure.
 It is a creative role that designs things that improve quality of life,
resilience and sustainability. Modern urban designers are typically
expected to engage neighborhoods in design in the spirit of user
experience.
URBAN DESIGN
 It is said to be the ease with which
people understand the layout of a
place.
 To understand the layout of the city,
people make a mental map, which
contains mental images of the city
constrains. (varies from every
individual)
LEGIBILITY
 IT Is the quality of physical
object, which gives an
observer a strong vivid image.
OR
 Imageability is the mental
image each person creates of
a city that helps with way
finding or their overall
perception of the environment
IMAGIBILITY
The basic elements of urban design to be studied:
 Nodes
 Landmarks
 Districts
 Edges
 Paths
ELEMENTS OF URBAN DESIGN
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Node is basically an intersection or a
junction point.
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For example:
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Linked pathways
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Public transit stops
NODES
HIGH DENSITY
MEDIUM DENSITY
LOW DENSITY
 A landmark is basically a
reference point. Usually
they are simply defined
physical objects.
 Example :
 Statue, building, mountain
etc.
LANDMARKS
 They are basically the sections of
the city having a certain boundary.
DISTRICTS
DISTRICT
EDGE LINE
 They are the boundaries
between two phases, linear break
in continuity, walls, borders etc.
 Closes one region from another.
 Segregates two spaces.
EDGES
EDGE LINE
These are the channels along
which observer moves.
 They may be streets, walk ways,
canals, railroads etc.
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PATHS
REF: the city image and its elements.
ARTRIAL LINE
SUB ARTRIAL
PATHWAYS
 Urban planning is the planning of city structures such as policies,
zones, neighborhoods, infrastructure, standards and building codes.
URBAN PLANNING
 Scale
 Comparatively large-scale planning and designing interventions
 Economy
 Oriented to achieve the objective of economy for all the people.
 Infrastructure and social services
 Focused to provide unbiased infrastructure and social services to all groups
of people and societies of urban settlements
SOME FEATURES OF URBAN PLANNING
 Time Frame
 Usually medium to long term planning interventions.
 Legal framework
 Provides legal frameworks to control and guide the growth of urban areas.
 Management of Urban Environment
 Set mechanisms to control/manage the change in urban environment.
SOME FEATURES OF URBAN PLANNING
INDICATORS
ARCHITECTURE
URBAN DESIGN
URBAN PLANNING
Definition
The design of individual
buildings and its
components
The design of city’s
features like paths,
districts, nodes etc.
The planning and designing
of towns and citifies through
set building and
development control tools
and mechanisms.
Scale
Individual building
Spaces between
buildings: street, park,
transit stop
Whole neighbourhoods,
districts & cities
Focus
Aesthetic and functional Aesthetic and functional Infrastructure and social
services
Treatment of Space
2D & 3D
3D
Predominantly 2D
Time Frame
No definite time frame
Short Term (<5 years)
Long Term (5 to 20 years)
Common Goals
Sustainability
Resilience
Quality of Life
Sustainability
Resilience
Quality of Life
Sustainability
Resilience
Quality of Life
COMPARATIVE ASPECTS OF THREE DISCIPILINES
QUSTIONS???
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