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    A visual survey in urban design is an examination of the form, appearance, and composition of a city. A survey enables the urban designer to see where the city needs reshaping. The stimulation performance curve, a sort of inverted 'U' shape, is characteristic of many psychological dimensions.

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    A visual survey in urban design is an examination of the form, appearance, and composition of a city. A survey enables the urban designer to see where the city needs reshaping. The stimulation performance curve, a sort of inverted 'U' shape, is characteristic of many psychological dimensions.

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    A visual survey in urban design is an examination of the form, appearance, and composition of a city. A survey enables the urban designer to see where the city needs reshaping. The stimulation performance curve, a sort of inverted 'U' shape, is characteristic of many psychological dimensions.

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    TheImageoftheCity

    Makingavisualsurvey
    PaulD.Spreiregen Inthecaseofacity,theanalysisisadiagnosisofthecityscomponent pieces,toseetherelationsbetweenthesepiecesandtoassesstheir condition. Avisualsurveyinurbandesignisanexaminationoftheform, appearance,andcompositionofacityanevaluationofitsassetsand liabilities.Avisualsurveyalsoenablestheurbandesignertoseewhere thecityneedsreshaping. Keywords actvity,density,district,image,route,scale,skyline,trafficpattern, urbanstructure,visualsurvey,vocabularyofurbanform

    LandformandNature

    Shape

    UrbanSpaces and OpenSpaces

    Routes

    TheAnatomyofaDistrict

    PedestrianAreas

    Orientation

    PedestrianAreas

    VistaandSkyline

    TechniquesforSurveying

    RecordingtheResults
    Afullsetofsurveymapsmightincludethefollowing:

    1. Topography 2.Microclimatesun,windandstormdirections 3.Shape 4.Patterns,texturesandgrains 5.Routes 6.Districts 7.Landmarksandnodes 8.Openspaces 9.Vistas

    10.Magnets,generatorsandlinkages 11.Specialactivitycentersandoverallactivitystructure 12.Hubsofintensevisualexperience 13.Strongandweakareasoforientation 14.Signareas 15.Pointsofconflict 16.Historicorspecialdistricts 17.Communitystructure 18.Areasforpreservation,moderateremodeling andcompleteoverhaul 19.Placesneedingclarifyingdesignelements 20.Sketchmaps producedbythemanonthestreettodiscerntheurban featuresandformsprominentinthepublicseye.

    2.2Thethreeimportantneedsofstimulation,securityandidentitycanallbesatisfiedbythe designedenvironment.Ourbalanceofneedatanytimewilldependonseveralfactors,including personality,physicalhealthandage,andsocialcontext

    2.3Thestimulationperformancecurve,asortofinvertedUshapethatischaracteristicof manypsychologicaldimensions.Ifweareinadequatelystimulated,weareboredandlose interestinourtask.Overstimulationmeansthatwesimplycannotconcentrate.Ourmaximal performancecomessomewhereinbetween

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