Understanding

THE URBAN
& its relation to
ARCHITECTURE
How does the urban influence
your architectural design?
Knowing the ‘SPIRIT’ of the urban ..
What IS PLACE? Place is a product of physical attributes,
human conception and activities
(Canter,1977)

Place is a geographical space that has

acquired meaning as a result of a
person's interaction with the space
(Speller,2000)

Places are centres of felt value:

attachment, self-esteem, security, dependency, reference,
recognition, notion, sentiment, function (Tuan,1977)

Place is a ‘total phenomenon’ which

given such a CHARACTER (Schulz,1979)

More info:
Schulz, Proshansky, Relph, Altman, Tuan,
Rapoport, Uzzell, Zumthors, Chorrea, Lynch