What is

meant by
URBAN DESIGN?
ecologically driven design.
Urban designer
requires
interdisciplinary
input with
balanced
representation of
multiple fields
including
engineering,
ecology, local
history, and
transport planning
The best urban design
involves working in
teams with groups of
professionals with a wide
range of complementary
skills, knowledge and
expertise.
 City
Entire form
City Planning

Urban
Design

details
Architecture

Building
 Architectural
Design

* Relates to single building

* Insists on function of one

building(residential – commercial –
office…)

* Form of one building (colors –

materials….)

* No focus on spaces between

buildings or other buildings
 Urban
planning

* Organizes the physical components of the city

* Deals with functional relationships between the elements of

the city uses of the buildings- streets- transportation-
infrastructure….

* focus on function not on aesthetics

 So, there is a need to an
intermediate scale

Urban Architectural
planning Design

Large scale Limited scale

* Deals with groups of
buildings and the urban
Urban
spaces between these Design
buildings
*open spaces like
“streets- pedestrian
paths- gardens-
squares……”
*Concerns with
aesthetics of physical
environment”
landscape- furniture of
open spaces……
*Focuses on the users of
these spaces
 We express Urban Design project in
Detailed Maps + Architectural Drawings:

elevations

sections
 Why
URBAN DESIGN
is Significant
Urban design is a key to making places that are :
1. Good to live.
Urban design is a key to making places that are :
2. attractive to visit.
3.Urban design is essential in creating
community identity.
4. Careful urban design
may contribute to a
reduction in crime and
anti social behavior.
Urban design is a key to making places that are :

5. successful both socially and economically.

 What is
URBAN DESIGN
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Is the process of
shaping the physical
setting for life in
cities and villages.
The art of making places
The method by which man
creates a built environment
that fulfils his aspirations and
represents his values (2003)
Important writers on, and
advocates for, urban design
theory include Christopher Alexander,
Michael E. Arth, Edmund Bacon,
Peter Calthorpe, Gordon Cullen,
Andres Duany, Jane Jacobs, Jan
Gehl, Kevin Lynch, Roger Montgomery,
Aldo Rossi, Colin Rowe, Robert
Venturi, William H. Whyte, Bill Hillier,
and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk.
 What is
meant by
URBAN DESIGN?
• Reference : Introduction to Urban Design
Alshimaa A Farag
Ms. LEED AP
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