Principles of urban

planning
Lecturer : Stran Star
 URBAN VOID
Urban voids are spaces that are useless, underused, abandoned,
or in-between spaces among public and private realms also
known as empty plots (vacant land), green area and unbuilt land.
In the United States, UK and Europe void, for the most part, meant
some kind of local bus or rail service, and it is also shown as part of the
void in site analysis.
URBAN MASS
Mass & Void The term “urban mass” generally refers to already existing buildings or
built area including landmarks and historical monuments.
Space Syntax, PEST &
SWOT Analysis
Bill Hiller

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 Space syntax

Benefits of using space syntax

01 02 03 04 05
Movement Land use Safety Land value Carbon emissions

movement, such land use, showing safety, allowing risk Brief description carbon emissions,
that Space Syntax how land use to be identified and should include highlighting the
safer places to be
models can be performance is created - land value, what the audience contribution of
used as strategic deeply influenced demonstrating the can expect and at spatial planning
traffic modeling by spatial location influence of spatial least a basic and design to
tools for vehicle, networks on timeframe of some environmental
property economics
pedestrian and kind.
cycling movement
 PEST Analysis
A PEST analysis is a way of examining how external factors
influence the market in a given area.

P E S T
Political Economic Social Technological

Influences related Unemployment Population growth, Technological

to politics and the rates, economic environmental, developments and
government. Laws, growth, and cultural and offerings affect
taxes, and inflation interest rates have demographic cost structure,
rates can affect a huge impact on factors affect who, building materials,
the price of real when, and how and how people
housing and cost estate. people can buy shop.
of living. properties.
 SWOT Analysis

Strengths Weaknesses

S W
Positive attributes of the site, both Factors that highlight things that are
tangible and intangible, that are within your control but weaken the
within users control. sites competitive standing.

Opportunities Threats

O T
Positive external factors that the area Identify potential threats in the area/
can prosper and grow based on site. What obstacles do users face? Is
markets, population, mass & void it natural factor or man made threat?
Masterplan
Master Planning
A master plan is a dynamic long-term planning
document that provides a conceptual layout to
guide future growth and development.

Master planning is about making the connection

between

Buildings

social settings,

and their surrounding environments.

A master plan includes:

analysis, recommendations, and proposals for a

site’s population, economy, housing, transportation,
community facilities, and land use.

Which is based on public input, surveys, planning

initiatives, existing development, physical
characteristics, and social and economic conditions.