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Contextualization
of Urban Design
& Community
Architecture

Prepared by,
Arch. Mela
FAR 411
Planning 2
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Urban Design
• Design doesn’t only concern the physical
form, color, texture, size, or shape, but
also concerns function.

“an art of architecture & its relationship with

the environment”

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Urban Design
• Process of designing and shaping the
physical setting of life in towns, cities, and
villages.

• Urban design theory deals primarily with

the design and management of public
space

Public Space
• the totality of spaces used freely on a day-
to-day basis by the general public,such as
streets, plazas, parks & public infrastructure.

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Urban Design = Urban Planning

“ if you can tell a man by his shoes,

you can tell a city by its pavements”
- Rowan Moore

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“ In a successful modern city, the car must

no longer be king”
- Patricia Brown

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Community Planning
• a forward planning process, which
identifies human and material resources
and puts in place potential response
system

• The plan is a list of activities community

people agree to follow

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Urban Design

Urban Design focuses on understanding:

• spaces and connections between
neighborhood and buildings

• relationship between buildings and spaces

in terms of scale, appearance and uses

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Urban Design

(continuation)
• how the various parts of a town or
neighborhood work together, focusing on the
public realm

• how people interact and move through an area

or place

• what makes a place distinctive and how it

contributes to local character and identity
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Urban Design
FRAMEWORK:
1. Historic preservation
and urban
conservation
2. Design for pedestrians
3. Vitality and variety of
use
4. The cultural
environment
5. Environmental context
6. Architectural values
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Urban Design & Community Planning

GOALS:
1. Distinctive built form
2. Access and movement
3. High quality public realm
4. Sustainable urban environment
5. Adaptable growth
6. Cohesive community

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