SIGNS AND SYMBOLS IN URBAN DESIGN

RED- ALERT
GREEN- ROAD OR PATHWAY

SEMIOTICS / SEMIOLOGY

DENOTATION- LITERAL MEANING

CONNOTATION- SECONDARY / CULTURAL MEANINGS
SYMBOLIC (ARBITRARY)- DEPENDS SA CULTURE OR OTHER FACTOR
ICONIC SIGNS- KUNG ANO NASA PIC YUN TALGA YUN
INDEXICAL- SIGNIFIER, CASUSE THE SIGNIFY

ICONIC AND INDEXICAL (USUAL IN URBAN DESIGN SETTINGS)

ORNAMENT AND DDECORATION

TO UNIFY THE CITY AS A WHOLE
STRENGHTEN THE IMAGE OF THE CITY
CONTRIBUTE TO THE FORMAL

FUNCTION:
ENRICH THEME OF LOCALITY
ENHANCE PHYSICAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL QUALITIES OF A PLACE

ORNAMENTS- FORMLA OVERTONES

-FOUNTAINS, SOFTSCAPES HARDSCAPES, KAHIT UTILITARIAN LIKE ELECTRIC POST
DECORATIONS- TEMPORARY
FIESTA(BANDIRITAS), COLORS,

ELEMENTS OF A CITY IN URBAN DESIGN

BUILDINGS
PUBLIC SPACES
STREETS
TRANSPORT
LANDSCAPES