Understanding Community Culture and Aesthetics for Urban Design

PLAN 2-FUNDAMENTALS OF URBAN DESIGN AND COMMUNITY ARCHITECTURE colegio de san juan letran-calamba
URBAN DESIGN AND

COMMUNITY
ARCHITECTURE
BY AR.ANGELA GABRIELLE LORENO

Community Architecture can be simply defined as, “architecture carried

outwith the active participation of the end-users”.(Wates, Handbook 184)
Community Planning starts with understanding the civic

framework of a place — the agencies, organizations,
institutions, and residents that shape places. It entails
meaningful engagement to learn how places are valued
and to identify expectations, hopes, and concerns.
URBAN DESIGN
creating places of beauty & distinct identity
planning
landscape
architecture
architecture
development
engineering economics
historic preservation transportation

planning
Urban Design involves understanding, organizing, and shaping relationships

between buildings, streets, open spaces, landscape elements, and natural
features.
Urban design is interdisciplinary; we work with architects, engineers,

economists, and other technical and creative professionals to uncover new
paths and possibilities. We create clear, compelling visuals to communicate
observations, ideas, and concepts, and to generate excitement about the
future.
EXPERTISE
Vision Plans & Comprehensive/Master Plans
Plans for Neighborhoods, Corridors, Downtowns, &
Districts
Redevelopment Plans & Reuse Studies
Character Analysis, Zoning Codes, & Design Guidelines
Public Realm Guidelines & Concepts
Mobility & Wayfinding Plans
“SOCIO-CULTURAL
BASIS OF DESIGN OF
COMMUNITIES”

SOCIO
+
CULTURAL
Cultural aspects include concepts

of beauty, education, language, law
and politics, religion, social
organizations, technology and
material culture, values and
attitudes
Social factors include reference

groups, family, role and status in
society, time and available
resources.
Sociocultural perspective refers to a

point of view that is built upon the
idea that society and culture are
major factors influencing personal
development.
There are many sociocultural

factors referring to man; some
examples are religion, attitudes,
economic status, class, language,
politics and law. These factors can
affect quality of life, business and
health, but as future architects we
will be focusing to what planning
and designing architecturally a
community should be.
Demographic structure (eg. size

and density of population, rate of
population growth, age and sex
structure);
Ethno-linguistic characteristics (ie.

division of the population on the
basis of 'physical' characteristics,
such as race, tribe, clan or
language);
Social structure (eg. leadership

structures, division on the basis of
class or caste, gender relations,
degrees and forms of cooperative
activity);
Religious beliefs and practices;

Other cultural beliefs and practices
(eg. particular customs,
ceremonies, taboos, prejudices);
3.2.1 Pros:
• Sufficient Data for Analysis, you will be able to

gather great information that would help support
during the analyzing phase.
• Adaptation, so for that the community will be

able to consider the development from the other
neighbors and they will not have the feeling of
being alienated.
• Distinguish, any area or community will be

noticed according to ambiance, people,
architectural character, and etc.
3.2.2. Cons:
• Ideal/ Practical aspect because of

modernity, as the generation goes by, the
activities of man becomes more realistic,
ideal or practical.
The community’s culture can be used as a source of

information for the planning, design, and development of
projects that would connect to the user’s characters and
tradition. Research findings show that culture-oriented product
have meaningful content that reflect the people’s lifestyle as
well as provide them with symbolic personal, cultural and
social values that helps facilitate product acceptance. (Richie
Moalosi, The impact of Socio-Cultural Factors Upon Human-centred Design in
Botswana (2007

"Historical Background:
Aesthetics/Community
Architecture"
AESTHETIC
Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy concerning
studies on the nature and expression of beauty or
taste. The aesthetics of a building is one of the
principal aspects considered in architecture.
AESTHETIC OF FILIPINO
ARCHITECTURE
REYNA ESCOLTA
AESTHETIC CONFLICTS IN SOCIAL DESIGN
“humanitarian design”
“design for humanity”
“Social impact design”
“participatory design,”
“community-engaged design”
“public interest design”
The four physical and visual

qualities most often mentioned in
the analyzed texts were:

1. unique, authentic, and local;

2. beautiful;
3. high-quality (especially in terms of craftsmanship);
4. and unified (in appearance and/or meaning).
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
BEAUTIFUL CITIES IN THE WORLD:
KYOTO, JAPAN VENICE, ITALY
#SanaAll
Is there a way for designers to

inspire the creativity of all
participants, and use that
collective creativity to inspire
compelling and uplifting
design?
Tom Arie Donch explains,

“Community built starts with a
very fundamental thing: that
everyone can be involved and
that everyone has a point of
expression.”
AESTHETIC (DESIGN) = CONSENSUS

ACTION ITEMS
activity no. 2

1. Orientation & Identity

Community Architecture
in
2. Creating and Identifying the Sense

of Place and Sense of Time in
Urban Planning Context
END.

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PLAN 2-FUNDAMENTALS OF URBAN DESIGN AND COMMUNITY ARCHITECTURE colegio de san juan letran-calamba

URBAN DESIGN AND

BY AR.ANGELA GABRIELLE LORENO

Community Architecture can be simply defined as, “architecture carried

Community Planning starts with understanding the civic

historic preservation transportation

Urban Design involves understanding, organizing, and shaping relationships

Urban design is interdisciplinary; we work with architects, engineers,

Cultural aspects include concepts

Social factors include reference

Sociocultural perspective refers to a

There are many sociocultural

Demographic structure (eg. size

Ethno-linguistic characteristics (ie.

Social structure (eg. leadership

Religious beliefs and practices;

• Sufficient Data for Analysis, you will be able to

• Adaptation, so for that the community will be

• Distinguish, any area or community will be

• Ideal/ Practical aspect because of

The community’s culture can be used as a source of

AESTHETIC CONFLICTS IN SOCIAL DESIGN

The four physical and visual

1. unique, authentic, and local;

BEAUTIFUL CITIES IN THE WORLD:

KYOTO, JAPAN VENICE, ITALY

Is there a way for designers to

Tom Arie Donch explains,

AESTHETIC (DESIGN) = CONSENSUS

1. Orientation & Identity

2. Creating and Identifying the Sense

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