Criticism & comparison

Theorists EDMUND BACON Matthew carmona Christopher Alexander

nationality American Philadelphia England Austria

His most important

works & books

•Design of Cities (May 20, 1976). •Writings of • Writings of Published November Published August
• matthew carmona • matthew 19th 1987 by 25th 1977
•Understanding Cities documentary
•2001 carmona Oxford University by Oxford University
film series (1981) • 2008 Press, USA
Press, USA

Interests He is an Matthew Carmona is Professor He is regarded as the father of the

architect, educator,
and author
he was highely affected by
his mothers HELEN was a
designer
Theory Book Design of cities
1-at the City Planning large- and small-
scale design ideas that shaped today's
Philadelphia.
B- Other concepts conceived during
Factors influencing Bacon's tenure, such as Schuylkill River
Park, included in the 1963 Center City
Plan, came into being many years later
Pattern Language movement in
of Planning and Urban Design at
software, and the original wiki was
the Bartlett School of Planning,
launched by engineers inspired by
UCL.worked as a researcher at his work.
Strathclyde and Reading
Universities and as an architect
in practice.
His research has focused on the
policy context for delivering
Urban places public spaces A New Theory of Urban Design
The main 2 reasons made matthew 1-new theoretical framework for
talk about the dimensions and its the discussion of urban problems
importance to urban designers
a. teaching urban design at the core 2-Alexander proposes here a
of an interdisciplinary preliminary set of seven rules
b. there was a need to prepare which embody the process at a
undergraduate lecture courses practical level.
presenting ideas
 Criticism & comparison
Theorists EDMUND BACON
Bacon identifies eight elements of
'Involvement' in Architecture and
Urban Design. To identify these
Idea and direction elements, Bacon
utilizes painting Architectural
Capriccio. Describing these elements
as functions of design, the he argues
the urban designer should be aware of
these elements
Dimension
1-the perceptual dimension
2-the visual dimension
3-the functional dimension
“House Divided: Philadelphia’s
Criticism directed to Controversial Crosstown Expressway"
theorist
One should also notice that BACON has
About his dimension chosen this dimension as he was
highely affected by his mothers HELEN
was a designer he was also affected by
his teacher Richardson Dilworth
Focus on )urban design) The highway road & the visual image of
building
the division of network system of high
Safety way road
Bacon didn’t care about the social
My point of view diminsion
Matthew carmona
Showing how cities in the UK and around
the world have used their public spaces to
deliver economic, health and social
benefits
THE SOCIAL DIMENSION WAS HUGE
CONCERN TO CARMONA BUT HE ALSO
TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF OTHER
DIMENSIONS
1.Morphological 2.Visual 3.Percptual
4.Functional 5.Tempral
Development interist in particular , have
consistently directed their criticism at the
the process of design control rather at the
outcomes . They argue thier concentration
on design invetably
Carmona gave design principles to each
dimension in order to set academic content Venice or Amsterdam, convey a feeling of
for urban design students but we can see
his concern specifically about social
dimension in his book capita spaces and his
ideas about puplic spaces & community
spaces
The puplic spaces in London and capita
cities
Saftey wasn't the main concern of Matthew
carmona as he talked about space as closed
area where activities take places
THE ACADEMIC duty made carmona to talk
about all the dimensions despite his
personal interest in social dimension
Christopher Alexander
the idea of a Growing whole
the overriding rule
the seven detailed rules of growth
1.Morphological dimension
2-the functional dimension
Alexander is sometimes overlooked by
texts in the history and theory of
architecture because his work
intentionally disregards contemporary
architectural discourse.
the morphological dimension
The venerable cities of the past, such as
wholeness, an organic unity that surfaces
in every detail.
Alexander presents a new theory of
urban design which attempts to
recapture the process by which cities
develop organically.
He talked about urban design for city
from side Creating buildings and
environments that support life
Creating buildings and environments that
support life
But he did not talk about safety element
well
Allexandr did not care any another
dimension of urban design and special
neglect social element