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Presentation 1
Presentation 1
Presentation 1
INTRODUCTION
With accords to Ian Bentley and others (1985), there are seven design
personalisation. Each design qualities deal with a specific issues and concern in
an urban environment.
the people to opportunities and at the same time giving them comfort to live in the
The harmony in the community is very essential; it is the root of serenity and
progress in the place. Harmony could be achieved through proper layout of the
The whole book is about this:"The design of a place affects the choices people
can make, at many levels:Permeability: where people can go and where they
cannot.Variety: the range of uses available to peopleLegibility: how easily people
can understand what opportunities it offersRobustness: the degree to which
people can use a given place for different purposes.Visual appropriateness: the
detailed appearance of the place make people aware of the choices
available.Richness: people's choice of sensory experiencesPersonalization: the
extent to which people can put their own stamp on a place."
DESIGN QUALITIES
Permeability
circulation takes place. It includes the transportation systems and road hierarchy.
permeability. Urban areas suffer from traffic and countless number of pedestrian and
car accident. This concludes that the design for the overall layout of routes and
development blocks for urban areas fail; this because the designer fails to consider
some important factors or only designed the layout for a certain time line.
Almost all Urban Areas suffered from heavy traffic because the roads could
not cope to the increasing numbers of vehicles which is not considered by the
designers back in time where technology is not that progressive and influential. This
only means that when you design you should always consider the possible changes
in the future.
Accessibility is very essential in any place, it is the first factors which could
blocks is much effective than bigger one because it creates sub roads which gives
option for the users and much less dead ends that could cost confusion and conflict.
Permeability also indicates the public and private places. Roads and streets are
public areas which divided to create a series of block which is a private area. In
are four steps to achieve permeability: first is to analyse the streets and blocks of
the surrounding area, to establish the relative importance of all access points to
the site; second locate new routes through the site; third, analyse traffic roles of
all the proposed new streets and check that street widths and junction designs are
acceptable to the traffic engineers, and last check that the blocks defined by the
Variety
The design affects the range of uses available to people: the quality we shall
designing an Architect always has a macro and micro analysis of the site to
indicate the actors that could affect the project. The two analyses are significant
in assigning the zoning of different spaces. In macro analysis we always use the
city Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP); the plan indicates the different
zones in the whole city. Architect use it as their reference if their project suits with
e land use of the land to avoid conflict. Planners created the plan that helps to
The zoning of the city is also a factor that affects urban environment.
Narrow roads are not the only cause of traffic congestion in urban areas but also
increased in population the city land zoning changes every five years. This causes
Mixed land use often takes a large amount of space in the city plan because of
the exchange of users. It has an advantage and disadvantages. The good point is it
could give the people more option in terms of their business and lifestyle however;
places. The two could affect each other. Wrong zoning could cause delay to the
function of the roads. The examples of it are malls and other huge structures with a
large amount of users. If there is a large amount of user the density of cars travelling
to that place will also increase, exceeding the capable limit of the road which could
lead to traffics.
With accords to Bentley (1985), to maximise the variety of uses in the project
is: first asses the level of demands for different types of uses in the project, and
establish how wide a mix of uses it economically and functionally feasible to have;
second the tentative building volumes already established as partially desirable are
tested to see whether they can feasibly house the desired mix of uses, and last the
Legibility
Legibility is designing the massing of the buildings, and the enclosure of public
shows the junction and intersection of roads around it. Legibility shows the city as
a one big plan, it also shows the blocking of building and its accessibility to the
Right blocking of buildings is very essential, each building could affects one
another that is why it very important to locate correctly without affecting the
existing old ones. There are factors that need to consider in forming buildings:
first identify the wind and sun direction, tall building should place besides low rise
buildings because it could block the sunlight and also the wind, second is the
access, every building must accessible from the main road, and last the distance of
Robustness
Variety also related to robustness, when the land use of a specific place
change the use of buildings existed in the place might change too.
Visual Appropriateness
et. al 1985). This quality focuses in the pattern of building in the city. Each
characteristics.
This is about the exterior aesthetic of the place that could be the identity of the
place. It is
interpretations people put on places: whether designers want them to or not, people
offered.
Richness
Richness is developing the design for sensory choice (Bentley et. al 1985).
This quality is much detailed than visual appropriateness. It indicates what specific
place in the area should be highlighted, what kind of materials should be used and
How it will encourage people to visit the area and how it will be productive.
Bentley (1985) stated that “in this stage, we are dealing with the smallest
richness, both visual and non-visual, and select appropriate materials and
Personalisation
In his book Bentley (1985) stated that “The design affects the extent to which
people can put their own stamp on a place: we shall call this personalisation”. The
design quality allows the users to create a space for their own choice but not