Characteristics of urban design

HANOI ARCHITECTURAL UNIVERSITY2014

CHARACTERISTICS OF URBAN DESIGN

PRESENTATED BY NGUYEN DANG PHUONG LINH

CONTENT

1- SPATIAL ORIENTATION

Human scale

2- TIME ORIENTATION

3- PEOPLE & LANDSCAPE ENVIRONMENT

Social factor and community Space for every body Space without people

Human scale

Like many things in the design of cities, when you let the limits of human movement dictate size and proportions, the scale begins to feel human.

http://www.planetizen.com/node/67761

“You can sense how the heights of the buildings are in harmony with the width of the street. The materials are warm and natural, and, on the Avenues and major streets, the sidewalks are lined with small shops and restaurants. While walking, you have the sense that you “fit.”

1- SPATIAL ORIENTATION

Large squares are usually located in front of the museum, moseleum in order to create a sense of solemnity, and makes people feel small.

Some effects of human scale being used in urban design

Small public space creates a feeling of closeness, and helps people communicate more easily

www.ucityguides.com/cities/top-10-most-beautiful-squares.html www.politicspace.wordpress.com

2- TIME ORIENTATION

Buildings in urban centers, construction engineering and design thinking are common symbols and identity of the times

Tranditional and modern cathedral

Tranditional and modern building

Dubai Palm Islands is the world's largest artificial island in the shape of a palm tree.

3- PEOPLE & LANDSCAPE ENVIRONMENT

Social factor and community

Green spaces in urban centers are essential to building healthy, livable cities.

thecityfix.com/blog/urban-green-space-makes-people-happier-than-money-luisa-zottis

The new green space offered in the middle of the roundabout also adds valuable community space. The center lawn is somewhat insulated from car noise.

dirt.asla.org

Space for every bodyGreat public spaces are the living room of the city - the place where people come together to enjoy the city and each other. Public spaces make high quality life in the city possible - they form the stage and backdrop to the drama of life. Public spaces range from grand central plazas and squares, to small, local neighborhood parks.

http://www.urbandesign.org/elements.html

People make spaces. Cities are fundamentally about people and the

ways in which public spaces are built is important to any city.

urbantimes.co/2014/04/this-ted-talk-looks-at-what-makes-a-public-space-work/

www.mas.org/putting-public-space-in-its-place/

Guerrero Park Public Space Near

Multi-Family in San Francisco

arkansasconstruction.co/10-ideas-for-improving-new-yorks-public-spaces/

“Putting Public Space in its

Place,” a Harvard Conference on Public Space

Space without people

In order to utilize the free space effectively,student architects from the University OfWaterloo School Of Architecture havecome up with a new design by usingcardboard and various other materials suchas fabric. The name given to what theyhave created on a test basis is TESTtubes:An Urban Forest. The intention is to createan modern looking forest in the free spacesthat are not in use anymore.www.greendiary.com/transforming-free-spaces-

urban-forests-recycled-cardboard-tubes

The figure-ground diagrams are a first approach to the description of the urban space.

metrhispanic.com/2014/04/

Space without people can be understand is an open urban space, and is shown as white color in the figure- ground diagram.

The Green Park. London, UK.