URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Morphological AnalysisUrban
Morphology
is the study of the form of human settlements and the process of
their formation and transformation. The study seeks to understand
the spatial structure and character of a metropolitan area, city,
town or village by examining the patterns of its component parts
and the process of its development.
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Morphological AnalysisEvolution of
Town
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Morphological AnalysisEvolution of
Town
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Morphological AnalysisForm and
Pattern
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Morphological AnalysisForm and
Pattern
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Morphological AnalysisOld
Structures/Elements
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Morphological AnalysisOld
Structures/Elements
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Morphological AnalysisOld
Structures/Elements
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Visual AnalysisCity Profile
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Visual AnalysisCity Image
A public image of any given city is the overlap of many
individual images. It refers to physical forms and are classified
into five types of elements: path, edges, districts, nodes and
landmarks.
Old City of Sanaa
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Visual AnalysisPath
Channels by which people move along roads, sidewalks, streets,
rails
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Visual AnalysisEdges
Dividing lines between two phases railway lines, seashores,
river
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Visual AnalysisDistricts
A medium to large sections of a city which are recognizable as
having a common , identifying character.
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Visual AnalysisLandmarks
Point of reference, it makes one orient oneself buildings,
monument, signs
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Visual AnalysisNodes
Area of strategic spots where extra focus are given popular city
centre, busy intersections, parks, markets
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Visual AnalysisEdges
Dividing lines between two phases railway lines, seashores,
river
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Visual AnalysisCity Form
general pattern of building height and development intensity"
and the "structural elements" that define the City physically, such
as natural features, transportation corridors (including the
planned fixed rail transit system), open space, public facilities,
as well as activity centres and focal elements.
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Visual AnalysisCity Form
The arrangement of a built up area. This arrangement is made up
of many components including how close buildings and uses are
together; what uses are located where; and how much of the natural
environment is a part of the built up area.
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Visual AnalysisCity Form
It relates to imageability: visible, coherent and clear. To
heighten the imageability of the urban environment is to facilitate
its visual identification and structuring.
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Visual AnalysisCity Form
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Visual AnalysisCity Form
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Visual AnalysisUrban Structure
The overall framework of a region, town or precinct, showing
relationships between zones of built forms, land forms, natural
environments, activities and open spaces. It encompasses broader
systems including transport and infrastructure networks
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Visual AnalysisUrban Structure
The urban design structure defines the urban form and the
building form
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Visual AnalysisMovement Pattern
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Visual AnalysisMovement Pattern
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Visual AnalysisMovement Pattern
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Visual AnalysisBuildings
Buildings are the most pronounced elements of urban design they
shape and articulate space by forming the the streetwalls of the
city. Well designed buildings and groups of buildings work together
to create a sense of place.
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Visual AnalysisBuildings uses
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Visual AnalysisArchitectural
features
Architecture ties structural elements and spaces together to
achieve cohesion. Architectural features are the unique details and
component parts that, together, form the architectural style of
houses, buildings and structures.
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Visual AnalysisActive building
frontages
street frontages where there is an active visual engagement
between those in the street and those on the ground floors of
buildings. This quality is assisted where the front facade of
buildings, including the main entrance, faces and open towards the
street.
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Visual AnalysisLanduse
characteristics
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Visual AnalysisMental Mapping
The act of finding places using visualizations based on an
individual's known sense of direction.
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Townscape Appraisal Urban Fabric
The physical aspect of urbanism, emphasizing building types,
thoroughfares, open space, frontages, and streetscapes but
excluding environmental, functional, economic and sociocultural
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Townscape AppraisalUrban fabric
Urban fabric is the physical form of towns and cities. Like
textiles, urban fabric comes in many different types and weaves
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Townscape AppraisalUrban fabric
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Townscape Appraisal Serial Vision
To better convey movement through space, we can use a series of
changing perspective views, as English architect and urban designer
Gordon Cullen did when he coined the phrase Serial Vision to
describe what one might see and experience as one walks through a
sequence of spaces.
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO LAN5600Townscape Appraisal Serial Vision
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