The Urban Design Discourse and Professional Divide

2007 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 27-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamad Kashef
Keyword(s):  
Urban Design ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Design Approach ◽  
Built Environments ◽  
Mental Maps ◽  
Educational Backgrounds ◽  
Morphological Aspects ◽  
Mixed Use ◽  
Urban Models ◽  
The City

This study examines the strands of thought that define the urban design discourse today. One of the common and primary urban design approaches developed an understanding of the visual, perceptual, and psychological dynamics underlying human behavior in urban areas. It associated urban design with the visual characteristics of built forms and their impact on people's perceptions and ability to create clear mental maps or images of their surroundings. Another approach emphasized historical, typological, social, and morphological aspects of built forms. It linked successful urban spaces with mixed-use, traditional urban models and advanced place-making principles that encourage spatially defined, legible, and culturally grounded built environments. Lately, there has been an increased debate about the potential of developing an all-encompassing, holistic urban design approach that synthesizes prior urban design approaches and is predicated on the premise that urban design is an interdisciplinary activity concerned with creating livable/sustainable built environments. However, dialogues with architects, landscape architects, and planners revealed an entrenched professional divide among urban design practitioners based on their educational backgrounds and subsequent experiences. This study is premised on the need to address the contradictory views about the city in design and planning educational curricula in order to bridge the intellectual divide and build a holistic or interdisciplinary urban design approach.

scholarly journals Investigating and boosting walkability in Sulaimani’s mixed-use streets: Jamal Irfan street as a case study

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 397-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariwan Jamal ◽  
Wanawsha Khasraw ◽  
Shaey Khabat ◽  
Rozhen K. Mohammed-Amin
Keyword(s):  
Urban Design ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Design Standards ◽  
Mixed Use ◽  
Transit Use ◽  
Mental Well Being ◽  
The City

Walkable cities, neighborhoods, and streets promote good health. A growing number of research show compelling evidence about the positive impacts of walkable neighborhoods and streets on everything from real-estate values to health, mental well-being, crime rate, safety feeling, creativity, and even making cities more democratic. Walkability has health, environmental, and economic benefits. For example, several studies found that people in walkable neighborhoods have a higher amount of physical activity and were substantially less likely to be overweight or obese than those living in low-walkable neighborhoods. Walkable neighborhoods and streets incorporate features that promote regular walking, cycling and public transit use. While the city of Sulaimani in general suffers from lack of walkable neighborhoods and streets, due to many factors including incomplete streets, some of the city’s neighborhoods and streets have potential for becoming effective walkable neighborhoods and streets. The recent mixed use developments and re-developments in some of the areas and streets in the city have attracted a large number of people and increased the necessity of making those areas and streets more pedestrian-friendly and walkable. This research aims at investigating walkability characters in Sulaimani city’s recently developed mixed-use streets through closely examining a representing case study, Jamal Irfan street. The research then proposes strategies, guidelines, and urban design interventions that make those streets more pedestrian friendly according to urban design standards.

scholarly journals SUSTAINABILITY LEVEL OF DENSELY POPULATED AREA: JATIMULYO URBAN COMMUNITIES, LOWOKWARU DISTRICT, MALANG CITY

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 718
Author(s):  
S Haryani
Keyword(s):  
Urban Communities ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban Spatial Structure ◽  
City Development ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Mixed Use ◽  
Big City ◽  
Calculation Results ◽  
Population Urbanization ◽  
The City

Large cities still peak the interests of some Indonesian society. Big city development as the center of economic activity is a powerful pull for society, influencing high workforce from both inside and outside of the city, causing a strong current of urbanization. One main problem that always accompanies urban areas development is density population. Urbanization has caused a very rapid explosion in the city population; one implication is the clumping workforce in large Indonesian cities. The high number of people who choose to settle in the city increase the number of both legal and illegal settlements. In the high-density settlement, many houses are not liveable and irregular. The densely populated settlements find many houses unfit for habitation and irregular. The research aims to formulate the sustainability level of Urban communities, Lowokwaru District, Malang City using quantitative method through sustainability level calculation. Jatimulyo Urban Communities is measured by the sustainability criteria of density, diversity, mixed-use, and compactness to formulate the related sustainable urban spatial structure. Interpretation of the calculation results references similar research. The calculation result shows that Jatimulyo Urban Communities is included in the moderate sustainability level, where density is moderate (101.1-200 people/ha), has a moderate building density (20-40 buildings/ha), has a random diversity level (1.0) and an entropy index (0.51), and compactness is near perfect inequality (Gini Coefficient 0.99).

scholarly journals Analizy Space Syntax wobec zjawiska segregacji społecznej i izolacji przestrzennej obszarów mieszkaniowych

2020 ◽  
pp. 13-18
Author(s):  
Justyna Olesiak
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Space Syntax ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Syntax Analysis ◽  
The Face ◽  
Urban Analysis ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

W wielu obszarach miejskich widoczna jest skrajna segregacja przestrzeni publicznej oraz fakt, że wiele dzielnic mieszkaniowych jest przestrzennie odizolowanych od miasta jako całości. Ponieważ tradycyjne metody analiz urbanistycznych dają słabe wytyczne w tym kontekście, podjęta zostanie próba ujęcia problemu i odmiennego podejścia do segregacji w projektowaniu urbanistycznym. Niniejszy artykuł bada, w jaki sposób teorie i metody analizy Space Syntax mogą przyczynić się do stworzenia bardziej dopracowanych opisów relacji przestrzennych w różnych dzielnicach i całym mieście. Przyjęto metodę badawczą: analizę literatury fachowej (krajowej i zagranicznej) oraz dostępnych publikacji. Analiza urbanistyczna oparta na teorii Space Syntax umożliwia wykazanie zasadniczych różnic strukturalnych między dzielnicami i określenie wpływu form urbanistycznych na zalety przestrzenne różnych obszarów miasta. Otwiera to nowe możliwości rozwiązania problemu segregacji w zakresie projektowania urbanistycznego oraz sformułowanie bardziej skutecznych interwencji antysegregacyjnych. Space Syntax analysis in the Face of the Phenomenon of Social Segregation and Spatial Isolation of Residential Areas In many urban areas there is an observable extreme segregation of public space, in addition to the fact that many housing districts are spatially isolated from the city as a whole. As traditional methods of urban analysis provide poor guidelines in this context, an attempt to investigate this problem and present a different approach to segregation in urban design was made. This paper presents an investigation about how Space Syntax theories and methods can contribute to creating more detailed descriptions of spatial relationships in different districts and in the entire city. The research method employed was an analysis of the literature (both domestic and trade). Space-Syntax-based urban analysis enables demonstrating significant structural differences between districts and to determine the impact of urban forms on the spatial advantages of different areas of the city. It provides new opportunities to address segregation in urban design and formulate more effective anti-segregation interventions.

scholarly journals Waterfront Public Realm Design: Towards a Sustainable Identity Urban Projects in Vancouver and Portland

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Lacilla ◽  
Jose Maria Ordeig
Keyword(s):  
Urban Design ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Public Realm ◽  
Open Spaces ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Current Century ◽  
False Creek ◽  
The City

<p>The renovation of the waterfronts, such as those in the main public spaces of large cities, started in 1970s. Core industries had found other places to develop far from the city; thereafter key areas fell out of use and into disrepair. As a consequence, a huge number of urban areas became in urgent need of renewal. However, urban design guidelines to regenerate these open spaces have significantly changed since then. The approach towards returning these parts of the city to its inhabitants has evolved from an emphasis on building new housing in the nineties, to considering the broader aspects of sustainability in the early years of the current century and finally to searching for the areas’ identity in more recent years. Therefore, currently this identity is one of the main aspects designers are looking for. At the same time, the sustainability of the waterfront areas may be achieved through the establishment of this place´s sense of identity. In order to do this, we assess three urban actions undertaken in Portland and Vancouver -False Creek North, South Waterfront and Southeast False Creek-. The article suggests that the interplay between urban design, sustainability and identity is becoming the new driver for the design of the waterfronts.</p>

Morfologi Kota Bandung Pada Abad XX: Perspektif Historis

Metahumaniora ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 335
Author(s):  
Miftahul Falah
Keyword(s):  
Population Growth ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Open Space ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Historical Method ◽  
Morphological Aspects ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
City Gates ◽  
The City ◽  
Planning Problems

AbstrakKota Bandung merupakan salah satu kota penting sejak masa penjajahan Belanda. Berawal dari sebuah kampung, Bandung kemudian berkembang seiring dengan kedudukannya sebagai pusat pemerintahan. Penelitian terhadap perkembangan Bandung sudah banyak dilakukan. Namun, aspek morfologis dari pertumbuhan Kota Bandung belum dikaji secara mendalam. Bagaimana pertumbuhan Kota Bandung pada Abad XX ditinjau dari aspek morfologi kota yang mencakup masalah kependudukan dan luas wilayah, areal terbangun, dan simbol kota? Untuk menjawab pertanyaan itu, dilakukan penelitian historis dengan menerapkan metode sejarah yang meliputi empat tahap, yakni heuristik, kritik, interpretasi, dan historiografi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pertama, secara morfologis terdapat hubungan yang erat antara pertambahan penduduk dan perluasan wilayah kota; kedua, seiring dengan pertumbuhan penduduk dan perluasan wilayah, areal terbangun menjadi semakin meluas; ketiga, simbol-simbol kota yang mencakup tugu atau monumen, nama jalan, gerbang kota, dan bangunan menunjukkan ciri/karakter Kota Bandung sesuai dengan jiwa zaman (zeitgeist)-nya.Kata kunci: kota Bandung, penduduk, areal terbangun, ruang terbuka, simbol kotaAbstractBandung is one of the important cities since the Dutch colonial period. Starting from a village, Bandung then developed along with its position as a center of government. Research on the development of Bandung city has been done, but the morphological aspects of the growth of Bandung city have not been studied in depth yet. How is the growth of Bandung city in 20th century in terms of morphological aspects of the city that includes demographic land area, city planning problems, built up area, and the symbol of the city? The method used in this reasearch is historical method that deals with four steps, namely heuristic, criticism, interpretation, and historiography. The results show that, first, morphologically there is a close relationship between population growth and the expansion of urban areas; second, along with population growth and the expansion of urban areas, the built up area becomes even more widespread; third, urban symbolism that includes pillar or monument, street name, city gates, and buildings show traits or characters of Bandung in accordance with zeitgeist.Keywords: city of Bandung, demography, built up Area, open space, urban symbolism

Mixed use and diversity as a New Urbanism principle guiding the renewal of post-industrial districts

2018 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Maria Cysek-Pawlak
Keyword(s):  
Urban Design ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
New Urbanism ◽  
Industrial Areas ◽  
Strategic Renewal ◽  
Human Scale ◽  
Urban Neighbourhoods ◽  
Mixed Use ◽  
Post Industrial

Abstract The revival of post-industrial areas, understood as a factor determining contemporary urban development, is a key process in regeneration. Such areas attract strategic renewal projects, because despite their perfect location next to city centres, they have long been inaccessible to city residents. The backbone of the projects is provided by programmes laying out the future functions of such areas and their target users. In the past, mono-functional districts were popular but their numerous weaknesses have meant that mixed use and diversity are increasingly being introduced into urban areas today. Mixed use and diversity underlie the urban design movement known as the New Urbanism. This article assesses the role of mixed-use and diversity as the New Urbanism principle guiding the renewal of post-industrial areas. It is based on desk research and a comparative analysis of two case studies: the Paris Rive Gauche (France) and the New Centre of Lodz (Poland). The article concludes that regeneration based on the New Urbanism principle of functional and user diversity leads to an effective renewal of run-down urban areas. The applicability of other New Urbanism principles stressing the need to ensure harmony between an urban design strategy and the human scale in the revival of urban neighbourhoods is also worth considering in the long term.

Algorithms-Aided Sustainable Urban Design

2018 ◽  
pp. 342-363
Author(s):  
Fernando T. Lima ◽  
José Ripper Kós ◽  
Rodrigo Cury Paraizo
Keyword(s):  
Urban Design ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Dynamic Testing ◽  
Dynamic Assessment ◽  
Walking Distance ◽  
Transit Oriented Development ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Mixed Use ◽  
Geometrical Features ◽  
Algorithmic Approaches

This chapter is part of a research on algorithmic approaches to sustainable urban design. It focuses on the use of computational tools to provide quick and dynamic assessment while planning and discussing interventions in urban areas. The objective is to address the use of algorithmic systems to formulate effective strategies for sustainable urban projects, guided by Transit Oriented Development (TOD) principles. TOD is an urban development model that considers geometric principles and measurable parameters for designing sustainable cities. It advocates the creation of mixed-use neighborhoods within walking distance to a variety of transportation options and amenities, so that basic urban needs are easily accessible. In addition to establish a theoretical framework connecting algorithmic-parametric concepts and geometrical features of TOD, this chapter describes an experimental employment of algorithmic models working on TOD principles, in order to enhance a systematic and dynamic testing and subsequent argumentation for sustainable urban projects.

Drawing Boundaries

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evelyn M. Perry
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Social Categorization ◽  
Neighborhood Context ◽  
Local Culture ◽  
Mental Maps ◽  
Shared Meanings ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Bases ◽  
Block Level ◽  
The City

To make sense of urban areas, we create mental maps. Our maps break down the city into simplified, manageable chunks that facilitate navigation and guide decisions about where to go, who belongs where, and what to do. Those who share a neighborhood context often share a way of seeing—of reading and responding their environment. This chapter examines the social bases for shared perceptions of specific features of the neighborhood: graffiti and groups of young black and brown men hanging out. Shared meanings of these environmental cues of “disorder” are contested in Riverwest. Local culture offers distinct approaches to social boundary-drawing. Repeated block-level interactions that contextualize neighbors’ behavior further complicate interpretations of the social surround. Through these conflicts over what constitutes a problem, broad social categorization schemes, white normativity, and racialized notions of criminality—though sometimes reinforced—are often challenged.

scholarly journals Developing a Label for Excellence in Design for Urban Sustainability

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Fabricio Ribas Chicca
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Rating Systems ◽  
Prototype Tool ◽  
Urban Models ◽  
The Impact

<p>The thesis investigates the impact caused by urban development on the environment. In addition, the thesis proposes and tests a methodology and a prototype tool for assessing the environmental performance of urban environments. The first section of the research briefly discusses some of the important environmental performance rating systems available on the market, such as USGBC-LEED, BREEAM, ISO 14000, NABERS and CASBEE. Their use for assessing urban developments is investigated critically. The thesis points out relevant flaws in the methods of these institutions, exposing a gap in knowledge of urban environmental assessment. The next step of the thesis begins by considering some historical societies and their urban models in order to understand how those making urban developments have approached the environment and its limitations. Indeed, the analysis of these historical models was based on selected speculative aspects, since confirmed by the investigation, as being essential for an ecologically balanced society. The thesis dedicates a chapter to describing the impact caused by the progressive monetarization of ancient society on the relationship between the urban environment and nature. The chapter introduces a discussion about how money has interfered with and speeded up the process of job specialization in urban areas, and how it has been shaping urban areas today. The thesis then reflects on important urban problems from an ecological point of view, pointing out relevant issues in modern urban development. Additionally, the research connects the problems of modern urbanism and the economics that have acted as a major force in shaping cities and their expansions. Finally the research proposes a methodology for environmental assessment, based on the ecological footprint. The prototype tool developed puts together all relevant environmental aspects. It also includes personal habits, combining these with urban design, transportation, consumption and energy resources to measure the footprint impact. The research recognises that the footprint cannot be treated as a static number; therefore, the research also presents a second instrument, which calculates the biocapacity per capita, according to population and economic growth, serving as a numerical ecological parameter for the first prototype tool. This enables the environmental impact of proposed changes, such as urban growth, to be assessed. A number of case studies using the tools are presented. These include three new urban developments which have a label for more sustainable urban design (LEED). The measurement prototype tool is also applied to some of the ancient societies previously studied, in order to compare the present urban and life style model with that of ancient urban societies. The thesis ends by comparing results from LEED for Neighbourhood Development with those of the new prototype tool, including comparison of modern and historical urban models.</p>

scholarly journals Enabling Indigenous urban design : an examination of theory and precedents for application in Winnipeg

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Loewen
Keyword(s):  
First Nations ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Indigenous Population ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Theory Theory ◽  
Cultural Expression ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
The City

This research paper explores strategies for including Indigenous identities in the design of urban spaces and provides recommendations for the City of Winnipeg. As Canada’s Indigenous population is now primarily situated in urban areas there is growing demand for First Nations, Métis, and Inuit cultural expression to influence the design of the spaces these populations inhabit in cities. A review of salient literature pertaining to Indigenous involvement in planning processes and the translation of culture into urban design provides a theoretical basis for further investigation. Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand’s Maori Design Principles are used as a relevant precedent study. The search for precedents uncovers that practice is lagging far behind theory. Theory and precedent study inform a series of recommended actions for the City of Winnipeg with the intent of enabling Indigenous urban design in both reserve and off-reserve settings.

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