scholarly journals Borough in the Basin: An exploration into how urbanism can adapt and respond to the opportunities and limitations of a basins’ landform

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Abraham Faid
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Stormwater Management ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Urban Fabric ◽  
Natural Systems ◽  
Limited Access ◽  
Finite Amount ◽  
Single Well

<p><b>Basins have a finite amount of flat land with limited access and a single drainage catchment. These elements create both opportunities and limitations for urban development. The flatness of land allows for effective urban densification and the surrounding hills hinder sprawl. These surrounding hills create a single, well-defined drainage catchment setting up an ideal landscape for total stormwater management. As basins have an isolation risk there is a need for a resiliency framework in their urban design. In the context of Wellington’s hilly landscape, the shallow terrain of basins is valuable for urban development. </b></p> <p>This research explores how urbanism can respond to the conditions of elevated basins, creating a dense urban fabric that is environmentally resilient. This exploration involves an analysis of the existing conditions of a chosen basin, Karori, through mapping and fieldwork, the development of a theoretical framework based on precedents and literature and a design process that enhances natural systems to increase amenity and encourage development.</p>

scholarly journals Borough in the Basin: An exploration into how urbanism can adapt and respond to the opportunities and limitations of a basins’ landform

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Abraham Faid
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Stormwater Management ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Urban Fabric ◽  
Natural Systems ◽  
Limited Access ◽  
Finite Amount ◽  
Single Well

<p><b>Basins have a finite amount of flat land with limited access and a single drainage catchment. These elements create both opportunities and limitations for urban development. The flatness of land allows for effective urban densification and the surrounding hills hinder sprawl. These surrounding hills create a single, well-defined drainage catchment setting up an ideal landscape for total stormwater management. As basins have an isolation risk there is a need for a resiliency framework in their urban design. In the context of Wellington’s hilly landscape, the shallow terrain of basins is valuable for urban development. </b></p> <p>This research explores how urbanism can respond to the conditions of elevated basins, creating a dense urban fabric that is environmentally resilient. This exploration involves an analysis of the existing conditions of a chosen basin, Karori, through mapping and fieldwork, the development of a theoretical framework based on precedents and literature and a design process that enhances natural systems to increase amenity and encourage development.</p>

scholarly journals KLAIPĖDA PORT IN 1945–1990 / KLAIPĖDOS UOSTAS 1945–1990 M.

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-61
Author(s):  
Eglė Truskauskienė
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Design Practice ◽  
Soviet Power ◽  
Urban Fabric ◽  
Soviet Government ◽  
The World ◽  
Urban Problems ◽  
The City

Soviet government in Lithuania was in power almost for a half of century. This system solved urban problems almost in the same way as the rest of the world. However, Soviet power some topics tried to interpret on its own way and some of them simply simulated. Urban design practice and theory were based on the foundation of ideology and socialist economics, so the urban fabric of Klaipėda city was stretched. Anyway, those 45 years were very important for the city. It was a time, when the urban development hasn’t stopped. It has left its own landmarks and gave some new impulses. Urban processes of this period, especially connected with port’s development, have made a great impact on the plan of city. And some of those processes are still working. Tarybų valžia Lietuvoje funkcionavo beveik pusę amžiaus. Nors daugelį urbanistinių problemų ši sistema sprendė panašiai kaip ir visas pasaulis, kai kuriuos dalykus intepretavo savaip, o kai ką tiesiog imitavo. Ideologiniais ir socialistinės ekonomikos argumentais grindžiamos projektavimo disciplinos ir praktika Klaipėdos veidą ištampė kaip kreivas veidrodis. Vis dėl to tie 45 metai Klaipėdai nepaprastai svarbūs. Per juos urbanistinė raida nesustojo, paliko savo ženklų, davė naujų impulsų. Urbanistiniai procesai, ypač susiję su uosto plėtra, miestą pakeitė ir vis dar keičia negrįžtamai.

Research on the Green Urban Morphology Based on BIM - A Case Study on the Urban Design in Nanhe City

2013 ◽  
Vol 368-370 ◽  
pp. 78-82
Author(s):  
Ping Shu ◽  
Jun Xu ◽  
Li Jun Wang
Keyword(s):  
Urban Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Design Patterns ◽  
Urban Morphology ◽  
Theoretical Studies ◽  
Design Practice ◽  
Building Information Model ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Spatial Morphology

Based on theoretical studies of the urban spatial morphology, this paper introduces advanced concepts and methods of BIM (Building Information Model) into the urban design in Nanhe City ,and then respectively makes innovations of the urban design practice supported by BIM technology in the process of design, optimization and implementation of the program, attempting to explore BIM-based design patterns of the urban spatial morphology to make the traditional urban design process more rational and scientific, to expect to reach the green and sustainable urban spatial morphology.

Simulation of geologic systems: an overview

SIMULATION ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-86
Author(s):  
Graeme Bonham-Carter ◽  
John W. Harbaugh
Keyword(s):  
Computer Simulation ◽  
System Design ◽  
Operations Research ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Natural System ◽  
Alternative Models ◽  
Natural Systems ◽  
Systems Philosophy ◽  
Business Applications ◽  
End Members

Systems philosophy provides the theoretical framework linking diverse applications of computer simulation. Natural systems and man-made systems may be regarded as end members of a spectrum of system types. Simula tion of man-made systems employs operations research techniques; the objectives of simulation are to optimize system design and to test the performance of models under differing parameter settings. Simulation of natural systems cannot readily utilize specialized simulation lan guages, as these are designed primarily for industrial and business applications. The objectives of simulating natu ral systems are normally to test alternative models and to see how they react under various conditions; the natural system itself cannot be changed (unless it is partly man- influenced)-only the model can.

scholarly journals Sustainable Urban Stormwater Management

2011 ◽  
pp. 26-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shinyi Lee ◽  
Tan Yigitcanlar
Keyword(s):  
Urban Design ◽  
Stormwater Management ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Urban Stormwater ◽  
Urban Stormwater Management ◽  
Water Sensitive Urban Design ◽  
Negative Perceptions ◽  
Wide Scale ◽  
Urban Stormwater Runoff

Stormwater has been recognised as one of the main culprits of aquatic ecosystem pollution and as a significant threat to the goal of ecological sustainable development. Water sensitive urban design is one of the key responses to the need to better manage urban stormwater runoff, the objectives of which go beyond rapid and efficient conveyance. Underpinned by the concepts of sustainable urban development, water sensitive urban design has proven to be an efficient and environmentally-friendly approach to urban stormwater management, with the necessary technical know-how and skills already available. However, large-scale implementation of water sensitive urban design is still lacking in Australia due to significant impediments and negative perceptions. Identification of the issues, barriers and drivers that affect sustainability outcomes of urban stormwater management is one of the first steps towards encouraging the wide-scale uptake of water sensitive urban design features which integrate sustainable urban stormwater management. This chapter investigates key water sensitive urban design perceptions, drivers and barriers in order to improve sustainable urban stormwater management efforts.

scholarly journals Traces of a fortified hamlet. Iconography and urban development of San Valentino in Abruzzo Citeriore

X ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Cecamore
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Collective Memory ◽  
Urgent Problem ◽  
Architectural Heritage ◽  
Urban Fabric ◽  
Historic Center ◽  
Historic Centre ◽  
Developmental Line ◽  
Continuous Use

The paper proposes a reading of the possible urban development of the historic centre of San Valentino in Abruzzo Citerore starting from the analysis of its architectural heritage. The image of a fortified hamlet surrounded by walls, represented in a painting dating back to the mid-nineteenth century, appears in cartographic reliefs and representations accessible at the local and extra regional archives. The reading of the current architectural set of givens, which are characterized by the continuous use of building techniques related to the processing of local limestones, seeks through comparison with the historic iconography to identify persistences and alterations of the urban fabric, tracing a possible developmental line of San Valentino in Abruzzo Citeriore from medieval castrum to Farnesiano fief up to the substantial interventions of modernization and revision of the historic center operated in the last century. The requests of functional and formal changes occurring at the turn of the nineteenth and twenteeth century implicates the dismantling of the walls, the typological change of the original building and of the urban layout and the loss of the urban imagine resulting consolidated in the collective memory. An awaking context of the main features of the historic and building development of this fortified reality in the Middle Adriatic area is today an indispensable step in this path of consciousness and awareness of the society regarding the urgent problem connected to the neglect and to the conservation of the historic centres.

scholarly journals Territorial bioethics: participatory design as a catalyst for social welfare in groups vulnerable to climate change

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 6-10
Author(s):  
Silvia L. Aguilar-Velázquez ◽  
Karina G. Muñoz-Guadarrama ◽  
Lilia S. Carrillo-Medina
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Social Organization ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
Urban Sustainability ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Social Resilience ◽  
The Social

The following work is an approach to the theoretical framework that builds the concept of territorial Bioethics, as part of the paradigm of urban development and the policy of attention to the spatial needs of society; It is part of the project of consolidation of the research line on indicators for urban sustainability and identifies within the process of social resilience, the relations between the territory, the anthropic environment and the attitudes of the social organization as well as models of reconstitution of environments degraded Emphasizes the active attitude of society to promote effective and dignified intervention with participation instruments; that it manages to restore attributions of adaptation and resilience to the environmental emergency; In addition, reference is made to a group vulnerable to such an emergency: the elderly.

scholarly journals P(a)lace of Consumption: Architecture, the Revitalisation of Space through Shopping Mall Design Principles

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Zachary Blue
Keyword(s):  
Inner City ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Shopping Mall ◽  
Retail Environment ◽  
Urban Fabric ◽  
Business Sustainability ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Individual

<p>Architecture can be regarded as both a product for the retail environment and as a medium which can influence change in contemporary society. Within the context of the retail environment, architecture becomes intrinsically associated with the concepts of business sustainability because of the needs from investors challenging the needs of the public. Business sustainability within the retail environment is concerned with the success of the tenants occupying the investors' assets whilst the architectural sustainability focuses upon the public acceptance of the space that is transformed once being constructed and in the future. Furthermore, the architecture within the retail environment encapsulates the utilisation of space, crime and neglect prevention, retail attractiveness and targeting users through urban design principles. The research identifies the gap between the urban design principles and the individual business success within the inner-city. This thesis explores the coordination of the urban design principles and shopping mall design principles upon the existing urban fabric which is set to revitalise and improve dilapidated areas within the Wellington inner-city. This is to not only improve the retail location, but also the residential environment which is ever increasing. The shopping mall design principles have been integrated into the retail urban fabric and as the research states, shopping mall design is more successful than the individual street retail by improving the productivity of the businesses as well as allowing a higher grade of space to be created with the additional income and mutual design motivation. Although the shopping mall design principles are traditionally implemented upon a single ownership environment and as such allows a decision to be made through a single official, the inner-city is filled with multiple owners upon the one site which adds limitations to the design that can be manipulated. As such, this thesis designs as though the site is organised under a collective, allowing a common goal to be achieved. The important successful shopping mall design principles have been segregated into four clusters; anchors, configuration, interior aesthetic and control. These clusters combined with the common urban design principles allow the individual small business owners to challenge the large-scale retail businesses putting them out of business. Also, national and international urban and shopping mall precedents have been analysed as showing physical representations of the research studied in the literature review. The design being placed upon a dilapidated area within the Wellington inner-city the success of the design case study will determine the future success of the idea migrating into other areas of Wellington's inner-city. The idea that beginning the concept in the worst case scenario would allow the design to act as a catalyst for growth into already established market areas such as Cuba Street and Courtenay Place.</p>

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