1.a. MBC Urban Planning
1.a. MBC Urban Planning
Architecture isnt just the reflection of the state of society, its the reflection of the mind
Architecture
The art or practice of designing &
constructing buildings
The 3
Fs of Architecture
Urban
Design
WHAT IS URBAN
DESIGN?
Urban
Planning
Layout
Fulfilling needs
Balancing the built & natural
environment
If you can tell a man by his shoes, you can tell a city by its pavements
- Rowan Moore
Architecture
Scale
Individual building
Urban Planning
Spaces between
buildings: street, park,
transit stop
Whole neighbourhoods,
districts & cities
Utility
functional
Aesthetic and
functional
2D & 3D
3D
Predominantly 2D
Urban Design
Long Term (5 to 20
years)
A vision
without a plan
is just a dream.
A plan without
a vision is just
drudgery.
But a vision
with a plan can
change the
world.
- Proverbs
Political dimension
Eocnomic dimension
Environmental dimension
Social dimension
Social dimension
Connections
Public space play different roles for different sets of citizens and their publicness.
Serving as medium for performance of public life, public space has always
been live value analysis of structural changes of public domain.
external public space as pieces of land that lie between private landholdings
such as public squares, streets, parks, stretches of coastline, rivers, etc.
Carmona, Heath, Oc and Tiesdell (2003)
internal 'public' space or public institutions such as libraries, museums, town halls,
train or bus stations, etc.
Carmona, Heath, Oc and Tiesdell (2003)
From open linear public space to access path for retail shops and cafes.