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Elements of Urban Design

Urban design involves coordinating buildings, public spaces, streets, transport systems, landscape, and other elements to shape cities and towns. Buildings form streetwalls and groupings to create a sense of place. Public spaces are the social hubs where people gather and enjoy city life. Streets connect spaces as movement corridors defined by surrounding buildings. Transport networks allow movement throughout the city via roads, rails, bicycles and pedestrians. Landscape in the form of parks, trees, and water provides green space. Urban design weaves these elements together into a coherent structure that defines the urban and building form.

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Elements of Urban Design

Urban design involves coordinating buildings, public spaces, streets, transport systems, landscape, and other elements to shape cities and towns. Buildings form streetwalls and groupings to create a sense of place. Public spaces are the social hubs where people gather and enjoy city life. Streets connect spaces as movement corridors defined by surrounding buildings. Transport networks allow movement throughout the city via roads, rails, bicycles and pedestrians. Landscape in the form of parks, trees, and water provides green space. Urban design weaves these elements together into a coherent structure that defines the urban and building form.

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ELEMENTS OF URBAN DESIGN

Urban Design involves the design and coordination of all that makes up cities and towns:

Buildings

Buildings are the most pronounced elements of


urban design - they shape and articulate space by
forming the streetwalls of the city. Well designed
buildings and groups of buildings work together
to create a sense of place.

Public Space
Great 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.

Streets
Streets are the connections between spaces and places, as well as being spaces themselves. They are defined by their physical
dimension and character as well as the size, scale, and character of the buildings that line them. Streets range from grand avenues
such as the Champs-Elysees in Paris to small, intimate pedestrian streets. The pattern of the street network is part of what defines a
city and what makes each city unique.

Transport
Transport systems connect the parts of cities and help shape them, and enable movement throughout the city. They include road, rail, bicycle, and pedestrian networks, and together form the total
movement system of a city. The balance of these various transport systems is what helps define the quality and character of cities, and makes them either friendly or hostile to pedestrians. The
best cities are the ones that elevate the experience of the pedestrian while minimizing the dominance of the private automobile.
Landscape

The landscape is the green part of the city that weaves throughout - in the form of urban parks, street trees, plants, flowers, and water in many forms. The landscape helps
define the character and beauty of a city and creates soft, contrasting spaces and elements. Green spaces in cities range from grand parks such as Central Park in New York
City and the Washington DC Mall, to small intimate pocket parks.

Urban Design weaves together these elements into a coherent, organized design structure

The urban design structure defines the urban form and the building form
The creative articulation

n of space is the most prominent aspect of urban design. The following artistic principles are an integral part
of creating form and spatial definition:

The creative articulation of space is the most prominent aspect of urban design. The following artistic principles are an integral part of creating form and
spatial definition:

order

unity

balance

proportion

scale

hierarchy

symmetry

rhythm

contrast

context

detail

texture

harmony
beauty

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