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Urban design involves coordinating the built environment at multiple scales from urban structures to street furniture. It considers elements like buildings, public spaces, streets, transport, and landscape. The goal is to weave these together coherently to create localities where people can live and interact with each other and their surroundings.

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Urban design involves coordinating the built environment at multiple scales from urban structures to street furniture. It considers elements like buildings, public spaces, streets, transport, and landscape. The goal is to weave these together coherently to create localities where people can live and interact with each other and their surroundings.

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Urban Design

•Urban design is concerned with the arrangement, appearance


and function of our suburbs, towns and cities.

•It is both a process and an outcome of creating localities in


which people live, engage with each other, and engage with the
physical place around them.

•Urban design involves many different disciplines including


planning, development, architecture, landscape architecture,
engineering, economics, law and finance, among others.
•Urban design operates at many scales, from the macro scale
of the urban structure (planning, zoning, transport and
infrastructure networks) to the micro scale of street furniture
and lighting. When fully integrated into policy and planning
systems, urban design can be used to inform land use planning,
infrastructure, built form and even the socio-demographic mix
of a place.
Elements of Urban Design
• Urban structure
• Urban grain
• Density + mix
• Height + massing
• Streetscape + landscape
• Facade + interface
• Details + materials
• Public realm
• Topography, landscape and environment
• Social + economic fabric
• Scale
• Urban form
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.
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

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

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

Rome
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

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