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SPACE IN URBAN
DESIGN
URBAN
AESTHETICS
URBAN PATTERN
SPACE IN
URBAN
DESIGN
CONCEPT
OF SPACE
OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY:
TWO MEANINGS OF SPACE:
1. TIME OF DURATION
2. AREA OR EXTENSION ( MORE
COMMON DEFINITION)
CATEGORIES OF
SPACE
1. MENTAL SPACE
(EXPERIMENTALL) IMAGE OF
PHYSICAL SPACE
2. PHYSICAL SPACE (EXISTENTIAL)
DEFINED AND CONTINUES,
UNBOUNDED EXTENSIONS IN
THREE DIRECTIONS ,
REGARDED AS VOID OF MATTER
OR WITHOUT REFERENCE TO IT.
THREE
TYPES OF PLACE SPACE
SPACE

PATH SPACE
TRANSITION
SPACE
 PLACE SPACE
M A J O R S PA C E S T H AT P O R T R AY A S E N S E O F D E I F I N I T E L O C AT I O N O R
POSITION
 PATH SPACE
M A J O R T R A N S I T I O N S PA C E S W H I C H A R E D I R E C T I O N A L :
C O R R I D O R : C O N N E C T O R , P A S A G E WAY.
TRANSITION SPACE

MINOR SPACES WHICH PROCESS A

CHANGE FROM ONE CONDITION TO
ANOTHER(BETWEEN DESTINATION,
BETWEEN EXTERIOR AND
INTERIOR, BETWEEN NATURE AND
BUILDINGS)
PROXEMICS
• Proxemics is the study of human
use of space and the effects that
population density has on
behavior, communication, and
social interaction. Proxemics is
one among several subcategories
in the study of nonverbal
communication, including
haptics, kinesics, vocalics, and
chronemic
URBAN
AESTHETICS
CONCEPTS OF AESTHETICS
• AETHETICS IN URBAN DESIGN REFERS TO CREATIVE
ARRANGEMENT OF THE ELEMENTS OF A TOWN IN A BEAUTIFUL
AND FUNCTIONAL MANNER
• ORDER AND BEAUTY IN A TOWN ARE NECCESSITY , NOT AN
AFTER THOUGHT THEY ARE AS MUCH A PREREQUISITE TO
HUMAN AS A FRESH AIR.
At the beginning of the 3rd
millennium, when urban settlements
become more and more crowded due
to the work and life conditions they
offer, urban aesthetics is becoming
increasingly imperative. This is all
the more important as population
growth, in some cities has
influenced directly the city’s
architecture, determining a growth
of residential constructions, which,
seldom, did not appeal to the “laws
of beauty”.
• In relation to public spaces and
places aesthetics relates to the
attractiveness of an area and in
particular the combined effects of
various elements such as the quality
of the architectural and landscape
design, the quality of views and
vistas, and the arrangement of
elements such as furniture in the
public realm. It requires a connection
between architectural and landscape
quality, the experiencing of
attractions, and the use of the city.
Attractiveness of the
neighborhood environment is
associated with overall experience
and use such as walking, cycling,
viewing and conversation. If a
neighborhood is attractive, it
invites people to use and enjoy its
public spaces and places and to
feel safe in doing so
• When people use community spaces and associated assets
they feel part of a community and develop a sense of
place. These two elements are important in promoting
wellbeing as they can form part of an individual’s
identity, increase an individual’s perceived quality of life
and motivate people to be even more active and
participate in group programs.
 ELEMENTS
• Extracted form: harmony between buildings and nature….e.g consider basic slopes, angle of hills,
vegetation/tree canopies, and rock outcrops. Reflects dominant and pervasive features of nature
•  Vistas and site supremacy: view of landscape from the city…beautifully framed countryside
(panorama)
•  Expression: space markers /symbolgy/ ornamentation/detail e.g towers and minarets;
landmarks; accent of urban landscape and skyline
•  Entrance/Approach: profound impact of cities on the visitor who traverses long, crowded
streets/water.
• Colour and light: choice of colour to reflect aesthetic
sensibility; quality of natural light an important visual
factor.
• Water: proximity to water and possible interplay a natural
asset; water edges, harbours, shorelines, islands, canals
e.t.c
• Geometry: form and relationships of angles, lines, curves
e.t.c
• Human scale: how each inhabitant would use space and
how they would feel in it.
 HOW
TO ACHIEVE

• CREATE ATTRACTIVE AND WELCOMING • USE BUILDINGS TO FRAME PUBLIC PLACES

STREETS BY DESIGNING ACTIVE, AND FORM A DISTINCT STREET FRONTAGE
INTERESTING AND WELCOMING STREET WHICH CREATES A PLEASING PEDESTRIAN
FRONTAGES WITH CONTIGUOUS EDGE AND HUMAN SCALE
DEVELOPMENT
ENCOURAGE Planting of broad canopy trees along streets
to provide shade, improve the visual
amenity of the street and create a pleasant
environment for pedestrians and cyclists

• Creation of stimulating and attractive

routes by designing walking and cycling
routes to, and around, local landmarks and
points of interest.

• Parks and open spaces designed to

provide pleasant places for people to sit,
meet and talk.
 INACTIVE DEVELOPMENT, SPACES WITH NO SEATING OR STREET VERGES WITH
SUCH AS CARPARKS, SERVICE OTHER ELEMENTS FOR SITTING INSUFFICIENT SPACE FOR

AVOID AREAS, AND BLANK FACADES

FRONTING STREETS AND
PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLING
ROUTES
STREET TREE PLANTING AND
PUBLIC FURNITURE.

POORLY MAINTAINED PARKS MORE LIKE THIS

AND OPEN SPACE
URBAN
PATTERN
• The pattern of the city is the way
how different functions and
elements of the settlement form are
distributed and mixed together
spatially. It can be measured by the
size of its grain. Grain is fine when
similar elements or functions are
widely dispersed throughout the
district without forming any large
clusters. On the other hand, grain is
coarse if different elements and
functions are segregated from each
other in a way that extensive areas
of one thing are separated from
extensive areas of other things
FORM AND STRUCTURE OF URBAN AREAS
 ASPECTS
• Imageability: Physical Image v/s Functional Image-
Image of the City ( paths, edges, nodes, landmarks,
and districts)
• Form-Function Relationship
• Main Variations of urban form and structure: Linear,
radial, grid, cluster e.t.c
• Objectives of urban form (includes growth;
Meaning and identity e.t.c)
• Growth and decline(urban sprawl which describes
how people move from central urban areas to low-
density areas outside of the city; the deterioration of
the inner city often caused by lack of investment
and maintenance. It is often but not exclusively
accompanied by a decline in population numbers,
decreasing economic performance and
unemployment.)
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