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Week 1 - What is Urban Design and How Do We Understand Space?

Week 1 - What is Urban Design and How Do We Understand Space?. Questions for thought today: How does the way we perceive our environment define the public image of a city? What elements must come together to create authentic place? What roles do urban designers play in development of cities? .

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Week 1 - What is Urban Design and How Do We Understand Space?

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  1. Week 1 -What is Urban Design and How Do We Understand Space? Questions for thought today: How does the way we perceive our environment define the public image of a city? What elements must come together to create authentic place? What roles do urban designers play in development of cities?

  2. What is the role of the urban designer? But many roles . . . One Designer . . .

  3. What is the role of the urban designer? Total Designer

  4. What is the role of the urban designer? “All-of-a-piece” Designer

  5. What is the role of the urban designer? Vision Maker (Concept Provider)

  6. What is the role of the urban designer? Community Motivator (Catalyst)

  7. What is the role of the urban designer? City Manager

  8. What is the role of the urban designer? Facilitator of Urban Events

  9. What is the role of the urban designer? Guideline Designer

  10. What is the role of the urban designer? Infrastructure Designer

  11. What is the role of the urban designer? Urban Conservationist

  12. What is the role of the urban designer? Policy Maker

  13. What is the role of the urban designer? “All-of-a-piece” Designer Community Motivator (Catalyst) Facilitator of Urban Events Infrastructure Designer Policy Maker Total Designer Vision Maker (Concept Provider) City Manager Guideline Designer Urban Conservationist

  14. Urban Design Frameworks Lynch Vitality Sense Fit Access Control Jacobs and Appleyard Liveability Identity and Control Access to Opportunities, Imagination and Joy Authenticity and Meaning Community and Public Life Urban Self-Reliance An Environment for All Attempts to identify qualities of successful urban places and good urban form

  15. Kevin Lynch “Image of the City” PATHS

  16. Kevin Lynch “Image of the City” EDGES

  17. Kevin Lynch “Image of the City” LANDMARKS

  18. Kevin Lynch “Image of the City” DISTRICTS

  19. Kevin Lynch “Image of the City” NODES

  20. Kevin Lynch “Image of the City”

  21. Kevin Lynch “Image of the City”

  22. Kevin Lynch “Image of the City” NODES

  23. PLACE:An Urban Designer’s Definition Geography Culture The combination of geography, history, and culture that makes a location unique PLACE History

  24. Culture PLACE History Geography

  25. Placelessness Causes of “Placelessness” Globalization Mass Culture Loss of Attachment to Territory

  26. Placelessness

  27. Placelessness

  28. Placelessness

  29. Placelessness

  30. Placelessness

  31. Placelessness

  32. Invented Places

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