Name: HABAN, Joshua
Course Name: AR415 Planning 2
Course Code: 992
Activity No.1: ULO(A) Let’s Check
Laws of the Indies
Simply speaking Indies refers to the Spanish
and would mean that they introduced it to us
as a plan and layout for towns. Basically, this
is one we could say a significant event that
became a guideline for planning in many
towns in American and in the Philippines
prepared by the Spanish which was decreed
by King Philip ll (1573). One most common
characteristic of this is that “Laws of Indies”
establishes church to serve as an urban
landmark in plaza and public spaces.
Community
As for what community to me is simply having
a commonality that is known and practice
continuedly by its people or social units. It’s
sharing norms that’s commonly associated
with customs, religion, and geographical area.
Basically, a fair amount of people living
together creating a better place for everyone.
Garden City Movement
To simply explain the concept of garden city
movement is to describe it as a magnet as
what also been describe by Sir Ebenezer
Howard. This concept involves the “town”,
“country” and the “town-country”. Which could
be differ from its function as having a central
city to its green belts known for it beauty and
freshness until having both in the latter. We
can compare it to any city known in modern
era. Having the downtown area (the city) with
its concrete jungle and as we go farther in the
city there would be green spaces and lot of
spaces. The dispersal of plans that divides the
functionality of an area.
Kevin Lynch’s Five Physical Standpoints
An American urban planner and author who’s
known for his perceptual form of urban
spaces. Now he introduced five (5) physical
standpoints which is path, edges, districts,
nodes, landmarks. First is paths that serves a
vital element for travel which also extends
appreciations for facades of the city. An
example for this would walkways in streets.
This connects the activity inside the buildings
and of the outsides.
Secondly are edges which he describes
create continuity for linear breaks and two
phases of buildings. An example of this is the
visible edge known in Lake Michigan in
Chicago.
Third is districts which involves who entirety of
space, form, texture topography and activity of
inhabitants. They could be connected to each
other, but they could also stand alone to any
districts.
Fourth is nodes which are a strategic focus of
a city/ urban that an individual can observe
and concentrate on its characteristics. You
see nodes can be extroverted or even
introverted in such they can be strung along
invisible path systems like rail roads and
subway stations. A great example of this
would be Piazza San Marco which been
differentiated by its intricate and rich character
of the city.
Lastly, are landmarks which is a point of
reference of every city and places. Which an
observer and individual can tell right away
which zoning or location a space belongs. An
example of this would be Duomo of Florence
as it is visible whenever its near and far, day
or night. To be able to locate and be visible
from many locations and setting a local
contrast to its neighboring elements.
Reference:
Lynch, K., 1960. The image of the
environment. The image of the city, 11, pp.1-
13.
Buder, S., 1990. Visionaries and planners:
the garden city movement and the modern
community. Oxford University Press on
Demand.
Barretto-Tesoro, G., 2015. The application of
the laws of the Indies in the Pacific: The
excavation of two Old Stone-based houses in
San Juan, Batangas, Philippines. International
Journal of Historical Archaeology, 19(3),
pp.433-463.