ARCH 403 Introduction to Urban Design

Oct. 14th 2021

 Architecture
Urban Design
1
Architecture
1
Architecture
The practice of designing &
constructing buildings
The 3 Fs of Architecture

Function:
Fundamentally to provide shelter

Form:
An art that is appreciated by many for its beauty.

Firmness:
Stability of structure
 Urban
2 Design
WHAT IS URBAN DESIGN?
• Art of Making Places for People

• Human Interaction with the environment

• Involves places such as Squares, Piazza, Streets, Pedestrian
Precinct
WHAT IS URBAN DESIGN?
• Art of Making Places for People

• Human Interaction with the environment

• Involves places such as Squares, Piazza, Streets, Pedestrian
Precinct
WHERE IS URBAN DESIGN IN OUR CITIES?
Aerial photo showing Kyrenia and the surroundings [Source: Google Earth, 2017]
Aerial photo showing Kyrenia in relation to the Mediterranean Sea [Source: Google Earth, 2017-Self Collection]
Aerial photo showing the mountain chain across the land[Source: Google Earth, 2017-Self Collection]
Aerial photo showings everal settlements[Source: Google Earth, 2017-Self Collection]
Aerial photo showing Kyrenia and the connection between the different elements[Source: Google Earth, 2017-Self Collection]
Aerial photo showing Kyrenia and surrounding vacant lands[Source: Google Earth, 2017-Self Collection]
Photo showing Kyrenia and the surroundings
Neighborhood
District
City
Region
SCALE
 20.000

10.000
SCALE
5.000

1.000
This is where Urban Design Lay
ELEMENTS OF URBAN DESIGN
ELEMENTS OF URBAN DESIGN

 BUILDINGS

 PUBLIC SPACES

 STREETS

 TRANSPORT

 LANDSCAPE
 Urban
2 Design
The design of Functionality of spaces
between buildings & structures
“If you can tell a man by his shoes, you can tell a city by its pavements”
- Rowan Moore
?
What makes it unique?
FABRIC
What Composes cities’ fabric?
Car Oriented!
 Architecture Urban Design
Scale Individual building Spaces between buildings: street, park,
transit stop

Orientation Aesthetic and functional Aesthetic and functional

Treatment 2D & 3D 3D
of space

Time frame No definite time frame Short Term (<5 years)

 Architecture Urban Design
Scale Individual building Spaces between buildings: street,
park, transit stop

Orientation Aesthetic and functional Aesthetic and functional

Treatment 2D & 3D 3D
of space

Time frame No definite time frame Short Term (<5 years)

 Architecture Urban Design
Scale Individual building Spaces between buildings: street,
park, transit stop

Orientation Aesthetic and functional Aesthetic and functional

Treatment 2D & 3D 3D
of space

Time frame No definite time frame Short Term (<5 years)

 Architecture Urban Design
Scale Individual building Spaces between buildings: street,
park, transit stop

Orientation Aesthetic and functional Aesthetic and functional

Treatment 2D & 3D 3D
of space

Time frame No definite time frame Short Term (<5 years)

What Composes cities’ fabric?
 What Composes cities’ fabric?
Flow of people
Their contribution to the area
The physical component: Buildings
The environmental structure
Infrastructure: Streets Network
Form and Typologies

All combined they form for us the place where we live.. The fabric of the city
This is why.. To understand the city..

We must become part of it

And to propose a successful design..

We must do analysis..

Physical Layers
Non-Physical Layers
Selected Urban Projects | Pedestrian Squares Times Square, New York.
Selected Urban Projects | Pedestrian Squares Times Square, New York.
Selected Urban Projects | Pedestrian Squares Times Square, New York.
Selected Urban Projects | Infrastructure Avinguda Diagonal, Barcelona.
Selected Urban Projects | Voids Superkilen, Copenhagen.
Selected Urban Projects | Voids Superkilen, Copenhagen.
Selected Urban Projects | Voids Superkilen, Copenhagen.
Selected Urban Projects | Voids Superkilen, Copenhagen.
Selected Urban Projects | Voids Superkilen, Copenhagen.
Selected Urban Projects | Voids Superkilen, Copenhagen.
Selected Urban Projects | Voids Superkilen, Copenhagen.
Selected Urban Projects | Transportation COMERCIO, BRAZIL
Selected Urban Projects | Pedestrian Streets Las Ramblas, Barcelona.
Selected Urban Projects | Pedestrian Streets Las Ramblas, Barcelona.
Selected Urban Projects | Pedestrian Streets Pla de l'os, Las Ramblas, Barcelona.
Selected Urban Projects | Pedestrian Streets Pla de l'os, Las Ramblas, Barcelona.
 4m 0.5m | 3.5m | 1.5m | 3.5m | 0.5m 12m 0.5m | 3.5m | 1.5m | 3.5m | 0.5m 4m

Selected Urban Projects | Pedestrian Streets Section | Las Ramblas, Barcelona.

 5.7m 1.5m | 1.5 3m | 10m 3.5m | 1.5 | 1.5m 5.7m
3.5m 3m

Street Profiles Sections | Examples

Street Profiles Sections | Market St & N 46th St, Philadelphia
Street Profiles Sections | Examples
Street Profiles Sections | Bornholmer straße, Berlin
Side Walks Sections | Examples
Side Walks Source: Global Street Design Guide
Street Crossings Nodes| Oxford Circus Diagonals, London
Traffic Calming Technique | Example
Global Designing Cities Initiative