➢ Imageability the quality of a place that makes it distinct, recognizable, and memorable.

➢ Enclosure the degree to which streets and other public spaces are visually defined by
buildings, walls, trees, and other elements.
➢ Human Scale size, texture, and articulation of physical elements that match the size and
proportions of humans
➢ Transparency the degree to which people can see or perceive what lies beyond the edge of a
street or other public space.
➢ Complexity the condition and cleanliness of a place.

Example:

Annapolis, Mary Land and Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Manila

Imageability

A physical environment that evokes a strong image in an observer: “It is that shape, color, or
arrangement which facilitates the making of vividly identified, powerfully structured, highly
useful mental images of the environment”

➢ Proportion of historic buildings

➢ Outdoor dining
➢ Major landscape features
➢ Notable Landmark
Enclosure

Enclosure is formed by lining the street or plaza with unbroken building fronts of roughly equal
height. The buildings become the ‘walls’ of the outdoor room, the street and sidewalks become the
‘floor’, and if the buildings are roughly equal height, the sky projects as an invisible ceiling.

➢ Proportion street wall

➢ Proportion sky across
➢ Long sight lines
➢ Proportion sky ahead

Human Scale

size, texture, and articulation of physical elements that match the size and proportions of human s

➢ All street furniture and other street items

➢ Building height
➢ Small planters
Human Scale

size, texture, and articulation of physical elements that match the size and proportions of human s

➢ All street furniture and other street items

➢ Building height
➢ Small planters
Transparency

Transparency is a material condition that is pervious to light and/ or air, an inherent quality of
substance as in a glass wall.
Complexity

Complexity refers to the visual richness of a place. The complexity of a place depends on the variety of
the physical environment, specifically the numbers and types of buildings.