URBAN DESIGN

DEEKSHI ANGELIKKA.M,
B.ARCH 4TH YEAR 7TH SEM,
911518251004,
GLASS ARCHITECTURE,
MSSA, KILAKARAI.
281 Eulji-ro, Euljiro 7(chil)-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Seoul, South Korea

1. PUBLIC/PRIVATE REALM BOUNDARIES

○ Are the boundaries between public and private real clear? There are no private places only
commercial.YES

○Are commercial business encroaching (abutting) over public space? NO

Seoul, South Korea

2. COMFORT
○Does the Streets/place offer protection against rain, sun, wind, noise? YES,The street
covered with green , trees providing shade.
3. MIXED-USE & PEDESTRIANISM
○Does Street/place have a variety of uses as to provide for a richpedestrian environment? YES
9m wide road
4. ACCESSIBILITY & INCLUSIVENESS
○Does it have ramps for wheelchairs? YES

NO
5. VEHICULAR MOVEMENT & PEDESTRIANISM
○In the surrounding residential/Commercial streets: are there "traffic calming" devises? YES,at
some junctions

YES
YES
6. TOPOGRAPHIC SETTING
○Does direction of street respond to terrain/topographic features? YES,the streets are
aligned in response to terrain.
7. LEGIBILITY
sense of journey
focal points
Perspective
landmarks
street alignment
○Can you orient yourself easily on the street? YES
○Does street offers visual clues for direction? Landmarks? YES
○Does it feel you are approaching somewhere? YES
8. URBAN FORM, BUILDING MASSING, SKYLINE, AND STREET WIDTH
○Does the height and bulk of buildings overwhelm the pedestrian? YES,
YES
NO
9. PERMEABILITY AND BLOCK LENGTH
○Can you move quickly onto another street?
○indoor-outdoor fusion YES,we can move onto another
street.
10. SPECIAL PLACES
○Does the street/place offer special places such as pocket parks, corner parks? NO
○Are public spaces adaptable to various uses?
11. PUBLIC ART NO
12. LANDSCAPING
○Too little? The streets are seen with randomly grown plants
○Do they provide shade? yes
○How well it is integrated with the place? Highly integrated in providing shelter.
13. TEXTURE
○Buildings texture
○Footpaths texture
14. COLOUR
○Variety? Monotonous? Homogenous? Vaned hue of
colors? VARIED
15. SOUND
○Water features sound? NO
○Noise pollution? How badly it affects the surrounding areas? Any buffer?
YES,the commercial shops and vehicles create noise.
16.LIGHTING
○Is the street well lit at night? Is it too bright? The street is well lit at night.
○Are buildings' architectural features enhanced by spot lights? YES
YES
18. FENESTRATION YES
19. STREET FURNITURE

Light posts YES

Benches YES
Drinking/washing fountains NO
Bicycle racks YES
Bollards YES
Flag poles NO
Railings/protective barriers YES
Rubbish cans YES
Bus stops YES
Advertising tower YES
20. SIGNAGE
○Is it obstructive to the view of architectural features?NO
○Do they clutter the street landscape?
○Do they distract the driver? There is no signage obscuring any architectural features in
the street and also they don’t divert people moving in that direction.
HOMETOWN
KARIAPATTI,VIRUDHUNAGAR DT,TAMIL NADU.

1. PUBLIC/PRIVATE REALM
BOUNDARIES
○ Are the boundaries between public
and private real clear? NO clearly
defined boundaries
○Are commercial business
encroaching (abutting) over public
space? YES
2. COMFORT
○Does the Streets/place offer
protection against rain, sun,
wind, noise?

Yes,the trees in the streets provide

Shading.
3. MIXED-USE & PEDESTRIANISM
○Does Street/place have a variety of uses as to provide for a richpedestrian
environment? NO

NO
4. ACCESSIBILITY & INCLUSIVENESS
○Does it have ramps for wheelchairs? NO
NO

YES, at some
junctions

NO
6. TOPOGRAPHIC
SETTING
○Does direction of street
respond to
terrain/topographic
features?
YES,the streets are aligned in response
to terrain.
○Can you orient yourself easily on the street?YES
○Does street offers visual clues for direction? Landmarks?YES
○Does it feel you are approaching somewhere?YES
8. URBAN FORM, BUILDING MASSING, SKYLINE,
AND STREET WIDTH
○Does the height and bulk of buildings overwhelm the
pedestrian?NO
YES
NO
9. PERMEABILITY AND BLOCK LENGTH
○Can you move quickly onto another street?YES
○indoor-outdoor fusion

10. SPECIAL PLACES

○Does the street/place offer special places such as
pocket parks, corner parks? NO
○Are public spaces adaptable to various uses? YES,
the public places are occupied by shops.
11. PUBLIC ART
12. LANDSCAPING
○Too little?○Do they provide shade? ○How well it is integrated with the place? YES, the streets
are seen with
randomly grown
trees and plants
and are highly
integrated in
providing
shades.
13. TEXTURE
○Buildings texture
○Footpaths texture
14. COLOUR
○Variety?
Monotonous?
Homogenous?
Vaned hue of
colors?
varied
15. SOUND
○Water features sound? NO
○Noise pollution? How badly it affects the surrounding areas? Any buffer? YES, the
commercial shops and vehicles create noises.
16.LIGHTING
○Is the street well lit at night? Is it too bright?○Does lighting obscure night sky?○Are buildings'
architectural features enhanced by spot lights? NO
18. FENESTRATION YES

19. STREET FURNITURE

Light posts YES
Benches NO
Drinking/washing fountains NO
Bicycle racks NO
Bollards NO
Flag poles YES
Railings/protective barriers YES
Rubbish cans YES
Bus stops YES
Advertising towers NO

20. SIGNAGE
○Is it obstructive to the view of architectural features?
○Do they clutter the street landscape?
○Do they distract the driver?

There is no signage obscuring any architectural features in

the street and also they don’t divert people moving in that direction.