Urban Design is more than just the use of present
environmental means to create an efficient and effective building, façade or
space. It is the integration of the present identities of the differing
buildings and spaces, be it in functionality or aesthetically. The ability to merge the old and new
architectural physicality; the corporate and the residential, is an art in aim
to create a workable and accessible system for the users. It pays homage and
recognition to a city’s culture and heritage, while retaining its economical
aim for further progression.
Similar to any individual, any solitary city has its own
unique and personal attributes and quality.
A personal analysis
has been done on the planning and city’s arrangement of the following cities
mentioned in the lecture.
Planning of the city is identical in designing a façade of
any building or space, it follows the same rules and guideline which both
adhere to. There must be a practicality and an essence of excitement in each
detail; meticulousness in the columns and fixture of a building or the way a
road bends in to the boulevard. It should be legible from all views; not only
should it look viable from the aerial view of a planner or developer, but to an
everyday user or passer-by who communes or resides in the city. Easy
accessibility and efficient circulation is crucial as it determines the
everyday journey of a civilian, who should get to reap and enjoy the rewards of
its estate.
Social and visual communications play part to the
characteristic and legibility of the city for the consumers as they form nodes
and places of interest to the individuals.
and signboards depict its happening and futuristic scene and repertoire as a nation.
All of these are guided and have
progressed from its history and the aims of the government as a nation. The urban planning of a city conveys the
message of it’s past, present and future existence, and the regime of how it
should and would be run in future.
e.g Radiant city;Le corbusier's visionary for a rigid and well defined city, neat and in order
with clear circulation and accessibility to each building.
Clarity is present in the form following it's function.
e.g Garden City; Ebenezer Howard. It radiates as how the globe does, creating the central area to be
the core for the extravagant and lush greenery and highlight of the city[similar to how the equator
caters to a lush and huge variety and range of the rainforest].
The radiated points play as different sections of the city which serve an imprint and continuation of the whole image of the garden city.
