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PLANNING
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Definitions:
What is Urban Design?
Urban Design revolves around the process of designing and
regulating the natural and physical factors that resides within an
area. Ex: Towns, City, Villages. Through the process of proper
Planning (Natural/ Environmental, Physical, Cultural, Land
Sustainability Aspects). Transforming the area to its given form,
shape and character.
What makes up an Urban Area?
Urban Area comprises of a human settlement with a high
population density ex: Towns, City, Villages. Most urban areas
developed through the urbanization where different types of
infrastructure are built and created. Ex: houses, commercial
buildings, roads, bridges, and railways. These infrastructure are
used to support the everyday lives of the population living
within the area and the surrounding area present.
Urban design can help make towns and cities safer and more
secure
Conflicts:
Physical
- Chinatown, Binondo Manila has poor drainage and it is
one of the most crowded areas in the Philippines in the
daily basis because it is mostly composed of commercial
establishments which attracts tourists and guest
- Spaces are too narrow or small resulting in Overcrowding.
Environmental/ Natural:
- Chinatown also lacks trees and vegetation which is
important to the area and our planet itself.
Cultural/ (Society):
- The area is overcrowded and most people practice
improper waste disposal that contributes to clogging of the
drainage pipes. Thus, resulting in floods during the rainy
season.
- Lots of crime are reported within the area due to poverty
and ignorance of the people living within the area
Safety:
- Lack of sidewalks which leads to poor human flow that
leads to vehicular traffic making the area prone to
accident.
It offers significant
benefits to the
community; conversely,
poor design can have
significant adverse effects
on the urban environment,
society, and economy.
Improper drainage
provide negative
impact to the people.
Resulting in a poor
physical ability and
willingness for the
people
The power lines are
improperly not placed
and looking at it is
really dangerous.
No signs of vegetation in
every corner of the streets
that makes the temperature
here is uncertain hot and
cold.
Improper placing of
vehicle that is seen in
the photos. That makes
other streets hard to
accommodate.
Chinatown in a positive
side gives us a historical
background about the
friendship we with made
chinese people. In terms
of friendship, we celebrate
their chinese new year and
their tradition foods that
you can only taste here in
chinatown binondo.
We as architects must
have a proper plan for this
town to cater towards
great accommodation for
people visiting this place.
With these many people
coming here we need for
the betterment of
historical places in
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