URBAN DESIGN

SUBMITTED BY:
RUBIKA SINGH
KIRAN YADAV
AHEDNASH KHAN
Urban design
The arrangement of the physical and thus perceived form of the
city is the objective of urban design.
Modus operandi
Architecture Man urban design
Creative design process • Creative design process
• Varied methods in response to
nature of design problem
Activity spaces Structure etc. • Large scale
areas • Cities built over long span of
time.
• Smaller in space (size)
• Collective client
• Buildings designed to be (time span)
• Designed primarily as skeleton
• Built at one time(short span)
frame work
• Generally single client
• Designe as per state of govt ,
• Completeness
attitude public desire and
• Designed as per state of buildings
budget allocated
arts, economy & technology(public
and private tools).
 What is Urban Design ?
• Urban design is the processof designing and shaping cities, towns and villages.
• In contrast to architecture, which focuses on the design of individual buildings, urban design deals
with the larger scale of groups of buildings, streets and public spaces, whole neighbourhoods and
districts, and entire cities, with the goal of making urban areas functional, attractive, and
sustainable

• Urbandesignisconcernedwith thearrangement,appearanceandfunction of our towns

and cities.
• It is both a processand an outcome of creating localities in which peoplelive, engage with each other,
andengagewiththephysicalplacearound them.

• Itinvolvesthedesignandcoordination of all thatmakesupcitiesand towns.

 Objectives of urban design
• To make the extent of city comprehensible.
• To make the city humane
• To relate urban forms to natural settings.
• To weave new centers into the urban fabric.
• To complement urbane with nature.
• To create key focal sites
• To make a city a harbour of diversity.
KEY ASPECT OF URBAN DESIGN

•PLACES FOR PEOPLE

For places to be well used and well loved , they must be safe , comfortable , varied and attractive.
They also need to be distinctive and offer variety , choice and fun.
Vibrant places offer opportunities for meeting people, playing in street and watching whole world go by.

•ENRICH THE EXISTING

New development should enrich the qualities of existing urban spaces. This means encouraging a distinctive
response that arises from complements its sitting. This applies at every scale the region ,the city ,he town ,
the neighbourhood and the street.

•MAKE CONNECTION
Place need to be easy to get to and be integrated physically and visually with their surrounding . this requires
attention to have to get around by foot, bicycle , public transport the car and in that order

•WORK WITH LANDSCAPE

Place that strike a balance between the natural and man made environment and utilize each site’s intrinsic
resources the climatic , landform , landscape and ecology to maximise energy conservation and amenity

•MIX USES AND FORMS

Stimulating, enjoyable convnient places meet a variety of demands from the widest possible range of users,
amenities and social grow they also weave together different building forms, users, tenures and densities
SCALE IN URBAN DESIGN

•Urban Scale is a term that describes the sense

of height, bulk, and architectural articulation of
a place or individual building, often in relation
to the size of a human body. ... The image
below, at left, is an example of medium urban
scale, although these boundaries may vary by
place.
•Interrelationship of city and its parts
•Related to people and their abilities to
comprehend their surroundings

•INTIMATE SCALE
•HUMAN SCALE
•MONUMENT SCALE
URBAN SAPCE

•All type of space between building in towns

•Focus on urban activity

TYPE OF URBAN SPACES

IMPORTANCE OF URBAN SPACE
 STREETS Main street

It is usually a focal point for shops and retailers in the

Streets are the connections between
spaces and places, as well as being spaces
themselves.
central business district, andis most often used in
reference to retailing andsocializing.
The term is commonly used in Scotland and the United
States, and less often in
Canada, Australia andIreland.

They are defined by their physical dimension

and character as well as the size, scale, and
character of the buildings that line them.
Streets range from grand avenue such as the
Champs-Elysees in Paris to small, intimate
pedestrian streets. The pattern of the street
network is part of what defines a city and what
makes each city unique.

ALLEY a narrow passageway

between or behind buildings.
BUILDINGS
Buildings are the most pronounced elements
of urban design
theyshape and articulate space by
forming thestreetwalls of thecity.

Well-designed buildings and groupsof

buildings work togethertocreate a senseof
place.
RESIDENTIAL Bldgs. COMMMERCIAL
these are structures where peopledwell. BLDGS.

INSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT bldg.

BLDG.
PLAZA
EXAMPLE
MONUMENTS
•can take the form of statues and landmark or can be important building
•Monuments should be used to punctuate views but should not dominate the view
•Should be of appropriate size and shape in order to properly relate to surrounding

Lotus temple Pisa cathedral

Taj mahal

The louvre