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    Urban design involves coordinating buildings, public spaces, streets, transport, and landscape. Buildings shape spaces and create a sense of place. Public spaces are where people come together and form the backdrop of city life. Streets connect spaces and are defined by their dimensions and surrounding buildings. Transport networks allow movement throughout the city in ways that can make cities friendly or hostile to pedestrians. Landscape provides green spaces that define character and beauty. Urban design weaves these elements together into a coherent structure that defines urban and building form through principles of order, unity, and other artistic concepts.

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    Urban design involves coordinating buildings, public spaces, streets, transport, and landscape. Buildings shape spaces and create a sense of place. Public spaces are where people come together and form the backdrop of city life. Streets connect spaces and are defined by their dimensions and surrounding buildings. Transport networks allow movement throughout the city in ways that can make cities friendly or hostile to pedestrians. Landscape provides green spaces that define character and beauty. Urban design weaves these elements together into a coherent structure that defines urban and building form through principles of order, unity, and other artistic concepts.

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    Urban design involves coordinating buildings, public spaces, streets, transport, and landscape. Buildings shape spaces and create a sense of place. Public spaces are where people come together and form the backdrop of city life. Streets connect spaces and are defined by their dimensions and surrounding buildings. Transport networks allow movement throughout the city in ways that can make cities friendly or hostile to pedestrians. Landscape provides green spaces that define character and beauty. Urban design weaves these elements together into a coherent structure that defines urban and building form through principles of order, unity, and other artistic concepts.

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    20/01/2018 Elements of Urban Design

    URBAN DESIGN

    THE CENTER FOR DESIGN EXCELLENCE

    HOME
     
    ELEMENTS

    TOD ELEMENTS OF URBAN DESIGN

    PROJECTS

    CONFERENCES Urban Design involves the design and coordination of all that makes up cities and towns:

    TRANSPORT

    HIGH SPEED
    Buildings
    RAIL
    Buildings are the most pronounced elements of urban design - they shape and
    articulate space by forming the streetwalls of the city.  Well designed
    CAR FREE buildings and groups of buildings work together to create a sense of place.

    SUSTAINABLE

    CIVIC ART  

    PUBLIC SPACE Public Space


    DENSITY Great public spaces are the living room of the city - the place where people
    come together to enjoy the city and each other.  Public spaces make high
    THE REGION quality life in the city possible - they form the stage and backdrop to the
    drama of life.  Public spaces range from grand central plazas and squares, to
    small, local neighborhood parks.
    BOOKS

    FILMS
    Streets
    NEW DEAL
    2009 Streets are the connections between spaces and places, as well as being
    spaces themselves.  They are defined by their physical dimension and
    SPEAKERS character as well as the size, scale, and character of the buildings that line
    BUREAU them.  Streets range from grand avenues 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.
    DESIGN
    SERVICE

    CONSULTANTS
    Transport
    UNIVERSITIES Transport systems connect the parts of cities and help shape them, and
    enable movement throughout the city.  They include road, rail, bicycle, and
    LINKS pedestrian networks, and together form the total movement system of a city. 
    The balance of these various transport systems is what helps define the
    quality and character of cities, and makes them either friendly or hostile to
    pedestrians.  The best cities are the ones that elevate the experience of the
    pedestrian while minimizing the dominance of the private automobile.

    Landscape
    The landscape is the green part of the city that weaves throughout - in the
    form of urban parks, street trees, plants, flowers, and water in many forms.
    The landscape helps define the character and beauty of a city and creates
    soft, contrasting spaces and elements.  Green spaces in cities range from
    grand parks such as Central Park in New York City and the Washington DC
    Mall, to small intimate pocket parks.

    Urban Design weaves together these elements into a coherent, organized design structure

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    PARIS BATH ROME

    The urban design structure defines the urban form and the building form

    PARIS BATH ROME

    The creative articulation of space  is the most


    prominent aspect of urban design.  The following artistic
    principles are an integral part of creating form and spatial
    definition:

    order

    unity

    balance

    proportion

    scale

    hierarchy

    symmetry

    rhythm

    contrast

    context

    detail

    texture

    harmony

    beauty

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