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Urban Design Elements

Urban design elements include the urban landscape, façades, paths, edges, districts, nodes, landmarks, form and scale, structure and grain, density, and height and massing. The urban landscape involves public spaces like streets and parks. Façades relate buildings to sites and streets. Paths are channels of movement. Edges separate spaces. Districts are connected sections of a city. Nodes are strategic spots people enter. Landmarks are important signs. Form and scale relate to a built area's arrangement and size. Structure and grain comprise a region's framework and balance of space. Density refers to population. Height and massing describe a building's scale and relationship of parts.

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Urban Design Elements

Urban design elements include the urban landscape, façades, paths, edges, districts, nodes, landmarks, form and scale, structure and grain, density, and height and massing. The urban landscape involves public spaces like streets and parks. Façades relate buildings to sites and streets. Paths are channels of movement. Edges separate spaces. Districts are connected sections of a city. Nodes are strategic spots people enter. Landmarks are important signs. Form and scale relate to a built area's arrangement and size. Structure and grain comprise a region's framework and balance of space. Density refers to population. Height and massing describe a building's scale and relationship of parts.

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URBAN DESIGN ELEMENTS Urban Landscape.

The design of public spaces such as streets, open spaces


and pathways. Taking a piece of land to analyze, evaluate and beautify.

Urban Façade. The relationship of buildings to the site, street and


Path. Paths can be defined as the channel of movement within the city such neighboring buildings (alignment, setbacks, boundary treatment).
as alleys, streets, railroads, motorways, and canals.
Details and Materials. The close-up appearance of objects and surfaces
Edges. Edge is a separation between two sections that breaks in continuity and the selection of materials in terms of detail, craftsmanship, texture,
such as sewers or by a sharp contrast in density or the built environment. color, durability, sustainability and treatment.
Edges are interlocking forms or places of transition that enclose and
separate different spaces. Private & Public Realm. Public realm relates to all parts of the built
environment where the public has free access. The public realm consists of
District. Few sections that connecting to each other become a city. the publicly-owned street rights-of-way and other publicly accessible open
Nodes. Nodes can be defined as the strategic spots in a city into which an spaces such as parks, squares, plazas, courtyards, and alleys. The private
observer can enter, and which the intensive foci to that site are. realm consists of privately-owned areas and is more limited in its
accessibility to the public.
Landmarks. Landmark Is a location or building or object which is an
important sign for an area.

Urban Form and Scale. Urban form is the arrangement of a built-up area.
Scale is the size, bulk and perception of a buildings and spaces.

Urban Structure and Urban Grain. Urban structure is the overall


framework of a region, town, or precinct, showing relationships between
zones of built forms, land forms, natural environments, activities and open
spaces.

It primarily comprised land division patterns and the topography of


an urban area. Urban grain is the balance of open space to built form and the
nature and extent of subdividing an area into smaller parts or blocks.

Urban Density. Urban density refers to the number of people living in an


urbanized area.

Urban Height and Massing. Urban height is the scale of the building with
respect to the floor area and height of the building. Meanwhile, urban
massing describes the relationship of the various parts of the building with
each other.

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