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Urban Open Spaces

Urban open spaces come in many forms, including parks, plazas, squares, streets, playgrounds, and green areas. They serve important functional, social, aesthetic, and economic purposes for cities. Parks are natural areas for recreation that include meadows, woodlands, and shelters. Playgrounds are equipped spaces for children located near residences. Plazas are civic and commercial spaces surrounded by buildings. Squares are also civic spaces defined by buildings and located at intersections. Good urban open space design considers distinctiveness, accessibility, safety, comfort, and opportunities for passive and active public engagement to create enjoyable shared spaces.

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Urban Open Spaces

Urban open spaces come in many forms, including parks, plazas, squares, streets, playgrounds, and green areas. They serve important functional, social, aesthetic, and economic purposes for cities. Parks are natural areas for recreation that include meadows, woodlands, and shelters. Playgrounds are equipped spaces for children located near residences. Plazas are civic and commercial spaces surrounded by buildings. Squares are also civic spaces defined by buildings and located at intersections. Good urban open space design considers distinctiveness, accessibility, safety, comfort, and opportunities for passive and active public engagement to create enjoyable shared spaces.

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Urban open Spaces

Urban open spaces are:


All types of spaces between buildings in the town which include paths-
squares- gardens – parks …………. .
Functional importance:

• They give form and shape to the city.


Functional importance:

• They provide space needed for recreation.


Social importance:

• They Create chances for interaction between people.


Aesthetic importance:

• They Preserve natural beauty .


Economic importance:

• They provide places for economic activities.


There are many types of open spaces such as:

Water ways parks Green areas

Playing field playground


There are many types of open spaces such as:

plaza square Streets


Water ways:

include both natural lacks, rivers and streams which represent rich wildlife
habitats and offer recreational value.
Water ways:

include manmade lacks and canals that offer recreational value

Water ways can also be used as movement paths.


The Park :

“Is a natural preserved area available for recreation .”


The park

The landscape:

• Its landscape shall consist of meadows, waterbodies, woodlands,


and open shelters.

meadows waterbodies woodlands open shelters


The park :

• The Surroundings:

• The park is Surrounded by the city from one side and open to
the natural lands from other sides

CITY Natural lands

• The size:

• The minimum size of


the park is 8 acres
The Green

“Is an open space available for recreation”


The Green

The Surroundings:

• The green is Surrounded by the city elements from all sides.

The city The city


The Green

The landscape:

• its landscape shall consist of lawn and trees

trees
lawn
The Green

• The green can be naturalistically or formally disposed.

• The size:

• The minimum size shall be 0.5 acre and the maximum size shall be 8
acres

Naturalistically disposed formally ordered


The Playing fields

Are open space dedicated for playing sports such as football,


basket ball, golf courses……

• The size:

• Depends upon the type of sport


The playground

“Is an open space which is designed and equipped for the children.”
The Playground
• The Surroundings:

• The playground should be fenced and located near residential


areas

• Playgrounds may be included within parks and greens

Residential areas
The playground

The landscape:

• Its landscape shall


consist of lawn,
trees, sand and
playing equipment.
The Plaza

“An open space available for civic purposes and commercial


activities”
The Plaza
The Surroundings:

• Is defined by buildings frontages and usually attached to important


building.
The plaza

The landscape:
Its landscape shall consist primarily of pavement, Trees are optional

The size:
The minimum size shall be 0.5 acre and the maximum size shall be 2
acres
The Square

“Is an open space available for civic purposes”


The Square

The Surroundings:
• Is defined by buildings frontages and is located at the
intersections of important thoroughfares.

Buildings frontages
The Square
• The landscape:

Its landscape shall consist of, lawns and trees


And shall be formally disposed.

• The size:

The minimum size shall be 0.5 acre and the maximum size shall be
5 acres
The streets
“Are the connections between spaces and places , and they are
considered as spaces themselves.”

• Types of streets

There are many types of streets differs in scale, characters, types of


buildings that line them such as main streets or pedestrian paths.
1. Distinctiveness:

• Means that the spaces reflect the local character of the area and
have a variety of uses, built form, features, colors and materials that
give the spaces and buildings their own identity within the overall
character of the surrounding urban environment.

AL Azhar park which


locates in the heart of
Islamic Cairo, its details
reflect the local
character of the area
2. Accessibility:

• Means that Good connections lead to open spaces and good


connection from open spaces to other parts of the city.
3. Safety:

• People use urban spaces without fear of tripping or falling, or being


attacked.

Safe urban spaces have buildings Safe urban spaces have separate
facing onto them bicycle lanes and wide, well-lit
paths
4. Comfort:

• comfort include:
• environmental factors (shading from sun, wind, etc).
• physical comfort (comfortable and sufficient seating, etc).
• social and psychological comfort (privacy, etc)

Shading Comfortable
seats
5. provision of passive and active engagement:

• passive engagement:

• “Means people stay calm and watch” passive engagement are


provided in urban spaces by fountains, views, public art, and so
forth.
Active engagement:

• Means more contact with others in urban spaces.

• Design of the urban space can create opportunities for contact

• the arrangement of urban elements such as benches, fountains, can


encourage the social contact.
6. Enjoyable:

• Representing variety of pleasant events. Such as concerts, art


exhibitions, festivals, and other social events.
• What’s the type of this space?
• What’s the type of two open spaces?
• What’s the type of two open spaces?
1. Distinctiveness:

2. Accessibility:

3. Safety:
4. Comfort:

5. provision of passive
and active engagement:

6. Enjoyable:
THANK YOU 

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