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The document discusses urban design and what defines an urban area. It provides examples of population density thresholds used to define urban areas in different countries. Urban design involves arranging buildings, public spaces, transportation and amenities to shape cities and make urban areas functional and attractive.

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1.1 Urban Design - Define

The document discusses urban design and what defines an urban area. It provides examples of population density thresholds used to define urban areas in different countries. Urban design involves arranging buildings, public spaces, transportation and amenities to shape cities and make urban areas functional and attractive.

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URBAN DESIGN

Context of studying History


“Cities are an immense laboratory of trial and error, failure and
success, in city building and city design. This is the laboratory
in which city planning should have been learning and forming
and testing theories.”

“There is no logic that can be superimposed on the city; people


make it, and it is to them, not buildings, that we must fit our
plans.” _ Jane Jacobs…

NYC Barcelona,Spain Paris, France


URBAN - DESIGN
WHAT IS DEFINED
URBAN?
• India: All places with a municipality, corporation, cantonment board or
notified town area committee, etc. / A minimum population of 5,000 / At
least 75% of the male main working population engaged in non-
agricultural pursuits / A density of population of at least 400 persons per
square kilometre (1,000/sq mi)
• USA: The U.S. Census Bureau defines an urban area as: "Core census
block groups or blocks that have a population density of at least 1,000
people per square mile (386 per square kilometer) and surrounding
census blocks that have an overall density of at least 500 people per
square mile (193 per square kilometer).
• Finland: Similar to other Nordic countries, an urban area in Finland must
have a building at least every 200 m (660 ft) and at least 200 people. 
An urban area is a human settlement with high population
density and infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas
are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban
morphology as cities, towns, conurbations or suburbs.
Istanbul, Turkey

WHAT IS URBAN DESIGN?


URBAN - DESIGN
Why study URBAN
Design?
WORLD URBAN POPULATION
WORLD URBAN POPULATION
ITS AN URBAN WORLD!!!
ITS AN URBAN WORLD!!!
DUBAI - 1990
DUBAI - 2010
SHENZHEN-CHINA - 1980
SHENZHEN-CHINA - 2011
Kibera, Kenya - 250000
Sultanbeyl – Istanbul - 250000
Comuna, Columbia - 135000
Petare – Venezuela 600,000
Orangi town – Karachi – 700,000
Dharavi - India 1,000,000
The pace of Urbanisation beats any form of development control leading
to huge disparity and un-rest.

Dharavi, Mumbai

WHAT IS URBAN DESIGN?


WHAT IS URBAN DESIGN?
THE ART OF CREATING AND SHAPING CITIES AND TOWNS
• Urban design involves the arrangement and design of buildings,
public spaces, transport systems, services, and amenities. Urban
design is the process of giving form, shape, and character to groups
of buildings, to whole neighbourhoods, and the city.  
• It is a framework that orders the elements into a network of streets,
squares, and blocks. Urban design blends architecture, landscape
architecture, and city planning together to make urban areas
functional and attractive.
• Urban design includes infrastructure, architecture, public spaces
• The most fundamental characteristics of urbanity are density, spatial
definition, and mixed uses.

• Other physical characteristics are also important: continuity, scale,


pedestrian orientation, varied neighbourhoods, uniqueness of
place, possibilities of both community and anonymity, incremental
growth, and possibility of movement through accommodation of the
automobile and public transit.

• Cities are comprised of buildings, blocks, streets, squares, parks,


neighbourhoods, and a legible civic structure, and this—the form of
the city

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

• "URBAN FABRIC" is comprised of three interlocking elements: 1)


the town plan of streets, blocks, and spaces; 2) the land use pattern
of parcels; and, 3) the three-dimensional building fabric
URBAN - DESIGN
Why study URBAN
Design?
Bhendi Bazaar, Mumbai
Bhendi Bazaar, Mumbai
Bhendi Bazaar, Mumbai
Bhendi Bazaar, Mumbai
Bhendi Bazaar Redevelopment Plan, Mumbai
Bhendi Bazaar Redevelopment Plan, Mumbai
URBAN - DESIGN
Is this URBAN
Design???
Manhattan, NYC
Manhattan people density Map, NYC
Global warming on Manhattan, NYC
Global warming on Manhattan, NYC
Global warming on Manhattan, NYC
The BIG-U Project
The BIG-U Project

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