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43 Cards in this Set
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Reinforced concrete stilts that lifted the bulk of the structure off the ground
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Pilotis |
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Non-supporting walls that could be designed as the architect wished |
Free Facade |
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The floor space was free to configure into rooms without concern for supporting walls. |
Open Floor Plan |
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Long strips of ribbon windows that allow unencumbered views of the large surrounding yard |
Ribbon Windows culture, values, norms, mores, and traditions(Uninterrupted Views) |
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To compensate for the green area consumed by the building and replacing it on the roof |
Roof Garden |
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FIVE POINTS OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE By Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret) |
Pilotis Free Facade Open Floor Plan Ribbon Windows ( Uninterrupted Views) Roof Garden |
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The most pronounced elements of Urban Design. |
BUILDINGS |
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Living rooms of the city. Makes high quality life in the city. Forms the stage and backdrop to the drama of life. Plazas, squares & neighborhood parks. |
PUBLIC SPACE |
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Connections between cities and places. Designed by their physical dimension and character, size, scale and the character of the buildings that line them. Ranges from grand avenues, intimate pedestrian streets. |
STREETS |
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Connects the parts of the cities and help shape them. Balance between ________ systems is what helps define the quality and character of cities. They include road, rail, bicycle and pedestrian networks. |
TRANSPORTATION |
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ELEMENTS OF URBAN DESIGN |
BUILDINGS PUBLIC SPACE STREETS TRANSPORTATION
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Focuses on the physical improvement of the public environment |
URBAN DESIGN |
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Focuses on the management of private development through established planning methods and programs |
URBAN PLANNING |
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A collective image – map or impressions – map of a city, a collective picture of what people extract from the physical reality of a city. |
IMAGE OF A CITY by Kevin Lynch |
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IMAGE OF A CITY (author) |
Kevin Lynch |
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FIVE POINTS OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE (author) |
Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret) |
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Pathways, Districts, Edges, Landmarks and Nodes. |
IMAGE OF A CITY by Kevin Lynch |
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Major and minor routes of circulation to move about, the city has a network of major routes and a neighborhood network of minor routes; a building has several main routes which people use to get to it or from it. An urban highway network is a network of pathways for a whole city. |
PATHWAYS |
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A city is composed of component neighborhoods or ________; its center, uptown,midtowns, its in-town residential areas, train yards, factory areas, suburbs, college campuses, etc. |
DISTRICTS |
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The termination of a district is its ____. Some districts have no distinct _____ at all but gradually taper off and blend into another district. When two districts are joined at an ______ they form a seam. |
EDGES |
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The prominent visual features of the city; some are very large and are seen at great distances; some are very small and can only be seen up close (streetclock, a fountain, or a small statue in a park). |
LANDMARKS |
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A center of activity; distinguished from a landmark by virtue of its active function; it is a distinct hub of activity. |
NODES |
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IMAGE OF A CITY by Kevin Lynch |
Pathways, Districts, Edges, Landmarks and Nodes. |
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Sometimes they are considerably mixed in character and do not have distinct limits like the midtown in Manhattan |
DISTRICTS |
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A narrow park may be ajoining seam for two urban neighborhoods. |
EDGES |
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Help in orienting peoplein the city and help identify an area |
LANDMARKS |
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Times Square in New York City is both a landmark and a node. |
NODES |
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Constantinos Apostolou (CA) Dioxadis |
ELEMENTS OF HUMAN SETTLEMENT |
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ELEMENTS OF HUMAN SETTLEMENT |
Nature Man Society Shells Networks |
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ELEMENTS OF HUMAN SETTLEMENT (Author) |
Constantinos Apostolou (CA) Dioxadis |
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The natural physical environment |
NATURE |
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An individual, Homo Sapiens – biological needs(oxygen, nutrition), sensation and perception (fivesenses), emotional needs (satisfaction, security,sense of belonging), moral values. |
MAN |
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A group of individuals sharing the same Ribbon Windows culture, values, norms, mores, and traditions |
SOCIETY |
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Buildings, the built component – housing,hospitals, schools, town halls, commercial establishments, recreational facilities, industrial buildings, etc. |
SHELLS |
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Links within the settlement andwith other settlements, transportation systems, communication systems, water supply systems, power and electrical systems, etc. |
NETWORKS |
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HIERARCHY OF SETTLEMENTS |
Hamlet Community City Metropolis Conurbation Megalopolis |
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a neighborhood, a small village |
HAMLET |
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a town |
COMMUNITY |
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an urban area |
CITY |
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the capital or chief city of a country or region; a very large and busy city |
METROPOLIS |
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A composition of cities, metropolises, urban areas. |
CONURBATION |
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Merging of two or more metropolises with a population of 10 millionor more, a 20th century phenomenon. |
MEGALOPOLIS |
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They shape and articulate space by forming the street wall of the city |
Buildings |