Urban Design - Method and Techniques
Cliff Moughtin, Rafael Cuesta, Christine Sarris and Paola Signoretta.
This book deals with a wide range of techniques used in the urban design
process. It is invaluable for architecture, planning, landscape and
surveying students and will also help professionals in the day to day
practice.
A method of urban design is developed which has sustainability and
environmental protection at the centre of its philosophy. Previously,
literature regarding the urban design method has been almost totally
neglected; this book introduces the topic to the reader.
Urban Design : A typology of Procedures and Products
Urban Design : A typology of Procedures and Products
Illustrated with over 50 Case Studies.
Jon Lang
Urban Design the American Experience Jon Lang Urban Design: The American
Experience places social and environmental concerns within the context
of American history. It returns the focus of urban design to the
creation of a better world. It evaluates the efforts of designers who
apply knowledge about the environment and people to the creation of
livable, enjoyable, and even inspiring built worlds. Urban Design: The
American Experience emphasizes that urban design must take a
user-oriented approach to achieve a higher quality of life in human
settlements. All the keys to this approach are spelled out in chapters
that address:
- * Urban design as both a product and process of communal decision-making
- * Types of knowledge required as a base for urban design action
- * How to apply recent environmental and behavioral research to professional design
- * How human needs are fulfilled through design
- * The true role of functionalism in design
Urban design efforts of the twentieth century in the United States are
examined within their socio-political context. Jon Lang reviews the
urban design experience from the beginning of the "City Beautiful"
movement, paying particular attention to developments since World War
II. He explores how the twentieth-century city has developed, as well as
discusses the attitudes that have driven major movements in urban
design. Readers learn a neo-Modernist approach that builds on the
successes and failures of Rationalism and Empiricism, the two major
streams of Modernist thought in architecture and urban design. They also
gain an understanding of how the environment is experienced by people,
and the implications of this experiencing for architectural and urban
design. Numerous illustrations throughout demonstrate how various design
schemes can be used. Urban Design: The American Experience provides
architects, designers, city planners, and students in these fields with a
model for their own future development as professionals. It is a
valuable guide to design methodology (procedural theory) and other
issues related to creating optimal urban environments.
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Urban Design Street and Square, Third Edition
Urban Design Street and Square, Third Edition
Cliff Moughtin
This book, part of a series of four, offers a detailed analysis of urban
design, covering the streets, squares and buildings that make up the
public face of towns and cities. It outlines the theory of the principal
features of urban design from which method is developed and provides a
better understanding of the main elements of urban design. This includes
the arrangement, design and details of the streets and squares, and the
roles they play in city planning.
This third edition includes chapters on "Sustainable Urban Design" and
"Visual Analysis", introducing the latest theories and influences in the
field and bringing greater practical significance to the book. Cliff
Moughtin explores the street and square in terms of function, structure
and symbolism and examines fine examples in their historical context.
These are set against the background of the laws of urban design
composition, culled from Renaissance and modern writers.
* Gain an understanding of the detail of urban design from towns and buildings to squares and streets
* Learn from examples in their historical context and see the evolution of urban design
* New case studies help relate theory to practice
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Urban Design Ornament and Decoration, Second Edition
Urban Design Ornament and Decoration, Second Edition
Cliff Moughtin,Taner Oc and Steven Tiesdell
'Urban Design: Ornament and Decoration' focuses on decorating the city
and how ornament has been used to bring delight to the urban scene.
The authors show how the pattern and distribution of street and square
and other major elements in the city can be enhanced by the judicious
use of decorative surface treatment and by the careful placing of hard
and soft landscape features.
This second edition, updated by Cliff Moughtin and now available in
paperback, includes a new chapter on mud architecture. Case studies of
city decoration are also outlined to bring together the ideas discussed
and to show how ornament and decoration can be used to emphasize the
five components of city form: the path, the node, the edge, the landmark
and the district.
- *Generously illustrated with case studies
- *New chapter on mud architecture
- *Part of the successful Cliff Moughtin urban design series
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Urban Design Green Dimensions, Second Edition
Urban Design Green Dimensions, Second Edition
Cliff Moughtin, Peter Shirley
This book explores sustainable development and green design in relation to urban structure and built form.
The subject matter of this book is the pattern or structure of the city:
it concentrates particularly on the organisation of the public realm.
The book aims to relate the main component of urban design to a general
theory or urban structuring with a strong design emphasis but within the
general field of sustainable city development. Any discussion of urban
design that does not address environmental issues has little meaning at a
time of declining resources, ozone layer destruction and fears of the
greenhouse effect. The book therefore discusses built form, street
block, quarter, city centres and city structure in terms of energy
conservation and sustainability.
This book will be valuable in raising awareness and generating debate as
well as providing useful reference material. It not only observes and
documents the roots and growth of green design but will influence
design, transport and policy for the future.
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Rethinking Urban Parks: Public Space and Cultural Diversity
Rethinking Urban Parks: Public Space and Cultural Diversity
Setha Low , Dana Taplin , Suzanne Scheld
Urban parks such as New York City's Central Park provide vital public
spaces where city dwellers of all races and classes can mingle safely
while enjoying a variety of recreations. By coming together in these
relaxed settings, different groups become comfortable with each other,
thereby strengthening their communities and the democratic fabric of
society. But just the opposite happens when, by design or in ignorance,
parks are made inhospitable to certain groups of people.
This pathfinding book argues that cultural diversity should be a key
goal in designing and maintaining urban parks. Using case studies of New
York City's Prospect Park, Orchard Beach in Pelham Bay Park, and Jacob
Riis Park in the Gateway National Recreation Area, as well as New York's
Ellis Island Bridge Proposal and Philadelphia's Independence National
Historical Park, the authors identify specific ways to promote,
maintain, and manage cultural diversity in urban parks. They also
uncover the factors that can limit park use, including historical
interpretive materials that ignore the contributions of different ethnic
groups, high entrance or access fees, park usage rules that restrict
ethnic activities, and park "restorations" that focus only on historical
or aesthetic values. With the wealth of data in this book, urban
planners, park professionals, and all concerned citizens will have the
tools to create and maintain public parks that serve the needs and
interests of all the public.
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