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About Author :
1968 Master of Landscape Architecture in Urban Design, Harvard University Graduate School of Design 1966 Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture, Michigan State University School of Urban Planning & Landscape Architecture
Roger Trancik Academic Research/Specialty Areas
Urban Design Landscape architecture Urban form/space analysis Land use and environmental planning Community-based planning Drawing and visual representation International urbanism
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What is Lost Space ?
Development of Twentieth
Urban Space Precedents
- Century Space The problem of urban design today
Three Theories of Urban Spatial Design
Hard Space Functionalism
Boston,Massachusetts Figure Ground Theory
Soft Space Lost space Defined
Case Studies
The Functional Grid
Washington, D C Linkage Theory Goteborg, Sweden
The Causes
Critical Reactions
Redisignng Lost Space
Physical Manifestations
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Place Theory
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The Problem.
Too many instances in today’s urban planning are
What is Lost
two-
dimensional, top-down planning without the consideration of three-dimensional relationships between between buildings and spaces and the people that will inhabit them. Subsequently,
Space
what generally emerges are environments of vacant, unused
‘anti-space’.
As designers we are faced with the reality of
designing
environments
treatment
of spaces that are
“cosmetic
after-the-fact
ill-shaped
and ill-planned
for public use to begin with.” (Trancik, 1986, p. 1).
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1. Increased dependence on the automobile
2.
The
atitude
of
the
architects
of
the
Modern
Movement toward open space.
The Causes -
3.
Zoning and land use- policies
of the urban -
Lost Space in
renewal period that divided the city.
Cities
4.Unwillingness on the part of contemporary institutions to take responsibility for public Urban enviornment.
5.
An
abandonment
of
Industrial,Military,or
transportation sites in the inner core of the city.
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Development Of
* Traced by professional and academic movements. * "Functionalism" - most influential created by(western movements) -
twentieth -
The Bauhaus in Germany
Century Space
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De Stijil in Holland Architect Le Corbusier
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The Bauhaus in Germany Unite art and technology under a purified aesthe c that removed all ornament and ar cula on from and stressed the beauty of the expressed func on.
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De S jil in Holland
More decora ve than those of Bauhaus, Bright, Primary Colours, Corners ar culated by cross pieces *Social Renewal and abstrac on. *The quest for social revolu on and Human Self Improvement through art and design
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Architect Le Corbusier Three important Principals behind Corbusier’s influence on modern urban space 1. The linear and nodal building as a large-scale urban element - a principle applied physically to define districts or social units 2. The ver cal separa on of movement systems- an outcome of le Corbusier’s fascina on and highways and the city of future 3. The opening up of urban space to allow for free-flowing landscape, sun, and light
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Hard Space Are those principally bounded by architecture walls, o en these are intended to func on as major gathering places for social ac vity.
Urban Space Precedents
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Soft Space are dominated by Natural Environment Whether inside or outside the city. In urban se ng they are parks and gardens and linear greenways that provide opportuni es for recrea on air retreat from the built environment.
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Three Theories of
Figure Ground Theory
Urban Spatial
Linkage Theory
Design
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Figure Ground Theory
In this approach, the star ng point for an understanding of urban form is the analysis of rela onships between building mass
and open
space. Figure ground analysis are powerful tools for iden fying the
textures and pa erns of the urban fabric as well as problems in its spa al order, but can lead to a sta c and twodimensional concep on of space.
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Linkage Theory.
In this approach dynamics of
circula on become
the generators of urban forms. The emphasis on the connec on and movement is a significant contribu on. But the need for spa al defini on is some mes undervalued.
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Place theory Designers have increasingly become aware of the importance of
historic, cultural and social
values in urban open space. conceptualists have argued strongly against the tendency of the func onalists to impose abstract designs from the outside.
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Overlay The Integrated approach suggested in this text would incorporate figure ground, Linkage and place theories, giving clear structure to solid and voids, organizing connec ons
between
the
parts,
and
responding to the human needs and unique elements of the context.
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Case Studies
Case study - 1 , Boston, Massachuse s Caste Study - 2 , Washington, D C Case Study - 3 , Goteborg, Sweden Case Study - 4 Byker, New Castle, England
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Case study - 1 , Boston, Massachuse s Example of Figure -
Ground theory -Tight building to
Space Pa erns.
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Caste Study - 2 Washington, D C Example of linkage theory - Many Axial Rela onships.
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Case Study - 3 , Goteborg, Sweden
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Case Study - 4 Byker, New Castle, England
Example of place theory of design with successful process for reconstruc ng an urban district for exis ng residents while maintaining valued neighbourhood tradi ons.
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Key Concepts for the crea on of integrated Urban Space.
Towards an Integrated approach to Urban Design
1. Linking sequen al Movement eg, exterior landscape ac ng as a link between buildings and direc ng sequen al movement through a series of spaces
2.Lateral enclosure and edge con nuity The Success or failure of public space depends largely on the character of its frontage and the con nuity of its walls
In the Use of Urban Space, Integra on is also desirable. Spaces that can accommodate mixed or integrated Uses have Much greater richness and vitality Than Single -use Spaces, which are o en Sta c and remain lifeless for substan al periods of me. Design Must respond to the dynamics of Social Uses in its physical form.
3.Integra ng Bridging
4.
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Axis and perspec ve
Integrated Approach Submitted By : Alen Joseph James
Guidelines to keep 1.Maintain Con nuity of the street wall Design Process 1.The study of Place
2. Respect exis ng Exis ng silloue e of buildings and landscape
2. Spa al analysis
3.prevent building masses that are out of scale
3.Iden fica on of lost and Restruc ng oppurtuni es
4.match and or complement materials
4.Design Interven on
5.respect exis ng rhythms of facades and spa al elements 6.enhance pa erns on public space usage
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