Urban Design

The urban design researches are referred to in chapter four. Urban design is rooted in the profession of architecture. It is also connecting art, structure, and nature to serve people’s life. The urban design not just plans the city form but also includes the very much layer to any side, like the whole people quality of life, need to consider what was this city lacking. It is the collaborative and multi-disciplinary process of shaping the physical setting for life in cities, towns and villages; the art of making places; design in an urban context. Urban design involves the design of buildings, groups of buildings, spaces and landscapes, and the establishment of frameworks and processes that facilitate successful development.

Urban Design Processes

Here is a systematic process for us to understand and analyse a city and do designs to solve the city’s critical problems. The process contains three parts: issues plan (Figure 2.4 (a)), structural plan (Figure 2.4 (b)) and precinct design. The method mainly understands a city by the urban issue plan. We identify the city’s significant issues under the debating processes by comparing different layers of site’s conditions, such as history, transportation, community, public space, and culture. With the identified significant issues on the specific space, we analyse the spatial characteristic of each issue and space. After the analysis, we follow the spatial characteristic to set design strategies for each selected space. At this moment, we will have an urban issue plan and an urban structural plan. Based on the analysis plan, we design at selected places to solve the issues or requirements with the approach we set down.

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Figure 2.4 Issue plan and structural plan