PATTERN LANGUAGE FOR PĻAVNIEKI NIEGHBOURHOOD
district boundary Centrality Degree of publicness.
Geometric pattern of in between facilities like »parking lots«, »bigbox shopping site«, »new building site« and »vacant land«. Accomodating centrality, separating district and orienting public programms.
1. DISTRICT
big-box shopping site
schools&kindergartens web of shoping
Centrality Degree of publicness.
roads&paths
Geometric pattern of roads with sidewalks and pedestrian paths, incl. »elephant paths«. Pedestrian and vehicular movement within the district. Centrality Degree of publicness. Geometric pattern of district-wide facilities. Attractors of pedestrian movement within the district.
city streets
2. MICRORAYON
common
Maintanance Degree of responsibility. Geometric pattern of »city streets«.
VISION
Provision of the illumination within the microrayon, major rights of the way.
blocks Maintanance Degree of responsibility. Geometric pattern of space beyond »blocks«. Ambiguous management responsibilities within the microrayon.
building units
3. BLOCK
Functional space Geometric pattern of »building units« Spatial definition of »front-« and »backyards«, »public shelters«, »building corners« ...
courtyards
Maintanance Degree of responsibility. Geometric pattern of space beyond »blocks«. Spatial definition of »common«.
4. BUILDING
address units
front- and backyards public shelter Defence and distance Geometric pattern of space between »address units« Perception of territoriality and performance of natural surveillance
gates building corners Defence and distance Geometric pattern of »address units« Spatial definition of »courtayd sites«.
Functional space Geometric pattern of space in front of »building units« Entering the house via car or foot
new building site
PATTERN LANGUAGE FOR IMANTA NIEGHBOURHOOD
1. DISTRICT
2. MICRORAYON
VISION 3. BLOCK
4. BUILDING