Contemporary Approaches Urban Design

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week 2 Route structure and neighbourhood structure / land use identify the route structure Of oxford wider plan

identify the route structure within the site context

Throughout the team discussion, observations and conclusions were properly developed and grouped according to the map with an extensive contextualised map of Oxford.

The following step is to colour code the close-up map utilising the given blank map. Analysing the map according to the highlighted colour code from the list below leads to observations and conclusions on the relationship between heirarchy as well as spirit of place. Furthermore, the thoroughfare is mainly used in residential and retail areas, where it is designed to connect accessibility on both sides.

The site is linked by a primary arterial road from the A4144 Southern Bypass to the A40 motorway to the north. However, the site can be conclude that the collective thought that the location is accessible via tangential path was brought up in the conversation.

The Oxford University Offices are secured by the end loop route since their facility is part of the private and security purposes because there is one and only entrance and exit route.

Figure 2.3

tangential

Primary Arterial

secondary Arterial

Oxford Wider Context Plan

peri centric

Figure 2.4

thoroughfare

through loop

Route Structure Plan

end loop

The Site Bus Stop

cul-de-sac/TREE

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