Nolli Plan 1748

Garden of Tomorrow A Group of Slumless, Smokeless Cities

Ebenezer Howard (1898)

The Moderns The American Tradition

Jane Jacobs - The Death and Life of Great American Cities

Colin Rowe – Collage

Kevin Lynch - The Image of the City

William H Whyte – The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces

Christopher Alexander - A Pattern Language

Allan Jacobs - Great Streets

CNU- Charter of the

TOD diagram TND vs Sprawl Peter Calthorpe (1993) DPZ (199x)

The Transect Andres Duany (2000)

Change transportation, sustainability, public life, health, economy Change transportation, sustainability, public life, health, economy

physical change – urban design Change transportation, sustainability, public life, health, economy

physical change – urban design

practices, codes, standards, processes, norms, politics Density is not Enough!

The IMPACT of choices…

– on travel behavior – on long-term value – on attracting talent – on public health – on climate

…depends on URBAN DESIGN using URBAN DESIGN to deliver the benefits of density. What do we mean by “urban design”?

– NOT architectural style – NOT aesthetics – NOT broader land use program The INTEGRATION of buildings, streets, and open space into places that work for PEOPLE. what’s so hard about that? what’s so hard about that? building codes force of habit exit strategies fire codes delays fiscal impacts denser workplace politics security concerns

financing street standards parking ratios

few precedents soft market fees

staff design capacity stormwater mgt weak transit Walkability: the measure of success Walkability: 7 Key Ingredients

1. Fine-grained pedestrian circulation. 2. Orient buildings to streets and open space. 3. Organize uses to support public activity. 4. Place parking behind/below buildings. 5. Address the human scale with building and landscape details. 6. Provide clear, continuous pedestrian access. 7. Build complete streets. 1. fine-grained pedestrian circulation

TYPICAL graphics courtesy of Gensler 1. fine-grained pedestrian circulation

BETTER 1. fine-grained pedestrian circulation

BEST

2. orient buildings to streets and open space

TYPICAL 2. orient buildings to streets and open space

BETTER 2. orient buildings to streets and open space

BEST urban design is about… how buildings work together to define streets and spaces 3. organize uses to support public activity

TYPICAL 3. organize uses to support public activity

BETTER 3. organize uses to support public activity

BEST urban design is about… how uses bring spaces to life 4. place parking behind/below buildings

TYPICAL 4. place parking behind/below buildings

BETTER 4. place parking behind/below buildings

BEST urban design is about… artfully accommodating the auto 5. address the human scale with building and landscape detail

TYPICAL 5. address the human scale with building and landscape detail

BETTER 5. address the human scale with building and landscape detail

BEST urban design is about… physical comfort and legibility 6. provide clear, continuous pedestrian access

TYPICAL 6. provide clear, continuous pedestrian access

BETTER 6. provide clear, continuous pedestrian access

BEST urban design is about… welcoming the pedestrian 7. build complete streets

TYPICAL 7. build complete streets

BETTER 7. build complete streets

BEST urban design is about… how streets support mobility options everyone is a pedestrian, even if they arrive by car. tactical approaches Sunday Streets/Ciclovia tactical approaches Temporary Public Art tactical approaches Parklets tactical approaches Pop-up Retail tactical approaches Prototyping tactical approaches Pavement to Parks

Existing Places in the Planning Area 規劃地區內現有的景點 Những Địa Điểm Hiện Có Trong Khu Vực Quy Hoạch

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