Understanding the roles and differences of

Architecture isnt just the reflection of the state of society, its the reflection of the mind

Architecture
The art or practice of designing &
constructing buildings

The 3

Fs of Architecture

Urban
Design

The design of Functionality of spaces between buildings

& structures

WHAT IS URBAN

DESIGN?

Art of Making Places for People

Human Interaction with the environment

Involves places such as Squares, Piazza, Streets, Pedestrian Precinct

A street is a spatial entity and not the residue between buildings.

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Urban
Planning

The Design & Organisation Of Urban Space &

Infrastructure

 Layout
Fulfilling needs
Balancing the built & natural
environment

If you can tell a man by his shoes, you can tell a city by its pavements
- Rowan Moore

Architecture
Scale

Individual building

Urban Planning

Spaces between
buildings: street, park,
transit stop

Whole neighbourhoods,
districts & cities
Utility

functional

Aesthetic and
functional

2D & 3D

3D

Predominantly 2D

Orientation Aesthetic and

Treatment
of space

Urban Design

Time frame No definite time frame Short Term (<5 years)

Long Term (5 to 20
years)

A vision
without a plan
is just a dream.

A plan without
a vision is just
drudgery.
But a vision
with a plan can
change the
world.
- Proverbs

Theories explaining the emergence of towns

Theories explaining the emergence of towns

Theories explaining the emergence of towns

Theories explaining the emergence of towns

Stresses the importance

of transportation
corridors. Sees growth of
various urban activities
as expanding along
roads, rivers, or train
routes.

Stresses the importance of multiple nodes of activity,

not a single CBD. Ports, airports, universities attract
certain uses while repelling others.

Urban realm depends on

Overall size of the metropolitan region
Amount of economic activity in each urban realm
Topography and major land features
Internal accessibility of each realm

Dimensions of Public Space

Political dimension

Eocnomic dimension

Environmental dimension

Social dimension

Social dimension

System of public spaces

Connections

The role of public space

Public space play different roles for different sets of citizens and their publicness.
Serving as medium for performance of public life, public space has always
been live value analysis of structural changes of public domain.

From collective and public towards individualized and private.

Accordingly public spaces become more limited in the scope of their activities.
In that sense the role of public space is prominently shrinking in domain of
public sphere and which affects its political role as well.

Types of public space

external public space as pieces of land that lie between private landholdings
such as public squares, streets, parks, stretches of coastline, rivers, etc.
Carmona, Heath, Oc and Tiesdell (2003)

internal 'public' space or public institutions such as libraries, museums, town halls,
train or bus stations, etc.
Carmona, Heath, Oc and Tiesdell (2003)

external and internal quasi-public' space :

Places such as university campuses, sports grounds, restaurants also form part of
the public realm, if only nominally, because their owners and operators retain
rights to regulate access and behavior there.
Carmona, Heath, Oc and Tiesdell (2003)

Challenges of public space prominently are shifting focus from political to

economic.

Splintering of public space is more a matter of accessibility than ownership.

Therefore accessibility is the key factor for successful public space

Shopping mall Kala and underground shopping street.

Privatization of ~13000m2 of public land.

From open linear public space to access path for retail shops and cafes.

PROPOSED URBAN PLAN & DESIGN FOR GENSAN