2. GORDON CULLEN
BOOK – TOWNSCAPE
The author identifies physical dimensions of the city that are capable of
producing an emotional reaction with or without our volition.
3.
4. He gives an exhaustive list of terminologies on reaction
concerning place under three categories of feeling
1. POSSESSION – Static – enclaves, enclosures,
focal point
- In movement – advantage, viscosity
- Precincts
2. LOOKING - Out of enclosure – Thereness , here
and there, Pinpointing, Truncation, Change of
level, netting, Vista, Deflection, Incident
Into enclosure – Punctuation, Closure,
anticipation, Infinity, The maw
3. LINKING AND JOINING – the floor, Pedestrian
ways, Hazards.
5. Gordon Cullen’s work on urban
design, Townscapes, employs a
method of representation
called ‘Serial Vision’
Cullen’s Serial Vision is fairly
simple as a proposition, and
consists of a series of sketch
perspectives arranged in a
sequence, as one would
wander along a given route.
The sequence is accompanied
by a plan, indicating the points
along the path where the
perspectives are taken from.
Gordon cullen
6. The Context of Place
• How we find and feel ourselves within the environment:
• Sense of being in a particular place conjure different visual
images and feelings with respect to PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
• it is an instinctive and continuous habit of the body to relate
itself to the environment, this sense of position cannot be
ignored; it becomes a factor in the design of the
environment…
Occupied territory Change of Level
Possession Silhouette
Enclaves/Enclosure Vista- Grand/Screened
Focal Point Punctuation
Precincts Infinity
Here/There Projection and Recession
Truncation Deflection
18. The Concept of Content
• Categories of Environment – Its MOOD –
which enliven the space by creating drama
Juxtaposition
Immediacy
Seeing in Detail
Intricacy
Bluntness and Vigour
