Urban form refers to the size, shape, and patterns of development of a city. It is influenced by geography, history, transportation networks, and planning or lack thereof. Common urban forms include the compact city, sprawling city, concentric/radial city, and linear city. Understanding a city's form provides insights into how residents utilize and experience urban space and helps in planning for better connectivity, mobility, and quality of life.

1. URBAN DESIGN
INTRODUCTION- TO URBAN DESIGN
AND EMERGING CONCEPTS
LECTURE 1

2. What is Urban Design ?
Urban design is concerned with the design of the building, places,
spaces and networks that make up our towns and cities, and the
ways people use them. It ranges in scale from a metropolitan region,
city or town down to a street, public space or even a single building.

3. Urban Design And Urban Designers
Urban design defines the nature
of buildings and the spaces betwe
en them, and how the design itself
should be worked out: design proc
esses and outcomes. Urban desig
n inspires, illustrates and defines h
ow a place could be improved or p
rotected to bring benefits to invest
ors, developers and wider society.
Urban designers are typically arch
itects, town planners or landscap
e architects. Their skill is to bring to
gether ideas from developers, local
communities, architects, planners, tr
affic engineers, landscape architect
s, transport planners and many othe
rs, to resolve problems and conflicts
in order to create better places for e
veryone.
Architects, town planners/
landscape architect
Developers / local commu
nities Architects,planners/
transport planners
Urban Issues-
local and Global

4. Architecture
Urban Design
Urban planning

5. Urban Design Trend
Urban Issues-
local and Global
Urban Design
elements
Trend

6. Urban Design Elements..1

7. Urban Design Elements..2

8. Urban Design Issues And UD and Growth Magnet
Social Economic
Infrastructure/
Environmental
Institutional/
governance

9. output
process
scale
input

10. Case specific
Urbn issues

11. TROPICAL PLACES WITH PERSONALITY:
KEY ISSUES FORURBAN DESIGN IN THE
TROPICAL TOURISM LANDSCAPE
Case 1

12. Case 2

13. Case 3

14. Understanding The Current Trends In Urban
Deign..01
01
Going green/ trend of greenery and biophilic design
02
Eco districts
03
Blue zones
04
Re-urbanization
05
Digitalization
Cities are being planned and designed for people, with ‘green’ streets, new corridors and public
spaces as centres of social life

15. Understanding The Current Trends In Urban
Deign..02
06
The ‘Retail Reinvention’
07
Future Proofing
08
Walkability/ THE 15-MINUTE CITY
09
Inclusion of Personal Sanctuaries
10
SMART HEALTH COMMUNITIES IN THE CITIES

16. Understanding The Current Trends In Urban
Deign..03
11
MOBILITY: INTELLIGENT, SUSTAINABLE AND AS-A-SERVICE
12
INCLUSIVE SERVICES AND PLANNING
13
THE CITY AS A DIGITAL INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM
14
CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND LOCAL PRODUCTION IN THE CITY
15
MASS PARTICIPATION IN CITY BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT

17. 01
Going green/ trend of greenery and biophilic design
Studies suggest that spaces that emb
race the trend of greenery and biophil
ic design can inspire creativity and ev
en improve brain function.
Urban planners are finding more inno
vative ways in which to weave nature
into city urban design as councils hav
e slowly implemented mandatory gre
ening requirements.
Incorporating nature into traditionally
urban spaces such as rooftops creat
e a feeling of the outdoors without the
need to leave the city.
Biophilic design–Amazon’s orb-shaped rainforest HQ in Seattle as an example

18. MASS PARTICIPATION IN CITY BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT
In this approach, through mass participation, supported by open data and technology, and
with local government acting as a platform, cities can use citizens as a ‘sensor’ and benefit
from greater innovation, better utilization of resources and an increased sense of
ownership. Co-creation through mass participation is a bi- or multidirectional human-
centred approach, instead of just a bottom-up or traditional top-down approach.
Source: https://www2.deloitte.com/xe/en/insights/industry/public-sector/future-of-cities.html
15
MASS PARTICIPATION IN CITY BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT

19. SMART AND SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURES
In this approach-World Green Building Council defines a green building as one that, “in its design, construction or
operation, reduces or eliminates negative impacts, and can create positive impacts, on our climate and natural
environment; preserve precious natural resources and improve our quality of life”.39 Given the pressure on cities to act
on climate change, green buildings are going to invade our urban centres. Besides being built with sustainable and
ethical materials, they will be energy, water and resources-efficient; environment-friendly by design – powered by
renewables (such as solar) and capable of producing their own energy (electricity prosumers); covered by vertical
and/or rooftop gardens; and able to provide a better indoor environment for those who live in them or use them.
Source: https://www2.deloitte.com/xe/e
n/insights/industry/public-sector/future-
of-cities.html
Source: https://www.webuildvalue.com/
en/megatrends/singapore-smart-city.ht
ml

20. Re-Urbanisation
The great Australian dream of home ownership pr
ompted the suburban sprawl during the second h
alf of the 20th century.
After decades of affordable land release and larg
e residential blocks, there’s been trend towards
“reviving” our urban centres.
We’re moving away from the house and land sub
urban emptiness and re-embracing cities as the
knowledge and innovation-based economy be
comes ever more dominant.
Over the past decade, small-scale policy intervent
ions in urban design have attempted to repopulat
e the inner- and middle-urban areas.
Subdivision, smaller block sizes, zoning changes
and infill development are all regulatory measures
that have been implemented in various measures
to repopulate Australia’s urban areas.
https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/7-key-trends-in-urban-design
Source:

21. Digitalisation
With technology integrated into new buildings as
a rule rather than an exception, the digital age d
oes indeed seem to be upon us.
The major driver for innovation in this sector has
been the trend in energy and sustainability with “
IoT” intelligent buildings monitoring resource con
sumption, boosting efficiency and reducing ener
gy costs.
More and more digital technologies are integrate
d into urban design, reaching from basic element
s such as LCD screens instead of traditional billb
oards to embedded technology leading to trends
in smart buildings and computer automation.
Urban connectivity is rapidly growing in importan
ce for urban design.
By digitally connecting public transport, social se
rvices, health and public spaces to increase acc
essibility and create higher efficiency, the face of
our cities will continue to visibly have key trends
in the evolution towards a more digital world.

27. Thank you

28. URBAN DESIGN
INTRODUCTION- TO “ the city and its
multiple interpretations”; to understand
the significance and role of the city in
the region
LECTURE 2

29. Cities : why cities are where they are, and how the geography of cities affects the
way urbanites live.
Cities are Everywhere!

30. Classification of Cities

32. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16Da9bBBYvU&t=104s

33. http://www.tcpo.gov.in/powers-duties-its-officers-employees

35. Cities and its interpretation/ characteristic-02
characteristics that included a large population,
size, a heterogeneous nature, and a defined bou
ndary.
A city is identified by businesses, population, and a unique cultural
landscape. Major characteristics of cities include having downtown
areas, buildings, highways, and other transportation networks
Sustainable cities

36. Cities and its interpretation/ characteristic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvAvHjYoLUU&t=57s

37. Role of cities in a region
Economic engines and scales of economies/ GDP
Affect the regions globally through globalization phenomenon
Concentrations of innovations and development/ education
Hub of Health facilities and health infrastructure and better quality of
life
01
02
03
04
Cities play an important role in economic development. Cities provide economies of scale, agglomeration, and localization; they provide efficient infrastruct
ure and services through density and concentration in transportation, communications, community power, human interactions, water and sanitation services.
agglomeration, and localization, social hub- community power, human
interactions
Cities provide resilience
concentration in transportation, communications

38. Role of cities in a region
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/10/cities-in-2035/

41. Why innovation thrives in cities
Double a city’s population and its economic productivity goes up 130 percent. MIT
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) researchers think they know why
In 2010, in the journal Nature, a pair of
physicists at the Santa Fe Institute sho
wed that when the population of a city
doubles, economic productivity goes
up by an average of 130 percent. No
t only does total productivity increase
with increased population, but so does
per-capita productivity.
https://news.mit.edu/2013/why-innovation-thri
ves-in-cities-0604

42. Centers of innovations and development

43. Concentrations of health infrastructure
Pune ranks first in
national health infra
; Delhi-NCR at bott
om among top 8 citi
es: Report

44. Size Shape And Form Of The Cities

45. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqUSo2hstHI&t=17s

46. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQfC6mKTErg&t=1s

47. Thank you

48. URBAN DESIGN
INTRODUCTION- Understanding and exploring
the concept of ''Size, shape and form of cities”
LECTURE 3

49. Urban form
City form