This document summarizes characteristics of urban design presented by Nguyen Dang Phuong Linh at Hanoi Architectural University in 2014. It discusses three main characteristics: 1) spatial orientation and human scale in design, 2) time orientation and how buildings represent different eras, and 3) people and landscape environment, including the importance of social factors, green space, and public spaces that are accessible to all.

1. HANOI ARCHITECTURAL UNIVERSITY
2014
CHARACTERISTICS OF URBAN DESIGN
PRESENTATED BY NGUYEN DANG PHUONG LINH

2. CONTENT
1- SPATIAL ORIENTATION
 Human scale
2- TIME ORIENTATION
3- PEOPLE & LANDSCAPE ENVIRONMENT
Social factor and community
 Space for every body
 Space without people

3.  Human scale
Like many things in the design of
cities, when you let the limits of
human movement dictate size and
proportions, the scale begins to
feel human.
http://www.planetizen.com/node/67761
“You can sense how the heights of the
buildings are in harmony with the width of the
street. The materials are warm and natural,
and, on the Avenues and major streets, the
sidewalks are lined with small shops and
restaurants. While walking, you have the sense
that you “fit.”
1- SPATIAL ORIENTATION

4. Large squares are usually located in front of the
museum, moseleum in order to create a sense
of solemnity, and makes people feel small.
 Some effects of human scale being used in urban design
Small public space creates a feeling of
closeness, and helps people communicate
more easily
www.ucityguides.com/cities/top-10-most-beautiful-squares.html www.politicspace.wordpress.com

5. 2- TIME ORIENTATION
Buildings in urban centers, construction
engineering and design thinking are
common symbols and identity of the times
Tranditional and modern
cathedral
Tranditional and modern
building
Dubai Palm Islands is the world's largest
artificial island in the shape of a palm tree.

6. 3- PEOPLE & LANDSCAPE ENVIRONMENT
 Social factor and community
Green spaces in urban centers are
essential to building healthy, livable cities.
thecityfix.com/blog/urban-green-space-makes-
people-happier-than-money-luisa-zottis
The new green space offered in the middle of the
roundabout also adds valuable community space. The
center lawn is somewhat insulated from car noise.
dirt.asla.org

7.  Space for every body
Great public spaces are the living room of the city - the place where people come together to enjoy the city and
each other. Public spaces make high quality life in the city possible - they form the stage and backdrop to the
drama of life. Public spaces range from grand central plazas and squares, to small, local neighborhood parks.
http://www.urbandesign.org/elements.html
People make spaces. Cities are
fundamentally about people and the
ways in which public spaces are built is
important to any city.
urbantimes.co/2014/04/this-ted-talk-looks-
at-what-makes-a-public-space-work/
www.mas.org/putting-public-space-in-
its-place/
Guerrero Park Public Space Near
Multi-Family in San Francisco
arkansasconstruction.co/10-ideas-for-
improving-new-yorks-public-spaces/
“Putting Public Space in its
Place,” a Harvard Conference on
Public Space

8.  Space without people
In order to utilize the free space effectively,
student architects from the University Of
Waterloo School Of Architecture have
come up with a new design by using
cardboard and various other materials such
as fabric. The name given to what they
have created on a test basis is TESTtubes:
An Urban Forest. The intention is to create
an modern looking forest in the free spaces
that are not in use anymore.www.greendiary.com/transforming-free-spaces-
urban-forests-recycled-cardboard-tubes
The figure-ground diagrams are a first approach to the description
of the urban space.
metrhispanic.com/2014/04/
Space without people can be understand is an
open urban space, and is shown as white color in
the figure- ground diagram.
The Green Park. London, UK.