Learn the elements of urban design.

1. ELEMENTS OF URBAN
DESIGN
ARCH 433 PLANNING 02
FUNDAMENTALS OF URBAN AND COMMUNITY ARCHITECTURE
ACOSTA, JOHN ELLIS A.
AGUILAR, JANELLE ANN T.
ALA, RUSSEL LOWELL C.
BABON, KIO ZAMANTHA C.
BS ARCHITECTURE 4A

2. WHAT IS URBAN DESIGN?
 Urban design is concerned with the arrangement, appearance and
function of our suburbs, towns and cities.
 It is both a process and an outcome of creating localities in which people
live, engage with each other, and engage with the physical place around
them.
 It involves the design and coordination of all that makes up cities and
towns.

3. ELEMENTS OF URBAN DESIGN
 BUILDINGS
 PUBLIC SPACES
 STREETS
 TRANSPORT
 LANDSCAPE

4. #ELEMENTSOFURBANDESIGN
BUILDINGS

5. BUILDINGS
#ELEMENTSOFURBANDESIGN
Buildings are the most
pronounced elements of
urban design

6. BUILDINGS
they shape and articulate space by
forming the street walls of the city.
Well-designed buildings and groups of buildings work
together to create a sense of place.

7. examples

8. RESIDENTIAL Bldgs.
these are structures where people dwell.

9. Asiatown IT Park, Cebu City
Calyx Centre (left) and RMDA Office Building (right)
COMMMERCIAL BLDGS.

10. INSTITUTIONAL BLDG.
Chong Hua Hospital, Cebu City

11. EDUCATIONAL BLDG.
University of San Carlos Main Campus, Cebu City

12. GOVERNMENT bldg.
One example is the Tacloban City Hall, the
administrative building of the city.

13. INDUSTRIAL BLDG.

14. PUBLIC SPACES
#ELEMENTSOFURBANDESIGN

15. PUBLIC SPACES
#ELEMENTSOFURBANDESIGN
Great public spaces are the living room
of the city - the place where people
come together to enjoy the city and each
other.

16. PUBLIC SPACEs
 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.

17. examples

18. ST. PETER SQUARE
Located directly in front of St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.

19. New York’s famous city square, Times Square is located at
the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and
stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets.
TIMES SQUARE

20. PLAZA MAYOR
The best known plaza in Madrid, Spain, this impressive
city square is one of the main stops on any tourist visit.

21. MANILA BAYWALK
Located at Roxas Boulevard, this baywalk catches the
beautiful view of the sunset.

22. STREETS
#ELEMENTSOFURBANDESIGN

23. STREETS
#ELEMENTSOFURBANDESIGN
These are the connections between
spaces and places, as well as being
spaces themselves.
They are defined by their physical dimension
and character as well as the size, scale, and
character of the buildings that line them.

24. STREETS
The pattern of the street network is part
of what defines a city and what makes
each city unique.

25. examples

26. STREETS
EXAMPLES
It is usually a focal point for shops and retailers in the central business district, and is most
often used in reference to retailing and socializing.
The term is commonly used in Scotland and the United States, and less often in Canada,
Australia and Ireland.
Main street

27. STREETS
EXAMPLES
Frequently used for the street name of the primary business street of towns or cities,
especially in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations.
HIGH street

28. STREETS
EXAMPLES
Often used for the main STREET of a town or village. Usage is almost entirely confined to the
SOUTH WEST OF ENGLND. There is also a Fore Street in PORTLAND, MAINE, UNITED
STATES, presumably named by colonists from SW England.
FORE street

29. STREETS
EXAMPLES
In the US, an overpass is normally a bridge for motor vehicles to pass
over other road or rail traffic.
OVERPASS

30. STREETS
EXAMPLES
It would introduce confusion to call a pedestrian bridge or footbridge
an overpass.
OVERPASS

31. STREETS
EXAMPLES
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF OVERPASS

32. STREETS
EXAMPLES
Skyway is usually used in the US for long or high bridges for traffic.
SKYWAY

33. STREETS
EXAMPLES
Example of skyway
SKYWAY

34. STREETS
EXAMPLES
freeway

35. STREETS
BOULEVARD
a type of large ROAD, usually running through a city.

36. STREETS
boulevard
Multilane arterial thoroughfare, divided with a median down the center, and perhaps with
roadways along each side designed as slow travel and parking lanes and for bicycle and
pedestrian usage, often with an above-average quality of landscaping and scenery.

37. STREETS
BOULEVARD

38. STREETS
is traditionally a straight route with a line of trees or large shrubs running along e
avenue

39. STREETS
ESPLANADE
An esplanade is a long, open, level area, usually next to a river or large body of water, where
people may walk.
In NORTH AMERICA, an esplanade may often refer to a MEDIAN or the strip of raised
land dividing a roadway or boulevard.

40. a narrow passageway between or behind buildings.
alley
STREETS

41. alley
A narrow street between the fronts of houses or businesses.
This type of alley is found in the older parts of many cities,
including American cities like PHILADELPHIA AND
BOSTON.

42. STREETS
alley It can refer to a narrow, usually paved, pedestrian path, often
between the walls of buildings in towns and cities.

43. TRANSPORT
#ELEMENTSOFURBANDESIGN

44. TRANSPORT
 Transport systems connect the parts of cities and help shape them, and
enable movement throughout the city.
 They include road, rail, bicycle, and pedestrian networks, and together
form the total movement system of a city.

45. TRANSPORT
The balance of these various transport systems is what helps
define the quality and character of cities, and makes them either
friendly or hostile to pedestrians.

46. TRANSPORT
The best cities are the ones that elevate the
experience of the pedestrian while minimizing the
dominance of the private automobile.

47. examples

48. Train
A train is a form of rail transport consisting of a series of vehicles that usually runs
along a rail track to transport cargo or passengers although magnetic levitation trains
that float above the track exist too.

49. Train station
Nichols station in Taguig City

50. Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry many passengers. Buses have utilitarian fittings
designed for efficient movement of large numbers of people, and often have multiple doors

51. Bus station
EXAMPLE

52. Bus station
Victory Liner, Inc. has grown as one of the largest bus transportation business
groups in the Philippines

53. jeepneys
Jeepney Bus Manila Philippines. pimped out Jeepney – one of the many forms of
public transportation

54. taxi
A taxi is an automobile that carries passengers for a fare usually determined by the
distance traveled

55. tricycle
a tricycle is a public utility vehicle consisting of a motorcycle and an attached
passenger sidecar

56. PRIVATE AUTOMOBILES

57. BICYCLE

58. BICYCLE lane

59. sidewalks
Sidewalks are also considered transport since it allows pedestrian to go to other
places.

60. #ELEMENTSOFURBANDESIGN
LANDSCAPE

61. LANDSCAPE
#ELEMENTSOFURBANDESIGN
It is the green part of the city that
weaves throughout, in the form of
urban parks, street trees, plants,
flowers, and water in many forms.

62. The landscape helps define
the character and beauty of
a city and creates soft,
contrasting spaces and
elements.
Green spaces in cities range from grand parks to small intimate
pocket parks.
LANDSCAPE

63. examples

64. landscape
CENTRAL PARK
Central Park is one of those places that make New York such a great place to live.
The huge park, 341 hectare large (843 acres), is located in the center of
Manhattan. Its design has served as an example for city parks around the world.

65. STREETS
CENTRAL PARK
The park boasts several lakes, theaters, ice rinks, fountains, tennis courts, baseball fields, many
playgrounds and other facilities. It is also home to the Central Park Zoo and the METROPOLITAN
MUSEUM OF ART. Especially during the weekends, when cars are not allowed into the park,
Central Park is a welcome oasis in this hectic city.

66. STREETS
POCKET PARK
It is a small park accessible to the general public. Pocket parks are frequently
created on a single vacant building lot or on small, irregular pieces of land. They
also may be created as a component of the public space requirement of large
building projects.

67. STREETS
Trees along boulevard
Bradford pear trees along Wilson Boulevard in
Rochester, New York

68. STREETS
Planters along the sidewalk

69. STREETS
walkways

70. ELEMENTS OF URBAN DESIGN
 BUILDINGS
 PUBLIC SPACES
 STREETS
 TRANSPORT
 LANDSCAPE
RECAP

71. Which will be discussed by next group.
Urban Design weaves together these elements into
a coherent, organized design structure.

72. END
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS.