Kevin Lynch identified five key elements that help define a city's urban form and aid people in navigating an urban environment. These elements are: 1) paths, which include streets and sidewalks that facilitate movement; 2) edges, such as walls or shorelines that form boundaries; 3) nodes, or focal points like plazas that attract movement; 4) landmarks, which are prominent and easily identifiable objects; and 5) districts, which are sections of the city with a common character. These elements shape how people perceive and interact with the built environment.

1. KEVIN LYNCK FIVE ELEMENTS OF
CITY PLANNING

2. WHAT IS URBAN DESIGN AND URBAN PLANNING AND
ARCHITECTURE ?
URBAN DESGN :
o THE DESIGN OF FUNCTIONALITY AND SPACES
BETWEEN BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
o ART OF MAKING PLACE FOR PEOPLE
o HUMAN INTERACTION WITH THE ENVIRONMENT
o INVOLES PLACES SUCH AS SQUARE, PIAZZA,
STREETS, PEDRESTRIAN
URBAN PLANING :
o THE DESIGN AND ORGANISATION OF URBAN
SPACE AND INFRASTRUCTURE
o LAYOUT OF NEIGHBORHOOD, CITIES AND REGION
o BALANCING THE BUILT AND NEUTRAL
ENVIRONMENT
ARCHITECTURE:
o THE ART OR PRACTICE OF DESIGNING AND
CONTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS
o FORM
o FUNCTIONALITY
o FIRMNESS

3. KEVIN LYNCK FIVE ELEMENTS OF CITY PLANNING
o URBAN THINKER KEVIN LYNCH WAS ABLE TO ESTABLISH A NOTATION OF CITY ELEMENTS THAT MATCH THE
PEOPLE PERCEPTION
THEY ARE IDENTIFIED AS:
o PATHS
o EDGES
o NODES
o LANDMARKS
o DISTRICT
OTHER ELEMENTS THOSE CAN BE IDENTIFIED IN
URBAN CONTEXT:
o LANDSCAPES
o ACCESSORY FEATURES

4. KEVIN LYNCK FIVE ELEMENTS OF CITY PLANNING
1.PATHWAYS:
o THE STREETS, SIDEWALKS, TRAILS, AND OTHER CHANNELS IN
WHICH PEOPLE TRAVEL
o THEY ARRANGE SPACE AND MOVEMENT BETWEEN SPACE
IMPORTANCE:
o THE ORGANISE THE MOBILITY
o PATTERN OF STREET NETWORK IS WHAT DEFINES A CITY AND MAKES
IT UNIQUE
DEFINITION:
STREET ROADS SIDE WALKS
PATHWAY

5. KEVIN LYNCK FIVE ELEMENTS OF CITY PLANNING
2.EDGES:
o BOUNDARIES
o THEY CAN BE EITHER REAL OR PERCEIVED
o THESE ARE WALLS, BUILDINGS AND SHORELINES, CURBSTONE,
OVERPASSES..ETC
o EDGES ARE LINAR ELEMENTS THAT FORM BOUNDARIES
BETWEEN AREAS OR LINEAR BREAKS IN CONTINUITY
IMPORTANCE:
o FUNCTIONALITY AND USAGE OF THE SPACES ARE
CLEARLY DEFINED BY EDGES
DEFINITION:
EXAMPLE FOR EDGES:
MUMBAI CITY
EDGES B/W BUILDING AND STREET

6. KEVIN LYNCK FIVE ELEMENTS OF CITY PLANNING
3.NODES :
o LARGE AREAS YOU CAN ENTER, SERVRE AS FOCI OF THE
CITY, NEIGHBORHOOD, DISTRICT….ETC
o OFFERS THE PERSON IN THEM MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVE OF
THE OTHER CORE ELEMENTS
IMPORTANCE:
o TO INCREASE PERCEPTION OF AN ACTIVE , URBAN
CORRIDORS AND TO ENCOURAGE MORE WALK SPACE
DEFINITION:
EXAMPLE FOR NODE:
CHARMINAR

7. 4.LANDMARK :
o EXTERNAL POINT OF ORIENTATION, EASILY IDENTIFIED OBJECTS- TOWER
,SPIRES ARE DISTINCT AND ARE TYPICALLY SEEN FROM ANY ANGLE AND
FROM DISTANCE , OVER THE TOP OF THE SMALLER ELEMENT
IMPORTANCE:
o FUNCTIONALLY PROMINENT STRUCTURE HAVE A MAJOR INFLUENCE ON
THE AESTHETICS OF THEIR IMMEDIATE URBAN LANDSCAPE; LOCATION,
FUNCTION OF OPEN SPACE AND LANDSCAPE FURNITURES
DEFINITION:
KEVIN LYNCK FIVE ELEMENTS OF CITY PLANNING
LEANING TOWER-PISA
GHERKIN - LONDON ELIZABETH TOWER- LONDONEFFIEL TOWER- PARIS

8. 5.DISTIRCT :
KEVIN LYNCK FIVE ELEMENTS OF CITY PLANNING
o ARE THE MEDIUM TO LARGE PARTS OF THE CITY WHICH
SHARE THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS STYLE - SPATIAL
FORM, TOPOGRAPHY- COLORS, TEXTURE, URBAN FABRIC
o DISTRICTS MAY HAVE CLEAR EDGES,
OR SOFT UNCERTAIN ONES
GRADUALLY FADING AWAY INTO
SURROUNDING AREAS.