The Vacant Urban Space: Problems, Possibilities, Processes

This article questions how the making of public open space have been changing in Tokyo. It identifies specificities of urban fabric and open spaces in Edo, the former Tokyo. It questions how the making of public open space was influenced by Western style and approach in Meiji period (1868-1912). And, how in 1990s Privately Owned Public Spaces (pops) changed public open space design in its scale, quantities and qualities. Specifically, the paper looks at: (a) gathering spaces in Tokyo traditional urban fabric; (b) how first parks were inspired by Western landscape design; (c) when plazas started to be designed in Tokyo; (d) Roppongi Hills as a reference project of one of the first mix-use facilities re-development plan in Tokyo with highly designed pops.

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Analysis on the Urban Space Design of Small and Medium-Sized City at both Banks of Waterfront - Take Urban Space Design of the City at both Banks of Waterfront at Heshun County Town as Example

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.634-638.2765 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 634-638 ◽

pp. 2765-2769 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Li Yang ◽

Cong Ling Meng

Keyword(s):

Urban Space ◽

Open Space ◽

Space Design ◽

Planning And Design ◽

Public Open Space ◽

Government Decision ◽

Simple Language ◽

Urban Waterfront ◽

The City ◽

County Town

As the most vibrant public open space in city, urban waterfront area provides hydrophilic environment and green corridor, and meets people’s spiritual demand on city. This paper takes waterfront greenbelt space design at Heshun county town as example, and discusses the direction and layout strategy of urban waterfront construction in simple language, which provides the scientific proofs and references for waterfront planning and design to government decision-making department and planning and design personnel.

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Continuity of Urban History Context – Urban Open Space Design Strategy

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.374-377.248 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 374-377 ◽

pp. 248-251

Author(s):

Bo Liu ◽

Zong Gang Liu ◽

Jianhui Yang

Keyword(s):

Urban Design ◽

Urban History ◽

Open Space ◽

Open Spaces ◽

Urban Open Space ◽

Space Design ◽

Number Of Factors ◽

Design Ideas ◽

Historic City ◽

City Centres

As an increasing numbers of people move into the cities, the need of places for community in such cities is required. Urban open spaces have already take a huge part in people`s daily life. It is expected that a high quality of places can be created for people. The urban open spaces design played an important role in modern urban design and planning. Squares and plazas developed a lot in city centres. But there is a problem that it is hard to build new open spaces in the historic city centres as the spaces is very limited. The genesis of this research came from two distinct sources. First, there are a number of factors which influence urban design. The surroundings, memories and the experiences of the city for people can be defined as contexts. ‘Contexts’ constrain and inform all areas of urban design action. Second, there was a need for people to have a special pleasure from the sight of public spaces. With a focus on the urban design, the main factors presented here are the open spaces. The role and meaning of the elements that play in urban design and the ways in which they are designed, developed and detailed are the most important elements for landscape architects to research and consider. In the end of this paper, the author developed a series of general design process and some design ideas as basis of design model of urban open space for the urban history context extending.

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IDENTIFIKASI ALUN-ALUN KUDUS SEBAGAI FASILITAS RUANG TERBUKA PUBLIK DI TINJAU TERHADAP PENDEKATAN DIMENSI FUNGSI DAN DIMENSI SOSIAL

Jurnal Planologi ◽

10.30659/jpsa.v15i1.2761 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 34

Author(s):

Rizqi Jamalludin

Keyword(s):

Urban Design ◽

Urban Space ◽

Open Space ◽

Physical Characteristics ◽

Central Java ◽

Sports Venues ◽

Almost All ◽

The City ◽

Analyze Case ◽

Holy City

ABSTRACT: In a city it is the most complicated creation, taste, intention, and human work throughout civilization. The city can be regarded as a crowded place and inhabited by heterogeneous (diversified) people in terms of livelihood, religion, customs and culture. On a network of custom houses with high population with socio-economic strata. The physical characteristics of a city vary greatly but the physical characteristics of a design city must have economic facilities such as markets or supermarkets, adequate parking space, recreational and sports venues, squares, government buildings, Kudus is the city with all its beauty . Of the 35 cities and regencies in Central Java, Kudus has an area of 425.5 sq. Km. One of the most unfortunate ones is the open space or open space that can be used publicly. Kudus city has an open space which is also owned by other cities, namely the square which is one of the landmarks that exist in the sanctuary. Being in the middle of the city makes this Kudus square always crowded in the place of people from various cities because almost all the way is centered to this square. Various elements which is the most important element in the arrangement of urban space. It is interesting to be studied because there are still many things that need to be studied and meticulously in the square kudus. Analyze case studies on the researchers will use 2 (two) theory. The goal is to know what elements of the elements exist in the city zone in the holy city. The author conducts research in the field with the aim of collecting data contained in and assisted by the literature and others.Keywords: Kudus Square, Urban Dimension, Urban Space ABSTRAKDalam sebuah kotamerupakan hasil cipta, rasa, karsa, dan karya manusia yang paling rumit sepanjang peradaban. Kota bisa dibilang sebagai tempat yang padat dan dihuni oleh orang-orang yang heterogen (beraneka ragam)baik dalam hal mata pencaharian, agama, adat, dan kebudayaan. Pada sebuah kota kesatuan jaringan kehidupan manusia ditandai dengan kepadatan penduduk yang tinggi disertai dengan strata sosial ekonomi. Ciri fisik sebuah kota sangat beragam akan tetapi ciri fisik sebuah kota jika dilihat dari seorang urban design harus mempunyai Sarana perekonomian seperti pasar atau supermarket, Tempat parkir yang memadai, Tempat rekreasi dan olahraga, Alun-alun, Gedung-gedung pemerintahan, Kudus adalah kota dengan segala keindahannya. Dari 35 kota dan kabupaten di Jawa Tengah, Kudus memiliki luas 425,5 km persegi. Salah satu unsur yang penting dalam suatu kota adalah ruang terbuka atau open space yang dapat digunakan untuk aktivitas umum. Kota kudus memiliki ruang terbuka yang juga dipunyai oleh kota-kota lain, yaitu alun alun alun alun kudus sendiri merupakan salah satu landmark yang ada di kudus. Berada pada tengah kota membuat alun alun kudus ini selalu ramai di kunjungi masyarakat dari berbagai kota karena hampir semua jalan terpusat ke Taman alun alun kudus ini. Terdapat berbagai macam elemen yang dimana merupakan elemen terpenting dalam menataan urban space.Hal ini menarik untuk diteliti dikarenakan masih banyak hal hal yang perlu dipelajari dan di teliti di alun-alun kudus.Dalam menganalisa studi kasus di atas peneliti akan mengunakan 2 (dua) teori . Tujuan penulis adalah untuk mengetahui elemen elemen apa saja yang terdapat pada kawasan kawasan yang ada di kota kudus. Penulis melakukan observasi singkat dilapangan dengan tujuan mengumpulkan data kongkrit yang berada di sana dan dibantu oleh literature dan sumber yang lain.Kata kunci: Alun-Alun Kudus, Dimensi perkotaan, Urban Space.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE AS A DRIVE TO GENERATE DESIGN OPTIONS... IN EARLY URBAN DESIGN STAGE: A PARAMETRIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK

СОВРЕМЕННАЯ АРХИТЕКТУРА МИРА ◽

10.25995/niitiag.2019.12.1.030 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 251-272

Author(s):

Джерри Леунг ◽

Кристофер Кэмпбэлл ◽

Лукаш Миколай Садовски

Keyword(s):

Urban Design ◽

Open Space ◽

Model Development ◽

Parametric Model ◽

Primary Objective ◽

Parametric Models ◽

Design Stage ◽

Design Models ◽

Space Design ◽

Development Framework

Предыдущие исследования показали, что для решения задач в области градостроительного проектирования возможно применение параметрического моделирования. Были также предприняты попытки включить в градостроительные параметрические модели экологическую эффективность. Однако в этих исследованиях экологическая эффективность присутствовала только в качестве результата параметрического моделирования. Возможность использования экологической эффективности в качестве вводных данных до сих пор не рассматривалась. Таким образом, главная цель настоящего исследования заключается в том, чтобы найти подход к построению модели, который позволил бы использовать экологическую эффективность в качестве вводных данных в градостроительном параметрическом моделировании. Для демонстрации возможностей практического применения такого подхода предлагается построение параметрической модели озелененного общественного пространства. Previous studies have demonstrated that it is possible to utilize parametric model for urban design tasks. There were also attempts to include environmental performances in parametric urban design models. However, environmental performances were only treated as outputs of parametric models in these studies. The feasibility of treating the performances as inputs has not been revealed yet. As a result, the primary objective of this study is to develop a model development framework which can aid the development of parametric urban design models embracing environmental performances as inputs. The development of a parametric model for green open space design was utilized as a case study to demonstrate how this framework can be applied.

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ELEMEN PERANCANGAN KOTA YANG BERPENGARUH TERHADAP KUALITAS RUANG KOTA PADA JALAN JENDRAL SUDIRMAN KOTA SALATIGA

MODUL ◽

10.14710/mdl.20.01.2020.10-17 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (01) ◽

pp. 10-17

Author(s):

Happy Risdian ◽

Suzanna Ratih Sari ◽

Raden Siti Rukayah

Keyword(s):

Urban Design ◽

Urban Space ◽

Open Space ◽

City Planning ◽

Central Business District ◽

Literature Study ◽

Design Elements ◽

Mass Circulation ◽

Business District ◽

Building Form

Jalan Jendral Sudirman in Salatiga City is the part of Central Business District in Salatiga City. City planning elements according to Shirvani (1985) are land use, building form and mass, circulation and parking, open space, pedestrian ways , activity support, signage, and preservation. The existence element of urban design contained in Jalan Jendaral Sudirman will influence the quality of urban space. To determine this effect, this study uses a rationalistic qualitative method. Data collection method by means of literature study, field observations, interviews. Analysis method by analyze interview results. The results of this study indicate urban design elements influence to urban place quality.

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A typological classification of neighbourhood public open spaces: A case study of Novi Grad - Podgorica

Facta universitatis - series Architecture and Civil Engineering ◽

10.2298/fuace1601111v ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 111-121

Author(s):

Miroslava Vujadinovic

Keyword(s):

Public Space ◽

Urban Space ◽

Social Life ◽

Open Space ◽

Public Spaces ◽

Spatial Form ◽

Open Spaces ◽

Space Design ◽

Collective Housing ◽

The Relationship

This paper examines the relationship between urban public space and everyday social life, as well as the forms of social interaction as patterns of use of public spaces in collective housing neighbourhoods. Urbanity issues are manifested both at social level by population alienation from the social surroundings, by the lack of joint activities and stay in the neighbourhood public open areas, as well as at physical level, by the lack of the area vitality and security, and neglect. The analysis of the neighborhood spatial form determinants is represented by the universally applicable typology based on spatial and sociological theories about the relationship of urban space and social processes, applicable to areas that generate patterns of people encounters and gatherings. Understanding the relation between human behaviors through the capacity of neighborhood open space contributes to the quality of the open spaces design and especially to enhancing the vitality of the city public spaces. The purpose of this paper is to obtain scientifically based approach to the public space design in a view of its use that may be beneficial to urban planners in the process of urban space regeneration.

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The Architectural Manipulation of Sound: Architecturally Articulating Urban Space to Protect and Enhance the Outdoor Acoustic Environment

10.26686/wgtn.17003917.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

◽

Andrew Rieper

Keyword(s):

Urban Design ◽

Design Process ◽

Urban Space ◽

Open Space ◽

Design Research ◽

Design Principles ◽

Research Process ◽

Acoustic Environment ◽

Sound Environment ◽

The Aesthetic

<p>To date, ‘Urban Design’ has seldom accounted for the quality of the acoustic environment. The significance of sound in the urban environment is understated. This is evident in design attitudes towards Urban Acoustics, which are essentially objective; based on ‘Noise Control Methodologies’, limited by quantitative values and void of sonic variety. The aim of this thesis is firstly, to determine whether an acoustic agenda could be successfully introduced into the urban design process, and secondly, to assess the aesthetic impact of imposing such an agenda on the built environment. To explore these ideas, the thesis combined research from three fields; Urban Design (‘Public Places, Urban Spaces’ by Carmona et al.), Urban Acoustics (‘Urban Sound Environment’ by Jian Kang), and Soundscape Philosophy (founded by R. Murray Schafer). A series of experiments were then conducted using noise propagation software ‘CadnaA’, which studied the acoustic performances of different Street and Open Space Layouts. Conclusions drawn from these experiments and the analysed literature provided the framework for an Urban Design Proposal located in central Wellington, which was used as a means to assess the viability of this design approach. The results of the design-research process suggest that an acoustic agenda can be integrated into the urban design process with relative ease and little conflict, and that many of the Soundscape philosophies inherent in Urban Acoustic Design actually complement well-established Urban Design Principles. Additionally, while this approach is most effective in acoustically challenging areas, the intrinsic design principles can be adopted to enhance both the acoustic and visual aesthetic of any urban design.</p>

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The Architectural Manipulation of Sound: Architecturally Articulating Urban Space to Protect and Enhance the Outdoor Acoustic Environment

10.26686/wgtn.17003917 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

◽

Andrew Rieper

Keyword(s):

Urban Design ◽

Design Process ◽

Urban Space ◽

Open Space ◽

Design Research ◽

Design Principles ◽

Research Process ◽

Acoustic Environment ◽

Sound Environment ◽

The Aesthetic

<p>To date, ‘Urban Design’ has seldom accounted for the quality of the acoustic environment. The significance of sound in the urban environment is understated. This is evident in design attitudes towards Urban Acoustics, which are essentially objective; based on ‘Noise Control Methodologies’, limited by quantitative values and void of sonic variety. The aim of this thesis is firstly, to determine whether an acoustic agenda could be successfully introduced into the urban design process, and secondly, to assess the aesthetic impact of imposing such an agenda on the built environment. To explore these ideas, the thesis combined research from three fields; Urban Design (‘Public Places, Urban Spaces’ by Carmona et al.), Urban Acoustics (‘Urban Sound Environment’ by Jian Kang), and Soundscape Philosophy (founded by R. Murray Schafer). A series of experiments were then conducted using noise propagation software ‘CadnaA’, which studied the acoustic performances of different Street and Open Space Layouts. Conclusions drawn from these experiments and the analysed literature provided the framework for an Urban Design Proposal located in central Wellington, which was used as a means to assess the viability of this design approach. The results of the design-research process suggest that an acoustic agenda can be integrated into the urban design process with relative ease and little conflict, and that many of the Soundscape philosophies inherent in Urban Acoustic Design actually complement well-established Urban Design Principles. Additionally, while this approach is most effective in acoustically challenging areas, the intrinsic design principles can be adopted to enhance both the acoustic and visual aesthetic of any urban design.</p>

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The Soundscape Hackathon as a Methodology to Accelerate Co-Creation of the Urban Public Space

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app10061932 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (6) ◽

pp. 1932

Author(s):

Jorg De Winne ◽

Karlo Filipan ◽

Bart Moens ◽

Paul Devos ◽

Marc Leman ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Public Space ◽

Urban Design ◽

Design Process ◽

Urban Space ◽

Open Space ◽

Current Trend ◽

Urban Public Space ◽

Visual Aesthetics ◽

Local Residents ◽

Viable Approach

The design of urban public spaces is typically performed by architects and urban planners, which often only focus on the visual aesthetics of the urban space. Yet, a visually pleasing public open space designed for relaxing will be underused if it sounds unpleasant. Ideally, sonic design should be integrated with visual design, a need the soundscape approach answers. The current trend of co-creating the urban space together with all stakeholders, including local residents, opens up new opportunities to account for all senses in the urban design process. Unfortunately, architects and urban planners struggle to incorporate the soundscape approach in the urban design process and to use it in the context of co-creation. In this work, a hackathon is proposed to generate creative concepts, methods and tools to co-create the urban public space. A soundscape hackathon was organized in the spring of 2019. Participants were challenged to apply their own immersive approaches or virtual and/or augmented reality solutions on selected urban soundscapes. They presented their results to colleagues in the field and to a professional jury. This paper describes the process and results of the event and shows that a hackathon is a viable approach to accelerate the co-creation of the urban public space.

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