Urban Design

Elements Studio PA5 | 20.02.2020

Prepared by Suwito K. Citra, ST,
MAUD, IAI
 • Architecture • Public Art
• Billboards • Public Buildings
27 Urban Design • Brownfields • Public space
• Blue elements
Elements • Commercial signage
• Public transportation
• Roofs
(John Spacey) • Cycling Infrastructure • Seawalls
• Energy Infrastructure • Street Furniture
• Green Spaces • Transportation
• Historical Structures Infrastructure
• Landscapes • Urban Forests
• Lighting • Urban Technology
• Monuments • Urban Villages
• Pedestrian Corridors • Vernacular Architecture
• Pocket Neighborhoods • Wet Infrastructure
01 Architecture The public, residential, commercial, industrial
architecture of a city
Residential Buildings
Commercial & Industrial Buildings
 • Billboards and other commercial messages can
02 Billboards be considered an eyesore and safety issue as
they serve as a distraction. They can also be
considered a charming feature of a city,
depending on context
 Billboards

City Friendly Advertising (CFA)

 • A brownfield is a site that is polluted or feared
to be polluted due to industrial, military or
commercial activity.
03 Brownfields • They are often large parcels of land that
represent an opportunity to revitalize an area
with features such as public space or urban
forests.
• Brownfields are expensive to develop as they
require an environmental clean up
 • Open air water features such as rivers, streams,
04 Blue Elements canals, waterfront parks, harbors, ports,
marinas, and fountains
05 Commercial • Signs in front of shops have a significant impact
Signage on the visual appeal of an area
 06 Cycling • Cycling infrastructure such as bike lanes, and
Infrastructure cycle highways
 07 Energy • Energy infrastructure including electrical grids
Infrastructure and district heating
08 Green • Green elements such as parks, greenways,
gardens, vertical gardens, rain gardens, green
spaces walls, green roofs and tree lined streets
Berczy Park, Toronto
09 Historical • Preservation and protection of sites of
Structures significant architectural and historic value
 • The physical features of land such as waterways,
fountains, mountains, hills, stairs, valleys,
forests and gardens.
10 Landscapes • Often integrates natural features such as tress,
engineering components such as levees and
cultural aspects such as gardens
 • Public lighting such as street lights.
11 Lighting • Lack of lighting can also be viewed as a feature
12 Monuments • A structure that celebrates or remembers a
historical event of person
Siegestor, Munich
 • Features that make a city walkable, including
13 Pedestrian sidewalks, trails, pedestrian bridges,
Corridors underpasses, parks, city squares and
superblocks
 14 Pocket • Small neighborhoods build around public
spaces that are designed to stimulate a sense of
Neighborhoods community
 • Art usually sculpture, that is designed to be
displayed in the public.
15 Public Art • In many cases, expensive art selected by
experts or by a committee is unpopular to the
point of being controversial
16 Public • Buildings such as libraries and museums that
Buildings are open to the public
 • Public space provide the freedom of movement
and places for personal solace, companionship,
17 Public family and community
Space • Key natural resources such as beaches are
usually open to the public as a matter of
principle.
 18 Public • Buses, trams, light rail, passenger trains, rapid
transit, ferries and related infrastructure and
Transportation facilities such as stations
 • Roofs are a resource that can be used to
19 Roofs generate electricity, grow food , provide green
space or offer appealing commercial attractions
such as roof cafes
 • A critical component of infrastructure for some
cities. Historically many seawalls were
expensive, high maintenance eyesores that
20 Seawalls obstructed recreation and commercial use of
waterfront areas. There is recent interest in
improving designs to be useful, natural,
obstructive and resilient
21 Street • Benches, waste receptacles, post boxes,
information kiosk and other features designed
Furniture to be useful in public spaces
 22 • Roads, railways, bridges, tunnels, airports, train
stations, sidewalks, canals, and other
Transportation transportation infrastructure. Includes traffic
safety infrastructure such as traffic lights,
Infrastructure pedestrian islands and speed bumps
23 Urban • Forests, forest parks, wilderness preserves and
forests other large grouping of trees
 • Technology services related to the operation of
24 Urban transportation or city infrastructure. Basic
Technology connectivity such as wifi is also increasingly
seen as city service
 • Mixed use developments that locate offices,
shopping, residences, entertainment, medical
25 Urban services, public spaces, and public buildings
Villages within close proximity. Creates a sense that you
could live your entire life within a
neighborhood.
26 Vernacular • Architecture that reflects local culture, identity
Architecture and character
 • Infrastructure related to water supply,
27 Wet treatment, resource management, flood
Infrastructure prevention, drought management, coastal
protection and restoration
 • Buildings

Urban Design •
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Public Space
Streets
Elements • Transport
• Landscape