UD Module

Question 1

figure-ground approach

Answer 1

small, independent blocks

• with figures in black (private) and
• areas in white (public in between– streets, walkways, squares, paths)

Question 2

architectural approach

Answer 2

large, entire-site
mono-agency or unique designer
-public and private realms constructed together

Question 3

intermediate approach

Answer 3

either

• enhance the articulation of figure-ground approach: improve exchange between public and private and change typological innovations
• realize multi-hand developments in architectural projects: focus on relationships and conditions and simplify schemes through division of clear and wide units

Question 4

urban design, defined

Answer 4

what: spheres of urbanistic action, at the intersection of many disciplines
when: after planning, before projects

Question 5

top-down

Question 6

bottom-up

Question 7

urban design dimensions

Answer 7

morphological, perceptual, visual
+ functional (structures)
+ social (conditions, patterns, needs)
+ temporal

Question 8

row

Question 9

block

Question 10

ribbon

Question 11

arcade

Question 12

courtyard

Question 13

solitaire

Question 14

group

Question 15

shed

Question 16

urban morphology

Question 17

traditional building structures

Question 18

new building structures

Question 19

fine urban grain/course urban grain

Question 20

ideal grids/deformed grids

Question 21

plot pattern

Question 22

street pattern

Question 23

public space

Question 24

how can you define the field of urban design?

*DIMENSION

Answer 24

a field of interest and practice, of deep uncertainty

-neither planning nor architecture, but somewhere in between

Question 25

what are the goals of the urban design field?

DIMENSION

Answer 25

to outline features of human settlement (BUILT ENVIRONMENT)
to clarify element involved (actors, infrastructure, closed/open, public/private)
to deal with uncertainty