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Reconsidering urban design: Thoughts about its definition and status as a field or profession
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In this article, a practical definition of thresholds of scale for urban design has been proposed, which can be grouped into categories of being cursory, qualitative and prescriptive, historic, proprietary and process oriented.Abstract:
Since its emergence and rise to significance over the fast 30 years urban design has been loosely defined In this regard, its definition can be grouped into categories of being cursory, qualitative and prescriptive, historic, proprietary and process oriented A practical definition, ie with regard to its status as a field, sees urban design as being form‐giving to built environments as a primary activity involving the professions of architecture, landscape architecture and planning In addition, ‘thresholds of scale’ factor into a practical definition whereby interrelationships of building site, neighbourhoods and districts, the city, metro region and ‘corridors’ are building blocks of design intervention Quality of life, the public realm and process are significant aspects of the thresholds of scaleread more
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A Proposal for a Formal Definition of the Design Concept
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TL;DR: This article suggests a formal definition of the concept design and proposes a conceptual model linking concepts related to design projects, demonstrating how these two conceptualizations can be useful by showing that the definition of design can be used to classify design knowledge and the conceptual model can be use to classifydesign approaches.
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Urban design: requiem for an era – review and critique of the last 50 years
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Science, pseudo-science and urban design
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Commentary: Is Urban Design Still Urban Planning? An Exploration and Response
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Co-evolutions of planning and design: Risks and benefits of design perspectives in planning systems:
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