Urban Infrastructure Provision and Urban Infrastructure Provision and Management Master’s ProgrammeManagement Master’s Programme

Week-4Week-4

Session-7Session-7

Strategic Principles of Strategic Principles of InfrastructureInfrastructure

Institute of Urban Development Studies

RecapRecap

By InstructorBy Instructor

Session ObjectivesSession Objectives

By the end of session Participants will be By the end of session Participants will be able to:able to:

Define and illustrate Urban Design and Define and illustrate Urban Design and its basic principles concerned to its basic principles concerned to Infrastructure Provision and Mnagement. Infrastructure Provision and Mnagement.

Urban DesignUrban Design

The art of creating and shaping cities and towns The art of creating and shaping cities and towns

Urban design involves the arrangement and design of Urban design involves the arrangement and design of buildingsbuildings, , public spacespublic spaces, , transport systemstransport systems, , servicesservices, and , and amenitiesamenities. .

Urban design is the process of giving Urban design is the process of giving formform, , shapeshape, , and and charactercharacter to groups of buildings, to whole to groups of buildings, to whole neighborhoods, and the city.  neighborhoods, and the city. 

It is a framework that orders the elements into a It is a framework that orders the elements into a network of network of streetsstreets, , squaressquares, and , and blocksblocks. .

Urban design blends Urban design blends architecturearchitecture, , landscape landscape architecturearchitecture, and , and city planningcity planning together to make together to make urban areas functional and attractive. urban areas functional and attractive.

Urban Design……Urban Design……Urban design draws together the many strands of place-making, environmental stewardship, social equity and economic viability into the creation of places with distinct beauty and

identity.

Urban design is derived from but transcends planning and transportation policy, architectural design, development economics, engineering and landscape. It draws these and other strands together creating a vision for an area and then deploying the resources and skills needed to bring the vision to life.

Urban Design……Urban Design……

Urban design is about making connections between people and places, movement and urban form, nature and the built fabric.

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Urban design involves Urban design involves place-makingplace-making the creation of a setting that the creation of a setting that

imparts a sense of place to imparts a sense of place to an area. This process is an area. This process is achieved by establishing achieved by establishing identifiable neighborhoods, identifiable neighborhoods, unique architecture, unique architecture, aesthetically pleasing aesthetically pleasing public places and vistas, public places and vistas, identifiable landmarks and identifiable landmarks and focal points, and a human focal points, and a human element established by element established by compatible scales of compatible scales of development and ongoing development and ongoing public stewardship.public stewardship.

place making…….place making…….

Other key elements of place making include:Other key elements of place making include: lively commercial centers, lively commercial centers, mixed-use development with ground-floor mixed-use development with ground-floor

retail uses, retail uses, human-scale and context-sensitive design; human-scale and context-sensitive design; safe and attractive public areas;safe and attractive public areas; image-making; and image-making; and decorative elements in the public realm. decorative elements in the public realm.

"The building of cities is one of man's "The building of cities is one of man's

greatest achievements." -greatest achievements." -Edmund BaconEdmund Bacon

Urban designUrban design practice areas range practice areas range in scale from small in scale from small public spaces or public spaces or streets to streets to neighborhoods, city-neighborhoods, city-wide systems, or wide systems, or whole regions.whole regions.

Urban design……Urban design……

"Urban design and city building are surely "Urban design and city building are surely among the most auspicious endeavors of among the most auspicious endeavors of this or any age, giving rise to a vision of life, this or any age, giving rise to a vision of life, art, artifact and culture that outlives its art, artifact and culture that outlives its authors. It is the gift of its designers and authors. It is the gift of its designers and makers to the future. Urban design is makers to the future. Urban design is essentially an ethical endeavor, inspired by essentially an ethical endeavor, inspired by the vision of public art and architecture and the vision of public art and architecture and reified by the science of construction." -reified by the science of construction." -Donald WatsonDonald Watson. .

Urban design operates at 3 Urban design operates at 3 scalesscales

the regioncity and town

the neighborhooddistrict and corridor

the blockstreet and building

Urban design Urban design includes infrastructure, includes infrastructure,

architecture, public spaces architecture, public spaces

Examples of great urban design are all over the worldExamples of great urban design are all over the world

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1.1. Washington DC Washington DC 2.2. Cartagena, Colombia Cartagena, Colombia 3.3. Salt Lake City, UT Salt Lake City, UT 4.4. Copenhagen, Denmark Copenhagen, Denmark 5.5. Portofino, Italy Portofino, Italy 6.6. Strasbourg, France Strasbourg, France 7.7. Siena, Italy Siena, Italy 8.8. A New City A New City 9.9. Aleppo, Syria Aleppo, Syria http://www.urbandesign.orghttp://www.urbandesign.org

Urban design has a wide range of Urban design has a wide range of applications:applications:

Some of the best urban design comes Some of the best urban design comes from Italyfrom Italy

Some of the best urban design comes Some of the best urban design comes from Italy…….from Italy…….

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Principles of Urban Infrastructure Principles of Urban Infrastructure DesignDesignBasicsBasics Reduced Servicing CostReduced Servicing Cost Reduced Environmental footprintReduced Environmental footprint Reduce environmental, social and Reduce environmental, social and

economic stresseconomic stress Active Community ParticipationActive Community Participation Close proximity of resources for Close proximity of resources for

community needs.community needs.

Principles of Urban Infrastructure Principles of Urban Infrastructure Design……Design……BasicsBasics Ensure Integrated Technical and Ensure Integrated Technical and

Industrial SystemsIndustrial Systems Conserve and enhance the health of Conserve and enhance the health of

Natural SystemsNatural Systems Provision of day-to-day needs within Provision of day-to-day needs within

walking distance.walking distance. Promote workability Promote workability

ConclusionConclusion

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