Introduction The growing migrant population and urban sprawl have made mixed-use communities an efficient means of managing these issues. This sustainable development strategy addresses the issue of urban sprawl and, more crucially, could provide safety for the community. An example graphic represents the Mixed-Use community – Saxonvale, M (n.d.) The safety of the community In Read the full article…
Introduction With the global energy crisis, the reduction of energy consumption has become an important issue around the world, and passive house design plays an important role in reducing energy consumption. In fact, passive house design has been widely used in the urban design field to a large extent, and even in some places it Read the full article…
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Image 1: Urban green spaces provide a way for people to connect to nature within a developed city Photo taken by Jean-Christophe BENOIST [CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)] In the context of modern cities, humans are facing many challenges, including air pollution, heat island effect, and decline in residents’ quality of life. Therefore, the planning and Read the full article…
What is gender mainstreaming? Figure 1. Women and man in the station( Lypynskyy et. al, no date) Picture two scenarios: In one, you’re a dad commuting to work. You drive or take the train, go to work, and then, head home. In the other, Imagine you’re a mother with a small child, navigating a metro station Read the full article…
As we approach a monumental four years since the onset of UK lockdowns resultant from the global Covid-19 pandemic, the profound decline of the UK housing market becomes ever present. Figure 1: A deserted Arcade Street near Norwich, Norfolk during the first UK Covid-19 lockdown (Simak, 2020) In the period from January 2020 to December Read the full article…
Figure 1: Newham’s New Residential Plan Source: Newham City Council (2024) In the urban design world, residential area plays an important role. It is not simply described as clusters of houses anymore, not if we want to make them more resilient for the future use. It needs to be able to shape the environment’s functionality Read the full article…
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Shared Streets / Exploring the Integration of Urban Design and Transportation Design What is Shared Streets? The concept of shared streets is not yet clear at the theoretical and practical levels, but it can at least be intuitively understood as the shared use of the same public street (road) space by different street (road) users. Read the full article…
Figure 1. Back View of Women Walking on a Street (Igonkin, no date). Women experience cities differently from men. Despite the fact that women make up half of the population. Urban design often ignores women’s perspectives, which makes women face many issues in urban life, such as safety. How to design cities that work for Read the full article…
Co-Housing is the method of forming a community. It is mostly referred to as a deliberate community, where people live together and contribute to its various aspects. This helps to build a neighborhood, which inculcates certain values in the people who come together. This may be a shared vision to live in a certain way, Read the full article…
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INTRODUCTION Urbanization and population growth continue to deplete the world’s finite resources. Over half the world’s population currently live in cities, and by 2050, it is expected that over a billion people will be living urban lives.(2050 and 6.5 are placeholders for specific numbers.) People will be compelling cities to revise their policies and consider Read the full article…
Modular construction is a growing practice across the UK due to its cost-effectiveness and quick construction times. This blog explores how modular housing could help solve the student housing shortage. The need for affordable student housing Many UK universities are facing uncertainty over student housing. Recent data shows overall university intake has increased by 8% Read the full article…
Posted on by Wenyu Tao
Introduction: Existing community research shows that cities are experiencing growing socio-spatial inequality and declining social cohesion. At the same time, the world is in the middle of a demographic transition. On the one hand, the aging population is increasing year by year. The United Nations (2001) predicts that from 2007 to 2050, the world’s elderly Read the full article…
