Introduction Growing up as a third culture kid,  I had the opportunity to visit and live in many different countries, such as France, the United States, Malaysia, and Egypt. My experience in these distinct built environments has given me personal exposure to various urban design elements and approaches. Furthermore, having lived in developed and developing Read the full article…

Topography, landscape character, cultural history and built form are all factors that influence design, and the larger the design, the more aspects are considered and the more comprehensive the local factors need to be. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/962113/National_design_guide.pdf  Combination of old and new A neighbourhood is the smallest unit of the physical arrangement of the environment, a social Read the full article…

Collective analysis of the design aspects of the public realms leads to proactive spaces that increase the quality of spaces. Takebacks on Le Corbusier, A contemporary city, in The City Reader Takebacks on Jacobs, A. & D. Appleyard, Toward an urban design manifesto, in The City reader 1a.  The design of the contemporary city: Le Read the full article…

Deriving the urban interventions for urban design based on the principles from the paper reads. The first blog explores the medium that activates street life, and the philosophies that are required to enhance the overall quality of the streets in day-to-day life. Takebacks on well-renowned authors regarding the uses of sidewalks in the city that Read the full article…

Ali Madanipour’s lecture on the design of neighbourhoods can been seen as a very prevalent topic due to the quickly densifying cities we are facing in the 21st century. Ali emphasizes the importance of creating liveable cities through a focus on nostalgia, forms, layout, people, activities, and climate. Certain challenges listed include zoning, distances created Read the full article…

Cities are the manifestation of human complexities. The urban complicated lifestyle engenders many problems that people are continuously trying to address. Key among which are the impact we are having on the environment, stress, anxiety, and pollution and its impact on our health and wellbeing. I think there are some small changes to our lifestyle Read the full article…

What is the most suitable neighborhood in our living environment? Yihan He (Jason) Author’s introduction About Professor Ali Madanipour’s lecture, I think we can get huge information about the neighborhood, which we have so many cases from different cities in different countries. Also, we can get some knowledge about some famous scholar’s opinions in urban Read the full article…

I was curious to understand more about how urban design affects health and well-being issues and how the architectural layout of the places we live in may encourage or restrict healthy lifestyle choices after attending Professor Tim Townshend’s lecture on the topic. ANCIENT HEALTHIER CITIES ‘Health’ and ‘place’ is long termly connected to each other Read the full article…

The city of Shantou has a 150-year heritage. Now, the Shantou city region contains about 2000 square kilometres and the Shantou central city has about 100 square kilometre with 1,2 million inhabitants. The central city grew from a 0,5 square kilometre old town along an inner sea bay. Whilst the principles of organic regeneration and Read the full article…

Last week, during the seminar on Urban Design – TCP8052, we looked at the work of Christian Norberg-Schulz, a Norwegian architect, historian, and architectural theorist. He studied the meaning of phenomena in our world for many years, and I find his works on phenomenology to be extremely relevant today.             Read the full article…

Pedestrian-friendly streets are a prodigious strength to the community. They can also attract economic benefits. The presence of such streets can increase retail sales and open up trade. Along with that, it offers a public space for shopping in the neighborhood. The pedestrian-friendly street has countless benefits for small businesses as well. Pedestrians are not Read the full article…

The lecture “Sustainable transport system/ sustainable places- which comes first” was delivered by Alan Wann.   He questioned before he starts the lecture, What do we mean by sustainability? What might a Sustainable transport system look like in places of different sizes of cities or towns? and showed diverse good examples of countries that have Read the full article…