The research and planning of the living circle can be traced back to Japan, and then spread to South Korea and other countries and regions. Life circle refers to the space-time range formed by residents when they travel (including shopping, commuting and leisure) to meet their production and living needs. The concept of “living circle” Read the full article…

A low-traffic neighbourhood (LTN) scheme aims to reduce traffic and in turn pollution, achieving a lower carbon footprint.   In the recent Covid-19 pandemic, many people felt resistant to using public transport, and in a bid to prevent dependency on private car usage, local authorities have introduced emergency LTNs. Between March and September 2020, 72 Read the full article…

Victoria Square, Belfast, Northern Ireland © Copyright Arundhati Chitnis The changing economic and social conditions result in people shaping their environments. With the rise in the urban population, the physical structure of the cities has changed. As the number of people increases, the infrastructure demand also increases affecting the cityscape and its open public spaces. Read the full article…

Moving forward people are preferring sustainable transport options and there is a huge shift in the market from cars to bicycles. The aim of the module is to understand and analyse the National design guide and ouseburn design codes, and set out the characteristics of ouseburn that demonstrates what a good design means in practice. Read the full article…

During my research in Manchester, We have observed and researched a wide range of housing buildings and the surrounding public spaces in Manchester. I was very interested in one of these buildings. I investigated the appearance of the building. I found that this type of building is assembled from a three-storey building as a module. Read the full article…

The number of people living in urban areas has surpassed the number of people living in rural areas, but the range of each person’s residence is decreasing and the radius of each person’s life is shrinking. People are also completely ignorant about where their food comes from. Digitised images on a screen are one of Read the full article…

Urban Street Space Streets are very important public spaces and are an important part of shared space. The Netherlands is the birthplace of the concept of shared space. It means a living courtyard. Initially, shared spaces were designed by adding interesting elements such as trees and street furniture. Since then, shared space has been more Read the full article…

Patterns of movement for people are integral to well-designed places. Therefore, the methods of street design greatly affect the patterns of movement. Besides, urban scenes are connected by streets, orderly by planning the route of movement and making a city holistic. A successful street design: Give priority to walking and cycling. Reduce the impact of Read the full article…

“Sustainable development is development which meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (WCED 1987). The diagram below shows how sustainable development is characterised by three interlinked elements: Health and wellbeing, Ecological sustainability, and Economic vitality. Figure 1. The sustainable development trefoil. In my Read the full article…

During this trip to Manchester to conduct research on housing and urban space, I was struck by the many differences in the design and development of the city. Even though the designers have the best intentions at the beginning of the design process, the reality is that it does not always work out the way Read the full article…

This semester we started the study of the house alternative course. However, because my undergraduate studies are about landscape courses, there are still many deficiencies in the layout of architecture and interiors. So this course still has some difficulties for me in the learning process of this course. In order to get a better understanding Read the full article…

When we do urban design, we generally need to make a real model for deliberation. That lets us to get the characteristics of the site and the changes after design more directly.     Determine the scale between site and model Firstly, we need to determine the scale of the model according to the size Read the full article…