ICEBREAKER ON URBAN DESIGN
Urban design is a passion of mine, it is present in every corner of life and in my opinion, the rapidly evolving modern world needs good urban design more than ever, it can improve people’s mood and behaviour in many ways.
A good urban design is locally appropriate and has many beneficial effects on people, including greenery, traffic and roads, architecture and so on. We can use topographical differences, river tides, vegetation etc. to help us design. In my opinion, urban design is about giving people a more human touch, allowing them to relax and enjoy their surroundings, as modern society sees more and more cold and similar skyscrapers and people are under more and more pressure to work. Cities only get better when their citizens love their cities, and that’s where urban design comes in and that’s what I love – bringing joy and hope into people’s lives through design.
I’ve only been at Newcastle University for just over a month, but I’ve learnt a lot about different concepts of urban design, which has helped me a lot. The teachers have a very different approach to teaching than I did in my undergraduate days, where teachers would usually tell students what they thought was right or good, and then how the students needed to implement that. But when I started my postgraduate studies at Newcastle, I found that the teaching style was very different and the teachers were more interested in getting us to think and try out what was right for ourselves. This can be difficult at first, but I think it’s the good way to go, maybe going down a lot of wrong paths at first, but they are all valuable and not a waste of time. Through constant failure and self-learning I can get to grips with how to think and design my scheme effectively and what is really needed for this design location. Like our design project this semester, we needed to incorporate the needs of the post-epidemic era as well as improve and rebuild an industrial mixed-use community, which was a big challenge for me but also an interesting experiment. fish Quay is a historic fishing pier, with local residents who have lived there for many years, visitors who come to visit and employees who work in the area, our city The design needed to take into account the different needs of these different people, so it was important for me and my team to go out to the site and understand their ideas for the site and incorporate them into the design.
Urban design is the discipline of making people feel happy and it is important to understand the local context, traditions, climate, hydrology, etc. and incorporate them into the design in order to create a good urban design that people will enjoy and that will contribute to the development of society.
Blogs in my opinion are a great way to help with learning.We have weekly lectures to help us understand more about the Urban Design course and we can post some of our insights about our weekly studies through the blog. On the other hand, it’s good to know what other people have to say about the same topic. It’s very good to know that the worst thing about design is to reject information from the outside world.
My classmates and I will be publishing blogs on various topics in the course of our studies, sharing our thoughts and design examples on urban design, and hopefully discussing related issues with more people who are passionate about urban design.Urban design is a fun and enjoyable course and we hope everyone will get involved.
