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Experiential Landscape offers new ways of looking at the
relationship between people and the outdoor open spaces they use in
their everyday lives. The book takes a holistic view of the
relationship between humans and their environment, integrating
experiential and spatial dimensions of the outdoors, and exploring
the theory and application of environmental design disciplines,
most notably landscape architecture and urban design. The book
explores specific settings in which an experiential approach has
been applied, setting out a vocabulary and methods of application,
and offers new readings of experiential characteristics in site
analysis and design. Offering readers a range of accessible mapping
tools and details of what participative approaches mean in
practice, this is a new, innovative and practical methodology. The
book provides an invaluable resource for students, academics and
practitioners and anyone seeking reflective but practical guidance
on how to approach outdoor place-making or the analysis and design
of everyday outdoor places.
Experiential Landscape offers new ways of looking at the
relationship between people and the outdoor open spaces they use in
their everyday lives. The book takes a holistic view of the
relationship between humans and their environment, integrating
experiential and spatial dimensions of the outdoors, and exploring
the theory and application of environmental design disciplines,
most notably landscape architecture and urban design. The book
explores specific settings in which an experiential approach has
been applied, setting out a vocabulary and methods of application,
and offers new readings of experiential characteristics in site
analysis and design. Offering readers a range of accessible mapping
tools and details of what participative approaches mean in
practice, this is a new, innovative and practical methodology. The
book provides an invaluable resource for students, academics and
practitioners and anyone seeking reflective but practical guidance
on how to approach outdoor place-making or the analysis and design
of everyday outdoor places.
The traditional Chinese city is undergoing an identity crisis. With
the rapid development taking place, there is growing conflict
between this new building and the existing urban heritage. An
appropriate approach, both in design and in legislation, is
urgently needed to deal with this problem. Furthermore, although
Chinese cities have a remarkably long history, existing methods of
urban form study in China are either descriptive or loosely
structured, whereas a comprehensive methodology is necessary to
'read' Chinese urban forms in a consistent way, and thus inform
designers and policy-makers. Chinese Urban Design targets these
problems and offers an analytic and conceptual framework for both
urban investigation and consequent design. Firstly summarising
traditional urban design principles and how Chinese cities have
transformed over time, it then introduces and offers a theoretic
ground and scientific methodology for understanding the evolution
of urban forms, initially developed in western countries. It
demonstrates the theoretic model via real cases - from the city of
Nanjing - and establishes a direct link between understanding of
urban forms and design development. By providing a cross-cultural
investigation on the theories and methods of urban typology and
morphology, this book aims to suggest best future practice for
urban design in China. It explores how urban designers and local
policy-makers can produce culturally responsive designs and how
they might better understand the formation and transformation of
the built environment in which their creations sit. It also looks
at how local residents' lifestyle, culture and demands might be
reflected and respected in design process.
The traditional Chinese city is undergoing an identity crisis. With
the rapid development taking place, there is growing conflict
between this new building and the existing urban heritage. An
appropriate approach, both in design and in legislation, is
urgently needed to deal with this problem. Furthermore, although
Chinese cities have a remarkably long history, existing methods of
urban form study in China are either descriptive or loosely
structured, whereas a comprehensive methodology is necessary to
'read' Chinese urban forms in a consistent way, and thus inform
designers and policy-makers. Chinese Urban Design targets these
problems and offers an analytic and conceptual framework for both
urban investigation and consequent design. Firstly summarising
traditional urban design principles and how Chinese cities have
transformed over time, it then introduces and offers a theoretic
ground and scientific methodology for understanding the evolution
of urban forms, initially developed in western countries. It
demonstrates the theoretic model via real cases - from the city of
Nanjing - and establishes a direct link between understanding of
urban forms and design development. By providing a cross-cultural
investigation on the theories and methods of urban typology and
morphology, this book aims to suggest best future practice for
urban design in China. It explores how urban designers and local
policy-makers can produce culturally responsive designs and how
they might better understand the formation and transformation of
the built environment in which their creations sit. It also looks
at how local residents' lifestyle, culture and demands might be
reflected and respected in design process.
The need for a human-orientated approach to urbanism is well
understood, and yet all too often this dimension remains lacking in
urban design. In this book the authors argue for and develop
socially restorative urbanism - a new conceptual framework laying
the foundations for innovative ways of thinking about the
relationship between the urban spatial structure and social
processes to re-introduce a more explicit people-centred element
into urban place-making and its adaptation. Focusing on this
interplay between humans and the built environment, two new
concepts are developed: the transitional edge - a socio-spatial
concept of the urban realm; and Experiemics - a participative
process that acts to redress imbalances in territorial
relationships, defined in terms of the awareness of mine, theirs,
ours and yours (MTOY). In this way, Socially Restorative Urbanism
shows how professional practice and community understanding can be
brought together in a mutually interdependent and practical way.
Its theoretical and practical principles are applicable across a
wide range of contexts concerning human benefit through urban
environmental change and experience, and it will be of interest to
readers in the social sciences and environmental psychology, as
well as the spatial planning and design disciplines.
What can architects, landscape architects and urban designers do to
make urban open spaces, streets and squares, more responsive,
lively and safe? Urban Sustainability through Environmental Design
answers this question by providing the analytical tools and
practical methodologies that can be employed for sustainable
solutions to the design and management of urban environments. The
book calls into question the capability of 'quick-fix' development
solutions to provide the establishment of fixed communities and
suggests a more time-conscious and evolutionary approach. This is
the first significant book to draw together a pan-European view on
sustainable urban design with a specific focus on social
sustainability. It presents an innovative approach that focuses on
the tools of urban analysis rather than the interventions
themselves. With its practical approach and wide-ranging
discussion, this book will appeal to all those involved in
producing communities and spaces for sustainable living, from
students to academics through to decision makers and professional
leaders.
What can architects, landscape architects and urban designers do to
make urban open spaces, streets and squares, more responsive,
lively and safe? Urban Sustainability through Environmental Design
answers this question by providing the analytical tools and
practical methodologies that can be employed for sustainable
solutions to the design and management of urban environments. The
book calls into question the capability of 'quick-fix' development
solutions to provide the establishment of fixed communities and
suggests a more time-conscious and evolutionary approach. This is
the first significant book to draw together a pan-European view on
sustainable urban design with a specific focus on social
sustainability. It presents an innovative approach that focuses on
the tools of urban analysis rather than the interventions
themselves. With its practical approach and wide-ranging
discussion, this book will appeal to all those involved in
producing communities and spaces for sustainable living, from
students to academics through to decision makers and professional
leaders.
The need for a human-orientated approach to urbanism is well
understood, and yet all too often this dimension remains lacking in
urban design. In this book the authors argue for and develop
socially restorative urbanism - a new conceptual framework laying
the foundations for innovative ways of thinking about the
relationship between the urban spatial structure and social
processes to re-introduce a more explicit people-centred element
into urban place-making and its adaptation. Focusing on this
interplay between humans and the built environment, two new
concepts are developed: the transitional edge - a socio-spatial
concept of the urban realm; and Experiemics - a participative
process that acts to redress imbalances in territorial
relationships, defined in terms of the awareness of mine, theirs,
ours and yours (MTOY). In this way, Socially Restorative Urbanism
shows how professional practice and community understanding can be
brought together in a mutually interdependent and practical way.
Its theoretical and practical principles are applicable across a
wide range of contexts concerning human benefit through urban
environmental change and experience, and it will be of interest to
readers in the social sciences and environmental psychology, as
well as the spatial planning and design disciplines.
In its history of over a hundred of years, landscape architecture
has developed many ideas, concepts, methods, and models. In this
issue, LA Frontiers focuses on prototype studies by examining those
traceable and repeatable landscape theories, methodologies, and
pedagogies, and introducing the knowledge from allied disciplines
to inspire knowledge innovation, with a particular highlight on the
prototypes adaptive to future uncertainties. It hopes to extend the
disciplinary horizon and enrich the fruition of disciplinary
growth, and to provide designers and scholars with prospective
design thoughts and more resilient working methods. This issue
explores the following aspects: First, prototyping process, or test
planning process, which is characterised for the
test-planning-design process and has been widely applied in the
fields of computer sciences and industrial design but still being
less explored in landscape architecture. This process emphasises
the multi-disciplinary collaboration and test procedure before
design, which would improve the communication efficiency among
professionals from different fields. Second, reflection and
innovation on classic theories and models in landscape planning and
design, such as Ian McHarg's Map Overlay and Carl Steinitz's Six
Steps model. Third, research-based design, including design
research or competitions with clear goals and boundary conditions
which help designers comprehend the essence and implications of
design and encourage disciplinary innovation. And fourth, inductive
and empirical pedagogies to inspire forward-looking design ideas
and working methods.
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