Urban Open Space Design
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Excerpt from the book: "Footbridges as new urban spaces. A cultural project for the contemporary landscape," Fabrizia Zorzenon, 2014
Footbridges as landscape design. p 214, 215 Fabrizia Zorzenon For almost thirty years now footbridge design has been acquiring the worth and importance which for a long time has been characteristic of architectural works. For most of the... more
A street design guideline to achieve livable environment for the pedestrians and residents. The book is in Norwegian with English summery.
Urban public open spaces are an important part of the urban environment, creating the framework for public life. The transformation of open space into successful public places is crucial in this regard. In the context of target-driven... more
To transform a space into a better livable and sustainable zone, United Nations Summit in New York 2015, has decided upon 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) that approach directly to achieve inclusive, people-centric, sustainable... more
Ein großer Teil der europäischen Bevölkerung lebt in Städten. Diese sind einem ständigen Anpassungsdruck an gesellschaftliche und ökonomische Prozesse ausgesetzt. Gegenwärtig durchleben viele europäische Städte einen tief greifenden... more
"Na PARTE II da DEFINIÇÃO DA FORMA URBANA NO PLANEAMENTO descrevemos um exercício de análise do tecido urbano através da qual se pretende, a partir da caracterização física da proposta do Plano Urbanístico, deduzir a ideia de cidade que... more
Physical aspects of the urban built environment are known to have significant influence on the pedestrian experience. Walkability researchers have studied this relationship focusing on physical aspects of the urban built environment in... more
The growth of the city and the urban reconfigurations have contributed to the redistribution and evolution of social and social practices in the urban public space in mass housing quarters, research on inhabited persons in the Constantine... more
Koordinatör: Doç. Dr. Emine Köseoğlu / Poster Design by Emine Köseoğlu Çalışma Alanı: Kadıköy Yeldeğirmeni Çalışma iki temel ölçekte şekillenir. Modül 1 çalışmaları Yeldeğirmeni'nin tamamı için yapılırken, Modül 2 ve Modül 3 çalışmaları... more
The aim of this article is to understand whether the physical attributes of streetscapes affect the livability of Kuala Lumpur streets. Traffic management has been stressed as the main determinant of livable streets, but physical features... more
This essay examines tensions emerging around public spaces in a mixed-income development built to replace a distressed public housing project on Chicago's West Side. It argues that the disorienting experiences of moving through these... more
This book is elaborate the concept of Photography according to Roland Barthes, he defined photography as an image that repeats what could be never repeated, and it's never distinguished from its referent. In photograph there can be a... more
Public space, community and social interaction are current buzzwords within the professions of architecture and urbanism. Why is sociability so important? What do we as humans gain from it? And why is it in the interest of our cities to... more
It is necessary to explore the scale of urban planning with the subject matter of architecture, which does not stop at building designs. Neither does it become urban just because architects design blocks of buildings and the outdoors... more
This research, conducted by the author when a Senior Researcher at Newcastle University, UK, was funded by a UK governance organisation to help them assess, integrate and improve their understanding of the governed population.... more
With the aim of diversifying its economy and developing itself as a tourist destination, in recent years, Qatar has hosted many international sports events and will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Doha, its capital city, is literally under... more
Limitations of metropolitan cities encourage developing residential complexes instead of small houses and on the other hand, neglecting the importance of the private yard in the contemporary architecture. In addition of providing... more
Komarock ward has the extraordinary opportunity to create a great and enviable riverfront along the Komarock canal (Silanga River). This may need to be sooner rather than later because of the noticeably high number of new housing units... more
This article presents results from the first statistically significant study of cost escalation in transportation infrastructure projects. Based on a sample of 258 transportation infrastructure projects worth US$90 billion and... more
In this deliberately provocative paper, I argue that it is rather unfortunate that planning theorists have, with a few notable exceptions, tended to ignore the potential contributions that Henri Lefebvre’s spatial triad ideas regarding... more