Psychology and Architecture in Cities: Phallic Architecture

The document discusses the functional dimension of urban design and identifies five primary needs that people seek to satisfy in public spaces: comfort, relaxation, passive engagement, active engagement, and discovery. It also examines the social use of public spaces and notes that the most sociable spaces have features like a central location, being accessible from streets, being level with sidewalks, and having places to sit.

This document provides information about Sir Patrick Geddes, a Scottish biologist, sociologist, geographer, philanthropist, and pioneering town planner. It discusses his influential thinking in fields like urban planning and sociology. Some of Geddes' key contributions mentioned include introducing the concept of "region" to architecture and planning, coining the term "conurbation" to describe merged urban areas, and founding the Scots College international teaching establishment. The document also outlines some of Geddes' principles for urban planning projects in places like Bombay and his concepts around the relationships between a place, its folk/people, and their work.

Modern architecture emerged in the early 20th century as architects experimented with new materials and techniques. Key figures included Le Corbusier who developed principles like pilotis and long ribbons of windows. Frank Lloyd Wright developed the Prairie Style seen in buildings like Fallingwater. Louis Sullivan pioneered skyscrapers like the Wainwright Building, expressing the steel structure on the exterior. The Bauhaus school and figures like Mies van der Rohe promoted functionalism using steel and glass. By mid-century, Modernism was criticized for sterility and new movements like Brutalism emerged.

Sustainable development is a widely accepted strategic framework in city planning and urban green spaces have an important role in it. Beside, increasing empirical evidence indicates that the presence of natural areas contributes to the quality of life in many ways. Also, urban nature provides important social and psychological benefits to human societies, which enrich human life with meanings and emotions. In order to exemplify the importance of urban green spaces for sustainability this paper analyses some historical Persian gardens for environmental sustainability and citizens’ well-being. In this study, historical Persian Gardens were chosen due to their historical background as first sample of Iranian urban green spaces which are still being used successfully. Some results of a survey conducted among visitors of historical gardens in Iran are presented and discussed. The issues investigated people’s motives for visiting gardens and the emotional dimension involved in the experience of nature and its importance for people’s general well-being.

Imagining and designing urban environments where all people thrive is an extraordinary task. For a space to inspire, excite and positively transform people’s lives, it needs to be designed based on theory and research. This PPT is part one of a free four-part webinar design series delving into research, case studies and critical theories to provide you with the tools to create spaces that are inclusive, sustainable and salutogenic, that is, health-promoting. Based on their newly released book “Creating Great Places: Evidence-based Urban Design for Health and Wellbeing”, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture Debra Cushing and Professor of Design Psychology Evonne Miller, will lead a conversation about the value and processes of engaging deeply with design theory. In collaboration with Tobias Volbert from Urban Play, Deb and Evonne will walk through a different priority each week: Week 1 introduces their notion of theory-storming (based on Edward de Bono’s Thinking Hats approach) and how to design salutogenic (health-promoting) places.

This document discusses the work and ideas of architect Charles Correa. It provides an overview of some of Correa's key buildings and principles, including his emphasis on open spaces connected to the sky, pluralism, and equity. It also contrasts his approach with Le Corbusier's, noting Correa believed architecture in each place should be unique rather than conforming to international styles. The summary highlights Correa's focus on the relationship between people and the natural environment in Indian architecture.

Kevin Lynch studied the mental maps and images that people form of cities. He identified 5 key elements that shape a person's mental image: pathways, edges, districts, nodes, and landmarks. Pathways are streets and paths that direct movement; edges are linear boundaries like walls; districts are recognizable sections of a city; nodes are strategic points like intersections; and landmarks are reference points like buildings. Lynch applied this framework to analyze the mental maps of Boston, Jersey City, and Los Angeles. His work aimed to understand how people navigate cities and design more legible urban environments.

This document discusses the key elements of urban design: buildings, public spaces, streets, transport, and landscape. It provides examples for each element. Buildings shape urban spaces and give a sense of place. Public spaces are living rooms of the city where people gather. Streets connect spaces and are defined by their dimensions, scale, and surrounding buildings. Transport networks enable movement throughout cities. Landscape includes green spaces like parks and trees that provide contrast. Together these elements are woven into the overall urban design structure.

Architecture and urban design are public art forms that people experience through their daily activities in cities. While other art forms can be avoided, people cannot choose to avoid experiencing the built environment as they move through urban spaces. Aesthetic preferences in environments are influenced by both natural and learned social and cultural factors, and Jack Nasar identified five attributes of liked environments: naturalness, upkeep, openness, historical significance/content, and order. As people experience cities through movement, Gordon Cullen's concept of "serial vision" describes how urban design can create a series of revelations and contrasts that engage observers as their viewpoint changes.

This document discusses the psychology of architecture, which deals with how people interact with and are affected by their built environments. It explains that architectural components like building forms, colors, lighting, and landscaping can positively or negatively impact users' moods and consciousness. Several studies are cited showing how natural views from windows, room colors, and ceiling heights can influence factors like recovery time, accuracy on tasks, and problem-solving abilities. The conclusion is that considering psychology in architecture allows designing buildings that support different human behaviors and functions well.

This document summarizes several patterns from Christopher Alexander's book "A Pattern Language" which provides design patterns for architecture and urban planning. The patterns address common problems and their solutions, such as how to structure cities and towns, where to place windows, and how to design entrances, courtyards, staircases and other architectural elements. The goal is to provide ordinary people a means to improve their built environments through applying these recurring design solutions.

It is an assignment on urban design basic factors, whereas a designer should keep in mind in urban designing. Here I tried to describe factors by pointing as anyone could find a basic concept on urban design. Hope it'll be helpful.

The document provides an analysis of a site located on Jalan Sultan Ismail in Kuala Lumpur. It includes: - A brief history of Kuala Lumpur from 1857 to 2012, covering the emergence of tin mining, modernization efforts, and construction of transportation infrastructure. - An analysis of the site's morphology, separation, clustering, alignment, focus, and transportation access. - An examination of the site using Lynch's five elements of edges, districts, paths, landmarks, and nodes. - Studies of the site's climate and street conditions. - A S.W.O.T. analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

This document discusses biophilic design, which aims to connect people and nature through building design to promote well-being. It explains that biophilic design is important for health by providing opportunities to live and work in healthy, low-stress spaces. The document then outlines 14 patterns of biophilic design divided into three categories - nature in space, natural analogues, and nature of space. Each pattern is described in terms of its experience and examples are given of buildings demonstrating each pattern. Bibliographic references are provided at the end.

This document appears to be a thesis proposal submitted by Keval Chotaliya for their architectural design thesis titled "Reimagining Prasad" (Kitchen and Dining). The proposal includes an introduction to the project, which is to redesign the kitchen and dining facilities at the Nandigram campus in Valsad, Gujarat. It provides background information on the site and context, and outlines the programmatic concept and functional requirements for the new kitchen and dining spaces. Diagrams and photographs are included to illustrate the existing site conditions and proposed workflow. The proposal aims to enhance the kitchen and dining experience through a sustainable design that considers efficiency, storage, ventilation and usability.

This document provides an overview of a lecture on architectural conservation. It defines architectural conservation as protecting the material, historical, and design integrity of built heritage through planned interventions. It discusses the different approaches of preservation, conservation, restoration, rehabilitation, and reconstruction. Techniques for conserving ancient stone structures like cleaning, consolidating, and protecting with water repellents are outlined. The criteria for selecting sites for the UNESCO World Heritage List are presented, including representing cultural or natural significance or outstanding universal value. Students are assigned to document a visited site and submit a report on a selected Indian monument on the World Heritage List.

Presentation by :- Siddhi Pande, Mayur Waghulde, Siddhika Chichani, Sphurti Ramekar.

This document catalogs and analyzes different typologies of public space in Japan. It discusses the layered complexity of Tokyo's urban form, with large modern architecture integrated into traditional neighborhoods. Public space takes many forms and scales, from small alleyways to large plazas, shaped by cultural and historical contexts as well as modern development. The document outlines the methodology used during a study abroad program to observe over 50 public spaces across Tokyo and Kyoto based on their functions, scales, dimensions, and other defining elements.

The Human Experience is influenced by the following environments: 1. Natural Environment 2. Built Environment 3. Human Environment 4. Virtual Environment

This document presents a research proposal to study the sense of place in Shanghai's Lilong public spaces. The research will focus on Bugaoli Lilong and use spatial, qualitative, and quantitative methods to analyze the relationship between public and private spaces. It will seek to understand how privacy is diffused in Lilong neighborhoods through the morphology of spaces and perceptions of residents. Expected outputs include data visualizations, cognitive maps of place perceptions, and contributions to theories of sense of place in Chinese culture. Findings will be disseminated academically and to the public.

The document discusses contemporary Chinese architectural and planning practices, challenges, and aspirations. It notes that China is rapidly modernizing its built environment while attempting to reconcile imported Western ideas with its vast heritage. This presents enormous potential but also threats like environmental degradation and loss of cultural remnants. Chinese cities have adopted a compact, high-density model which can promote sustainability but also lacks an urban design language for higher densities and a top-down development process. There are calls for a more conscious sustainability policy to help retain eco-habits while modernizing.

This document provides an overview and syllabus for the course "The Architecture of Conflict: Understanding Multi-Levels of Conflict in the Built Environment" to be taught at the University of British Columbia. The course aims to explore how architecture and the built environment both reflect and influence various levels of conflict through interdisciplinary study of related theories, policies, and case studies. Students will analyze the social impacts of architecture and identify the political factors that influence building and reconstruction. The course will combine lectures and discussions, field trips, student research presentations, and assignments including a mapping project, two response papers, and a final term project addressing a real-world architectural component of a conflict.

This document summarizes an academic article about how theories of everyday life have influenced the fields of architecture and architectural history. It discusses how architects have long sought to establish their profession by differentiating architectural works from ordinary or vernacular buildings. Theories of everyday life, beginning with Henri Lefebvre's work, have helped architectural thinkers examine everyday spaces and critique trends toward commercialization and standardization in the built environment. However, theories of the everyday have also reinforced dichotomous thinking about architecture and landscapes. The document argues for an alternative perspective grounded in the materiality and bodily experiences of everyday spaces.

This document provides an introduction to the historical development of architectural theory. It discusses Vitruvius's De Architectura as the earliest known treatise on architectural theory from antiquity. While Vitruvius's work was intermittently read throughout the Middle Ages, no other major treatises on architectural theory emerged during that time period. The tradition was revived during the Italian Renaissance due to the rediscovery of Vitruvius's text and the cultural desire to revive classical architecture. The document outlines the major developments in architectural theory from antiquity through the Renaissance and sets the stage for the subsequent chapters.