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Nasrec precinct planning exam 2009-11-02

Urban planning requires a great understanding of scale and all development must consider its socio economic impact. The environment cannot be ignored and it is disappointing that none of the students considered the environment impact and no one challenged the spatial development framework. Only one student mentioned the JDA? It is important to take cognizance of the existing an under construction developments in any developing area.

The identity of a precinct is vital for its survival and this didn’t come through too much, the students were a bit fearful of the site. Yes it’s a national stadium but more importantly it’s a catalyst in a developing precinct. More care to detail and research is required.
Transport plays an important role, so does sustainable development, critical mass and commercial development. It’s good that the debate has begun but this needs to be further interrogated. Planning is most important for any developing country.

Why do we need precincts? What’s a precinct? Where are the gateways?.... I would have liked to have seen the precinct placed in greater JHB and positioned as a ??’ precinct in relation to Newtown, Jeppe, Ellis Park etc….

The brief as I understood it was ‘beyond 2010’, I wonder then why no reference to the infrastructure and connectivity that will be left for legacy is made by the students. Remember the world has just been exposed to this site, yet everyone proposed housing that shuts itself off to the world. ….it becomes another suburb…..pity that.

A ABED a city after soccer city...
Abdul had a lot of energy and enthusiasm about his project. I question his focus as he focused on the housing structures and not the urban planning process itself. He doesn’t understand the planning completely and makes no reference to the guiding principles and land use typologies required in planning. Where is the city? His project is not coherent. He talks about city patterns then jumps to a wildlife park then housing inspired by the Ndebele patterns???? His focus area is completely contained. No relation to surrounding or existing patterns …


M HAWKINS ‘inclusionary’ housing at the golf course…
Mitchell makes a good attempt at putting together an urban framework document, the problem is that this is too generic and is not site specific. He needs to actually engage with and understand his site and context. It is a very harsh environment and he just followed the steps of a typical framework document. I found it difficult to find a project in his presentation. I question his planning of housing on what looks like a very lush green environment, with no thought as to what environmental impact it has and what it takes to maintain that in an environment surrounded by mine dumps. Then he goes into detail and it is in act parking on asphalt and paving in front of the units and not the green gardens…?? The integration into the landscape is not mentioned or discussed…where is it inclusionary? Displacing the golf course maybe but not inclusionary housing …

G KGABE stadium as lekgotla...
Gontse completely disregards the context and focuses on his perception of what the stadium represents. No research into the design or thought process from which he makes the assumption of a ‘kgotla’. Nevertheless he makes no attempt ant integration and informed urban planning. It’s just a t-shirt diagram. No reference to the ‘kgotla’ he uses as his premise no thought at threshold, relation between edges and patterns of use. The mono rail?? Are u kidding? A mono rail works on a single rail, the amount of infrastructure on a boulevard is just not feasible….a totally misguided attempt.

O MAKHU the ripple effect…
Here is a student who is genuinely trying to find solutions and in his struggles one can see some great ideas emerging. Ofentse makes a noble attempt at drawing inspiration from his context and using his own patterns to emulate the existing precinct. It’s unfortunate he didn’t develop his ideas further but his ideas at [re] thinking the green city and adding places of rest and respite, -although in its infancy- is quite excitable. A good attempt.

M MSINGAPHANTSI the urban sports precinct…
Mawabo shows great clarity and has a mature and simple approach to his project. He uses precedent to dictate sometimes too literally- his parameters. Because it worked in another r city doesn’t mean it’ll work at Nasrec. The climate is completely different. Functionality vs. symbolism? I was hoping he would unpack the impact of both further but he settles for density and a precinct full of ingredients for a recipe undercooked. It’s easy to identify what activity goes into a sports precinct but to make it work is a process that requires interaction and acute understanding of your context. The scheme shows promise but with the environmental impact and nature of our sporting culture the proposal is naïve. Competent body of work.

E NDABA housing by the river…
Eugene makes the bold move of relocating the Expo centre but doesn’t propose anything to rival the return the expo centre makes. One needs to make sure that if you are going to replace what exists it must be to better the place and add value. It seems scale is a bit of a challenge here as is evident is the choice and location of his focus area, the furthest most remote place from the stadium. Remember what draws people to the precinct are the iconic symbols. A missed opportunity with this project.

S PHAKATHI ‘imbizo’
An exciting project that has a great sensibility to scale and use. The potential in creating another destination other than the stadium. One can imagine this venue and precinct as part of a tour from Sandton to Soweto. She makes a clever move by consolidating the expo centre and making it a tall centre, it opens a new way of thinking about exhibition. The concept is underdeveloped but is encouraging. However rich the project Siphiwe still needs to understand scale and not be afraid of drawing big. Some thought to the details use of the spaces is required. It’s a pity the celebration of the ‘imbizo’ culminates in a shopping centre, but it still generates energy and promotes economic activity. It becomes a mediator between opposing anchors (stadium and the expo centre) in the precinct. The stadium and the expo centre. This project is a bit of a teaser…more time must be given to projects of this scale Siphiwe!

P PHASHA city grid…tabula rasa
There has to be purpose to design and some kind of informed concept and ideology to better impact a community. Pots is misguided and resort d to a grid over the entire site. No understanding of place and its impact in the city development use is demonstrated. As a designer you have to set parameters and guidelines to enable development. To allow a place to exist. The project subjects its occupants to a total array off monotony…more conceited effort is required from Posts if he intends to be a designer and make a difference. There is no rationale behind his proposal.

J WINK bicycle and pedestrian node…
The pedestrian promenade is an exciting idea through the precinct. It should have continued into the surrounding areas. The idea of the bicycle in the city works and in a community large enough. I think if this and the promenade where the primary ideas I don’t see why these could not have been the focus. Yes the housing component but bring in the bicycle and promenade to the housing idea. In the presentation you could see that Jarred was passionate about the promenade and bike concepts but stopped short and almost as an after thought went into the housing. The two seemed disjointed. The row housing idea seemed monotonous and no real thought to its occupancy was given. It would have been nice to have seen how the housing impacts the existing fabric. I think a missed opportunity in types of housing here. Why row housing? This site has more to offer than just housing, yet more land is given to it. It would have perhaps been interesting to have seen a profile of a typical resident. ‘A day in the life’.

meeting postponed

unfortunately i have a meeting today that cannot be postponed
thus i won't be able to see you

will post alternative date as soon as available

thank you all

for participating today
the presentations were excellent.
the work you put in spoke for itself
goodluck with the exam on thursday

it would be good to meet up with all of
you, as a class,
to have a post mortem of the semester
there are issues that might need clarity.

i will try and get the heads of the department to join
our discussion.

until then
bon chance.

a job well done

site inspection

site

the team

orals examinations will take place in the new seminar room

2 november 2009
MONDAY

09:00 – 09:15 A Abed
09:20 – 09:35 M Hawkins
09:40 – 09: 55 G Kgabe
10:00 – 10:15 O Makhu
10:20 – 10:35 M Msingaphantsi
10:40 – 10:55 E Ndaba
11:00 – 11:15 S Phakathi
11:20 – 11:35 P Phasha
11:40 – 11:55 J Winik

kindly make sure that you are there 15 minutes before your time
and that you’re your info is already on the computer before the oral exam starts
wishing all of you the best of luck

Final Hand In

24h extra:
Final Hand In is
29 October 2009, 2.15pm
in dedicated box at admin counter

ARPL 3012 Contemporary Approaches to Urban Design 2009

preliminary marks

This is my Street/ more images

This is my Street

http://www.maxwan.com/

THIS IS MY STREET!
STOCKTON-ON-TEES, 2008

The task of this competition was to develop a family housing typology providing units with a very personal feel that would respond to future changes in society.Our proposal focused on how the housing unit and the street, together, form the neighbourhood identity for the resident. This resulted in a densely knit, low-rise neighbourhood for 200 families, with each single family home having a rich and flexible floor plan, a large private terrace, an intimate mews shared with neighbouring units, parking spaces at arms length, a neighbourhood square with views onto the river and a wide open river frontage. A varied mix of pedestrian, car, bike and green will create lively high quality streets, lanes, and public spaces with individual characters. Cars are moved out of sight, into the houses.
Credits:program
164 Single family houses, 36 Apartments, 293 parkings
Client Northshore Development Partnership Ltd
Country United Kingdom
City Stockton-on-tees
Scale M
site area 3.4 ha
total floor space 24074 m2
partner in charge
Hiroki Matsuura
Team
Elena Chevtchenko, Artur Borejszo , Anna Borzyszkowska, Jason Hilgefort, Rene Sangers, Kris Schaasberg, Arjan Scheer, Harm te Velde

22 September

Please use the morning session to work on your proposal.
Crits will start at 14.15.

A place called home

I don’t mind if it’s an RDP house and I don’t care if it’s in a black township, so long it has electricity and running water and my children can be safe.”
Ronel Barnard (37)

Site

Soccer City Site

Soccer City

read the below article in preparation for monday 07 september 09

monday 07 september 09

we shall meet in the main library
@2pm
2nd floor
audio + video section.
we will watch some films
and discuss certain texts
in preparation for the final project

tuesday 08 september 09

please note that we will be going on a field trip on this day.

good behaviour zone

based on: Direct Urbanism, Nicholas Smicik-Arese, Behaviour Zones. AABook, Projects Review 2009, p135

Glossary

This glossary is intended to provide general guidance, not authoritative definitions of terms which are sometimes controversial or used with different meanings in different contexts.
Accessibility
The ability of people to move round an area and to reach places and facilities, including elderly and disabled people, those with young children and those encumbered with luggage or shopping.
Action planning
Participation techniques, including community planning weekends and Urban Design Action Teams (UDATs), which enable local people and invited teams of professionals to explore design ideas for particular areas over one or several days.
Activity spine
Street or streets along which activity is concentrated.
Activity node
Concentration of activity at a particular point.
Adaptability
The capacity of a building or space to be changed so as to respond to changing social, technological and economic conditions.
Area appraisal
An assessment of an area's land uses, built and natural environment, and social and physical characteristics.
Architecture and planning centre
An institution which provides a focus for a range of activities and services (such as discussions, information, exhibitions, collaboration and professional services) relating to architecture and planning.
Brief
This guide refers to site-specific briefs as development briefs. Site-specific briefs are also called a variety of other names, including design briefs, planning briefs and development frameworks.
Building elements
Doors, windows, cornices and other features which contribute to the overall design of a building.
Building envelope guidelines
Diagram(s) with dimensions showing the possible site and massing of a building.
Building exploratory
A centre for explaining, interpreting and providing information on the built environment.
Building line
The line formed by the frontages of buildings along a street. The building line can be shown on a plan or section.
Bulk
The combined effect of the arrangement, volume and shape of a building or group of buildings. Also called massing.
Character assessment
An area appraisal identifying distinguishing physical features and emphasising historical and cultural associations.
Charrette
An event (ranging from a couple of hours to several days) which brings together a range of people to discuss design issues. A charrette may or may not use techniques of collaborative design. Also known as a design workshop.
Conservation area character appraisal
A published document defining the special architectural or historic interest which warranted the area being designated.
Context
The setting of a site or area, including factors such as traffic, activities and land uses as well as landscape and built form.
Context (or site and area) appraisal
detailed analysis of the features of a site or area (including land uses, built and natural environment, and social and physical characteristics) which serves as the basis for an urban design framework, development brief, design guide or other policy or guidance.
Countryside design summary
Supplementary planning guidance prepared by a local authority to encourage a more regionally and locally based approach to design and planning.
Crime Pattern Analysis
Carried out by the Police and is available through liaison with the Architectural Liaison Officer/Crime Prevention Design Adviser. It comprises four components: crime series identification, trend identification, 'hot-spot' analysis and general profile analysis. This last aspect includes an examination of demographic and social change and its impact on criminality and law enforcement.
Defensible space
Public and semi-public space that is 'defensible' in the sense that it is surveyed, demarcated or maintained by somebody. Derived from Oscar Newman's 1973 study of the same name, and an important concept in securing public safety in urban areas, defensible space is also dependent upon the existence of escape routes and the level of anonymity which can be anticipated by the users of the space.
Density
The floorspace of a building or buildings or some other unit measure in relation to a given area of land. Built density can be expressed in terms of plot ratio (for commercial development); number of units or habitable rooms per hectare (for residential development); site coverage plus the number of floors or a maximum building height; or a combination of these.
Design advisory panel
A group of people (often architects) with specialist knowledge, which advises a local authority on the design merits of planning applications or other design issues. Also known as an architects panel.
Design assessment
An independent assessment of a design usually carried out for a local authority by consultants, another local authority or some other agency.
Design guide
A document providing guidance on how development can be carried out in accordance with the design policies of a local authority or other organisation often with a view to retaining local distinctiveness.
Design principle
An expression of one of the basic design ideas at the heart of an urban design framework, design guide, development brief or a development.
Design standards
Specific, usually quantifiable measures of amenity and safety in residential areas.
Design statement (a)
A pre-application design statement is made by a developer to indicate the design principles on which a development proposal in progress is based. It enables the local authority to give an initial response to the main issues raised by the proposal. (b) A planning application design statement sets out the design principles that the planning applicant has adopted in relation to the site and its wider context, as required by PPG1.
Design workshop
'charrette'.
Desire line
An imaginary line linking facilities or places which people would find it convenient to travel between easily.
Development brief
A document, prepared by a local planning authority, a developer, or jointly, providing guidance on how a site of significant size or sensitivity should be developed. Site-specific briefs are sometimes known as planning briefs, design briefs and development frameworks.
Development form
See 'form'.
Elevation
The facade of a building, or the drawing of a facade.
Enclosure
The use of buildings to create a sense of defined space.
Energy efficiency
The extent to which the use of energy is reduced through the way in which buildings are constructed and arranged on site.
Feasibility
The viability of development in relation to economic and market conditions.
Fenestration
The arrangement of windows on a facade.
Figure and ground (or figure/ground, or Nolli) diagram
A plan showing the relationship between built form and publicly accessible space (including streets) by presenting the former in black and the latter as a white background (or the other way round).
Form
The layout (structure and urban grain), density, scale (height and massing), appearance (materials and details) and landscape of development.
Fruin analysis
A method of analysing pedestrian movement devised by Bernard Fruin. It applies a 'level of service' concept to pedestrian flows. Fruin defined capacity and speeds of movement in various forms of corridors, pavements and other pedestrian routes.
Future Search
A participation technique enabling groups of people to identify common interests, discuss ideas and share information and experience. 'Open space' is a similar technique.
Grain
See 'urban grain'.
Height
The height of a building can be expressed in terms of a maximum number of floors; a maximum height of parapet or ridge; a maximum overall height; any of these maximum heights in combination with a maximum number of floors; a ratio of building height to street or space width; height relative to particular landmarks or background buildings; or strategic views.
Human scale
The use within development of elements which relate well in size to an individual human being and their assembly in a way which makes people feel comfortable rather than overwhelmed.
In-curtilage parking Parking within a building's site boundary, rather than on a public street or space.
Independent design audit
An assessment of a design, carried out for a local authority by consultants, another local authority or some other agency.
Indicative sketch
A drawing of building forms and spaces which is intended to convey the basic elements of a possible design.
Landmark
A building or structure that stands out from its background by virtue of height, size or some other aspect of design.
Landscape
The character and appearance of land, including its shape, form, ecology, natural features, colours and elements and the way these components combine. Landscape character can be expressed through landscape appraisal, and maps or plans. In towns 'townscape' describes the same concept.
Layout
The way buildings, routes and open spaces are placed in relation to each other.
Layout structure The framework or hierarchy of routes that connect in the local area and at wider scales.
Legibility
The degree to which a place can be easily understood and traversed.
Live edge
Provided by a building or other feature whose use is directly accessible from the street or space which it faces; the opposite effect to a blank wall.
Local distinctiveness
The positive features of a place and its communities which contribute to its special character and sense of place.
Lynchian analysis
The widely used method of context appraisal devised by the urban designer Kevin Lynch. It focuses on gateways to an area, nodes, landmarks, views and vistas, and edges and barriers.
Massing The combined effect of the height, bulk and silhouette of a building or group of buildings.
Mixed uses
A mix of uses within a building, on a site or within a particular area. 'Horizontal' mixed uses are side by side, usually in different buildings. 'Vertical' mixed uses are on different floors of the same building.
Modal split
How the total number of journeys in an area or to a destination is split between different means of transport, such as train, bus, car, walking and cycling.
Movement
People and vehicles going to and passing through buildings, places and spaces. The movement network can be shown on plans, by space syntax analysis, by highway designations, by figure and ground diagrams, through data on origins and destinations or pedestrian flows, by desire lines, by details of public transport services, by walk bands or by details of cycle routes.
Natural surveillance (or supervision)
The discouragement to wrong-doing by the presence of passers-by or the ability of people to be seen out of surrounding windows. Also known as passive surveillance (or supervision).
Node A place where activity and routes are concentrated often used as a synonym for junction.
Passive surveillance
See 'natural surveillance'.
Performance criterion (pl. criteria)
A means of assessing the extent to which a development achieves a particular functional requirement (such as maintaining privacy). This contrasts with a standard, which specifies how a development is to be designed (by setting out minimum distances between buildings, for example). The art of urban design lies in balancing principles which may conflict. Standards may be too inflexible to be of use in achieving a balance. Performance criteria, on the other hand, make no prior assumptions about the means of achieving a balance.
Permeability
The degree to which an area has a variety of pleasant, convenient and safe routes through it.
Perspective
Illustration showing the view from a particular point as it would be seen by the human eye.
Placecheck
A type of urban design audit advocated by the Urban Design Alliance, based on the Connected City approach. A local collaborative alliance or partnership uses checklists to investigate the connections in the built environment, in its movement network and among the people who shape it. The Placecheck becomes the first step in a continuing collaborative process of urban design.
Planning brief This guide refers to site-specific briefs as development briefs. Other names, including planning briefs, design briefs and development frameworks are also used.
Planning for Real A participation technique (pioneered by the Neighbourhood Initiatives Foundation) that involves residents and others with an interest coming together to make a model of their area and using it to help them determine their priorities for the future.
Planning Policy Guidance notes (PPGs)
embodying Government guidance on general and specific aspects of planning policy to be taken into account in formulating development plan policies and in making planning decisions.
Plot ratio
A measurement of density generally expressed as gross floor area divided by the net site area.
Proactive development control
Any process by which a local authority works with potential planning applicants to improve the quality of development proposals as early as possible before a planning application is submitted.
Public art
Permanent or temporary physical works of art visible to the general public, whether part of the building or free-standing: can include sculpture, lighting effects, street furniture, paving, railings and signs.
Public domain
parts of a village, town or city (whether publicly or privately owned) that are available, without charge, for everyone to use or see, including streets, squares and parks. Also called public realm.
Public/private interface
The point at which public areas and buildings meet private ones.
Public realm
See 'public domain'
Quality audit
A review of its management of the design and planning process by a local authority or other organisation.
Scale
The impression of a building when seen in relation to its surroundings, or the size of parts of a building or its details, particularly as experienced in relation to the size of a person. Sometimes it is the total dimensions of a building which give it its sense of scale: at other times it is the size of the elements and the way they are combined. The concept is a difficult and ambiguous one: often the word is used simply as a synonym for 'size'. See 'Human scale'.
Section
Drawing showing a slice through a building or site.
Settlement pattern
The distinctive way that the roads, paths and buildings are laid out in a particular place.
Sight line
The line of sight from a travelling vehicle or person. Sight lines will help to determine how fast vehicles are likely to move and how safe other road users are likely to be.
Space syntax analysis A technique for analysing movement through urban space and predicting the amount of activity likely to result from that movement.
Spine
or streets along which activity is concentrated.
Strategic view
The line of sight from a particular point to an important landmark or skyline.
Street furniture Structures in and adjacent to the highway which contribute to the street scene, such as bus shelters, litter bins, seating, lighting, railings and signs.
Success factor
One of the characteristics of a place (or places in general) that tends to make it attractive to live in, work in, or visit. Success factors can be expressed as design principles.
Surveillance The discouragement to wrong-doing by the presence of passers-by or the ability of people to be seen from surrounding windows.
Sustainable development
Defined by the Brundtland Commission (1987, and quoted in PPG1) as 'Development which meets present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to achieve their own needs and aspirations'. The UK's strategy for sustainable development "A better quality of life" was published in May 1999 and highlights the need for environmental improvement, social justice and economic success to go hand-in-hand.
Tissue study
Comparison of scale and layout of different settlements. This technique makes use of overprinting or tracing maps of successful places over the proposed development site or area, at the same scale. Its gives the designer a clue to the capacity of a place and how it may be structured.
Topography
A description or representation of artificial or natural features on or of the ground.
Urban design
The art of making places. Urban design involves the design of buildings, groups of buildings, spaces and landscapes, in villages, towns and cities, and the establishment of frameworks and processes which facilitate successful development.
Urban design framework
A document which informs the preparation of development plan policies, or sets out in detail how they are to be implemented in a particular area where there is a need to control, guide and promote change. Area development frameworks are also called a variety of other names, including urban design strategies, area development frameworks, spatial masterplans, and planning and urban design frameworks.
Urban grain
The pattern of the arrangement and size of buildings and their plots in a settlement; and the degree to which an area's pattern of street-blocks and street junctions is respectively small and frequent, or large and infrequent.
Vernacular
The way in which ordinary buildings were built in a particular place, making use of local styles, techniques and materials and responding to local economic and social conditions.
View
What is visible from a particular point. Compare 'Vista'.
Vista
An enclosed view, usually a long and narrow one.
Visual clutter
The uncoordinated arrangement of street furniture, signs and other features.
Village appraisal
A study identifying a local community's needs and priorities.
Village design statement
An advisory document, usually produced by a village community, suggesting how development might be carried out in harmony with the village and its setting. A village design statement can be given weight by being approved as supplementary planning guidance. The use of village design statements is promoted by the Countryside Agency.
Walk band
A line on a map or plan showing the furthest distance that can be walked from a particular point at an average pace in a certain time (usually five or ten minutes).

http://www.corkcorp.ie/roads/infrastructuralprojects/stpatricksstreetproject/

sub/urban sections - project link

http://www.re-burbia.com/2009/08/07/regenerative-suburban-median/

Within many suburban developments there is an abundance of under utilized space within residential lots and public rights of way. Many suburban streets are 35-50ft wide; such widths unnecessarily consume ecological, social, and economic resources. We propose a new regenerative median for suburban streets that treats gray water and sewage, produces agriculture, provides a platform for small scale commercial activity and slows down automobile traffic to promote increased pedestrian activity and social interaction within the neighborhood.
Design of the regenerative median provides a strategy of land use manipulation to create a closed loop system for water, agriculture, and human waste. The localized water treatment system, when tied into existing infrastructure, slowly curbs the neighborhood demand for distant fresh water supplies and the energy required for its transport and treatment. Depending on local conditions the design of a regenerative median could manipulate other elements ultimately inserting open space, residential units, mass transportation, pedestrian circulation, park land, or native habitat.

SITE: Urban Voids

Marshalltown Mapping 2007/ Ndawo Yami

as published in Visionary Power/ Producing the the Contemporary City
NAI Publishers, Rotterdam
p.253
Hidden Cities/ Fear
From Denver to Dainfern
blacklinesonwhitepaper et al

Urban Voids

Handout 3
Project: Urban Voids
Site: Marshall Town
Horizon Line: Small Street
Boundary: Market, Von Weilligh Rosettenville, Eloff + M2.

A
Mapping

Read the city as solids and voids. What different solids and voids can you find? Group them, name them, describe their characteristics (ex: public space, informal taxi rank, street and sidewalk, private garden, parking lot etc). Use illustration and text.
Analyze the site and its solids and voids critically in terms of

- sizes
- accessibility
- timetable (when is it used most, when least, by whom)
- context (built form framing the streetscape – height, proximity to sidewalk)
- programme (commerce, offices, residential, educational…)
- formal- informal business
- sidewalk and street: materials and quality
- public furniture (what is there, how is it used, does it work)
- safety
- greenery
- maintenance (is it clean?)
- public – private spaces
- actors and agents (who is using the area and who is responsible for what – economics, control, safety and others)

Point out positive and negative qualities. Use text and illustrations.

Extend and review the toolkit you developed in the previous project that planners/ urban designers/ architects can use as a guideline to design the infrastructure/ spatial backdrop for good street life/ urban voids. (Text and illustrations.)

B
Beyond Mapping

Apply your toolkit/ local code to the indicated area in Marshalltown.
Focus
The primary focus will be Small Street profile. Take cognizance of Small Street from Bree to Commissioner as a pedestrian realm. These clues, along with the greater site context should be the main generator of what can + will be Small Street South of Commissioner, stemming from the Carlton Centre.

Schedule
Thu 6 August
2 Urban Voids
Hand Out

Mo 10 August
University closed

Tue 11 August
2 Urban Voids
Pin Up Presentation

Thu 13 August
2 Urban Voids
Feedback
Mapping

Mo 17 August
2 Urban Voids
Crit
Urban Design Outline

Tue 18 August
2 Urban Voids
Pin Up Presentation
Urban Design Outline

Thu 20 August
2 Urban Voids
Urban Design Outline
Feedback

Mo 24 August
2 Urban Voids
Urban Design Outline
Crit

Tue 25 August
2 Urban Voids
Presentation/ Hand In

Thu 27 August
2 Urban Voids
Feedback/ Hand Out City after Soccer

monday 03 august drawing class

materials
a3 paper – 10 sheets
pencils: h, hb, b, 4b
eraser
masking tape
straight edge

keep reading texts and check out sorkin's local code

Project 1a+b

Compare the different streetscapes you mapped critically in terms of

- sizes
- accessibility
- timetable (when is it used most, when least, by whom)
- context (build form framing the streetscape – height, proximity to sidewalk)
- programme (commerce, offices, residential, educational…)
- formal- informal business
- sidewalk and street: materials and quality
- public furniture (what is there, how is it used, does it work)
- safety
- greenery
- maintenance (is it clean, do street lights have light bulbs)
- public – private spaces
- actors and agents (who is paying for the construction, who was responsible for the planning, who takes care of the maintenance, who is using it, are there care takers like security guards, electronic supervision, cameras, patrols)

Point out positive and negative qualities. Use text and illustrations.

Use Michael Sorkin’s Local Code as inspiration and draw up a Street Code for Johannesburg. Consider it as a toolkit that planners/ urban designers/ architects can use as a guideline to design the infrastructure/ spatial backdrop for good streelife. Use text and illustrations.

Week 26
Mo 3 August
1a+b Draw the Walk
Crit

Tue 4 August
1a+b Draw the Walk
Presentation-Hand In

Thu 6 August
1a+b Draw the Walk
Feedback/ Hand Out

Beyond Density

http://www.thestar.com/article/296554

Urban Fabric - Form - Comparison

http://www.bricoleurbanism.org/whimsicality/urban-fabric-form-comparison/

ref: logica

http://www.thenewtown.nl/article.php?id_article=15
http://www.maxwan.com/project/158/type/txt/


LOGICA
HOOGVLIET, 2001
Hoogvliet is a post-war satellite city of Rotterdam presently undergoing a large-scale restructuring process. The International Building Exhibition (IBT) is a project which over the next ten years will guide the transformation of Hoogvliet. IBT commissioned Maxwan to develop the logics of Hoogvliet in order to counterbalance the current ad-hoc and fragmented changes that have characterized the restructuring of the city. The office was asked to find consistency in the new Hoogvliet without frustrating and interfering existing planning processes.The starting point of 'Logica' is the observation that every pleasing city has a certain logic to it, a structure and character which make it recognizable and distinctive. Clear decisions about these properties need to be taken in order to build a strong foundation for future development, decisions dealing with preservation, reinforcement or change. Choosing and designing a limited set of strong characteristics, and maintaining them for a longer period, will help to improve the spatial quality and consistency of Hoogvliet. In effect, the result of 'Logica' is not a typical master plan but a framework that organizes decision making.
Credits:
program 8'000 new homes
client IBC Hoogvliet
country Netherlands
city Hoogvliet
scale L
site area 24ha
partner in charge
Rients Dijkstra
team leader
Milica Topalovic
team
Nuno Garcia, Shinobu Hashimoto, Harm te Velde

sidewalk link

http://kourelis.blogspot.com/2009/04/intersection-jane-jacobs.html

provisional Schedule

draw the walk 1a -- sub|urban sections

groups

a. ameshoff mawabo + gontse
b. nelson mandela bridge eugene + siphiwe
c. old train station abdul + ofentse
d. metro mall jarred + mitchell