PUP 301 Exam 2 questions & answers
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Explain the concept of urban design, and the historic and evolving relationship between urban
planning and design - correct answer ✔✔Not just architecture on its own, but the connection of
buildings together; how to best serve the community; coordinated and planned form for
functional purposes; Began at Harvard in the '60s and expanded; integrative field (arch, land
arch, civil eng, sus, and planning); there was a historic relationship between planning + design,
then planning shifted towards policy and spatial analysis; renewed interest evident in form-
based codes emphasizing the space between planning
Define the term "public realm" as a behavior setting for human activity, and how it differs from
public or private space - correct answer ✔✔Public right to entry, but not public property
necessarily; access may be controlled, like a shopping mall; open to public, but not always
"public"
Differentiate between functional, recreational, and social activities, and how urban design
affects each - correct answer ✔✔Functional activities such as transportation- trip length and
mode choice, Recreational activities such as sports- frequency and duration of optional
activities are impacted, Social activities such as talking to people and resultant activities derived
from functional and recreational- impacts interactions + passive contact
Discuss the significance of "imageability" and the impacts of urban design - correct answer
✔✔How we identify cities and their culture and navigate around them through sensory cues
and orientation
Differentiate the role of paths, edges, districts, nodes, and landmarks in the urban image -
correct answer ✔✔-Paths: along which a person moves (bike paths, streets, etc.)
-Edges: linear elements that break continuity (water line, mountains, tree lines, borders, etc.)
, -Districts: sections of 2D extents with identifying character (Old Town Scottsdale, Mel Rose, Mill
Ave., etc.)
-Nodes: strategic points into which one enters (junctions, concentrations- like the MU, lots of
activity, important area)
-Landmarks: external reference points- distant or local (A-mountain, Statue of Liberty, etc.)
Describe the types and characteristics of new towns, urban precincts, and infrastructure as
urban design products - correct answer ✔✔Think of the word projects instead of products:
Build from scratch and have all necessary urban amenities VERSUS new or renewed and lack
some amenities VERSUS particular infrastructure development
Identify the two types for urban precincts as mid-scale urban design products, and how they
differ from new towns - correct answer ✔✔New and renewed precincts; but they lack some
urban amenities
Explain the role infrastructure (as well as its removal) plays as a micro-scale urban design
product - correct answer ✔✔Catalyst for development; like the freeway -> river project in Seoul,
South Korea
Differentiate between and describe all-of-a-piece, piece-by-piece, plug-in, and total urban
design procedural types - correct answer ✔✔-Project initiation; master plan design; various
individual developers; uses city center design guidelines; lots of developers use design
guidelines (a vision)
-Applied to a precinct to steer development; set general object, then use controls or incentives
to achieve that goal (theater district example in New York)
-Create infrastructure for developers to plug into or plug infrastructure into a city
-Entire projects (from planning to implementation) under 1 designer(s) and patron(s); this is
more common in a dictatorship (1 vision); infrastructure, buildings, public realm all identical
Identify the various characteristics of "good" urban design discussed in class - correct answer
✔✔Mixed use space (compatible land use); ground-floor orientation/walk-ability; public space
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Explain the concept of urban design, and the historic and evolving relationship between urban
planning and design - correct answer ✔✔Not just architecture on its own, but the connection of
buildings together; how to best serve the community; coordinated and planned form for
functional purposes; Began at Harvard in the '60s and expanded; integrative field (arch, land
arch, civil eng, sus, and planning); there was a historic relationship between planning + design,
then planning shifted towards policy and spatial analysis; renewed interest evident in form-
based codes emphasizing the space between planning
Define the term "public realm" as a behavior setting for human activity, and how it differs from
public or private space - correct answer ✔✔Public right to entry, but not public property
necessarily; access may be controlled, like a shopping mall; open to public, but not always
"public"
Differentiate between functional, recreational, and social activities, and how urban design
affects each - correct answer ✔✔Functional activities such as transportation- trip length and
mode choice, Recreational activities such as sports- frequency and duration of optional
activities are impacted, Social activities such as talking to people and resultant activities derived
from functional and recreational- impacts interactions + passive contact
Discuss the significance of "imageability" and the impacts of urban design - correct answer
✔✔How we identify cities and their culture and navigate around them through sensory cues
and orientation
Differentiate the role of paths, edges, districts, nodes, and landmarks in the urban image -
correct answer ✔✔-Paths: along which a person moves (bike paths, streets, etc.)
-Edges: linear elements that break continuity (water line, mountains, tree lines, borders, etc.)
, -Districts: sections of 2D extents with identifying character (Old Town Scottsdale, Mel Rose, Mill
Ave., etc.)
-Nodes: strategic points into which one enters (junctions, concentrations- like the MU, lots of
activity, important area)
-Landmarks: external reference points- distant or local (A-mountain, Statue of Liberty, etc.)
Describe the types and characteristics of new towns, urban precincts, and infrastructure as
urban design products - correct answer ✔✔Think of the word projects instead of products:
Build from scratch and have all necessary urban amenities VERSUS new or renewed and lack
some amenities VERSUS particular infrastructure development
Identify the two types for urban precincts as mid-scale urban design products, and how they
differ from new towns - correct answer ✔✔New and renewed precincts; but they lack some
urban amenities
Explain the role infrastructure (as well as its removal) plays as a micro-scale urban design
product - correct answer ✔✔Catalyst for development; like the freeway -> river project in Seoul,
South Korea
Differentiate between and describe all-of-a-piece, piece-by-piece, plug-in, and total urban
design procedural types - correct answer ✔✔-Project initiation; master plan design; various
individual developers; uses city center design guidelines; lots of developers use design
guidelines (a vision)
-Applied to a precinct to steer development; set general object, then use controls or incentives
to achieve that goal (theater district example in New York)
-Create infrastructure for developers to plug into or plug infrastructure into a city
-Entire projects (from planning to implementation) under 1 designer(s) and patron(s); this is
more common in a dictatorship (1 vision); infrastructure, buildings, public realm all identical
Identify the various characteristics of "good" urban design discussed in class - correct answer
✔✔Mixed use space (compatible land use); ground-floor orientation/walk-ability; public space
