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Definition of a city according to Spiro Kostof:
- High density
- Cluster of towns
- Circumscription (Borders)
- Different jobs
- Wealth disparity
- Favored by income (Good location)
- Rely on written records
- Engage with countryside
- Distinguishable through monuments
- Made of buildings and people
Aristotle: A city is a place where you come to live the good life.
Nikolaus Pevsner: A building is only considered architecture when it’s
designed with the of aesthetic appeal in mind.
Le Corbusier: Architecture must move us in some way, for it to be
architecture.
Architecture = The process and product of planning, designing and
constructing buildings and other physical structures.
Architect = Arkhi-tekton = Chief-builder
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Visual analysis can be done through:
1. Serial vision (Walk through)
2. Abstraction
3. Layered approach ->
Parti-sketch = Sketch early on in the design process to represent a
concept.
Types of diagrams:
1. Bubble diagram = Shows a complex lay-out
2. Routing diagram = Room uses
Nolli plan (Giambattista Nolli) = City floorplan
Isometric projection has an angle of 120 degrees between
two axes.
, 2:
Kevin Lynch wrote ‘Image of the City’.
Elements of a city according to Kevin Lynch:
1. Landmark
2. Node (Crossing)
3. Paths
4. Districts
5. Edge
Mental map (Kevin Lynch) = How people remember and draw a city.
3:
Archetype = Prototype
Burgage plot = How a building over time occupies/changes the plot.
Sub-urbs = Near-city
Shanty Town = Krottenwijk (Slecht
bewoonbaar)
Parti-wall = A side-wall adjoining another
house.
Chattel House = A plotless house, that can
be picked up and easily moved.
Zoning law = Building (skyscraper) can
never be filled 100%. (Punt)
Villa Rotonda -> 4 façades
4:
Garden Cities (Ebenenzer Howard) = Cities that are more numerous and
smaller and integrated with greenery.
Le Corbusier: Streets stand in the way of modern life. Instead we should
make garden cities.
Louis Kahn: On the street people we follow acceptable behavior. The way
a street is designed should reflect the way man should behave.
Definition of a city according to Spiro Kostof:
- High density
- Cluster of towns
- Circumscription (Borders)
- Different jobs
- Wealth disparity
- Favored by income (Good location)
- Rely on written records
- Engage with countryside
- Distinguishable through monuments
- Made of buildings and people
Aristotle: A city is a place where you come to live the good life.
Nikolaus Pevsner: A building is only considered architecture when it’s
designed with the of aesthetic appeal in mind.
Le Corbusier: Architecture must move us in some way, for it to be
architecture.
Architecture = The process and product of planning, designing and
constructing buildings and other physical structures.
Architect = Arkhi-tekton = Chief-builder
1:
Visual analysis can be done through:
1. Serial vision (Walk through)
2. Abstraction
3. Layered approach ->
Parti-sketch = Sketch early on in the design process to represent a
concept.
Types of diagrams:
1. Bubble diagram = Shows a complex lay-out
2. Routing diagram = Room uses
Nolli plan (Giambattista Nolli) = City floorplan
Isometric projection has an angle of 120 degrees between
two axes.
, 2:
Kevin Lynch wrote ‘Image of the City’.
Elements of a city according to Kevin Lynch:
1. Landmark
2. Node (Crossing)
3. Paths
4. Districts
5. Edge
Mental map (Kevin Lynch) = How people remember and draw a city.
3:
Archetype = Prototype
Burgage plot = How a building over time occupies/changes the plot.
Sub-urbs = Near-city
Shanty Town = Krottenwijk (Slecht
bewoonbaar)
Parti-wall = A side-wall adjoining another
house.
Chattel House = A plotless house, that can
be picked up and easily moved.
Zoning law = Building (skyscraper) can
never be filled 100%. (Punt)
Villa Rotonda -> 4 façades
4:
Garden Cities (Ebenenzer Howard) = Cities that are more numerous and
smaller and integrated with greenery.
Le Corbusier: Streets stand in the way of modern life. Instead we should
make garden cities.
Louis Kahn: On the street people we follow acceptable behavior. The way
a street is designed should reflect the way man should behave.
