WHAT IS URBAN SQUARE ?

THE MEANING OF URBAN PLAZA IS DEFINED

AS A VACANT PLACE FOR PUBLIC IN CITY. THE
ORIGIN OF THE WORD ‘PLAZA’ IS “PLATTEA”
FROM SPAIN AND “PLATEA” FROM FRANCE.
THE FORMER MEANS WIDE ROAD AND THE
LATTER MEANS STREET OR COUNTY YARD. A
PLAZA IS A PLACE, WHICH IS SURROUNDED
BY BUILDINGS AND ROADS, AND THESE DAYS
IT IS WIDELY SEEN AS A BASIC PLACE WITHIN
OPEN SPACE IN AN OVERPOPULATED CITY.
WHY URBAN SQUARE ?
THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY IS TO
RECONSIDER THE CONCEPT 'PUBLICITY' IN
CITIES AS A STRATEGIC SPACE IN ORDER TO
VITALIZE THE CITY. THE STUDY INCLUDES
ANALYZING CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN URBAN
PLAZA AND ARCHITECTURAL SPACE WHICH IS
“INDUSTRIAL TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
CENTRE” AND PROPOSING DESIGN METHODS
FOR A MIXED USE BUILDING WHICH WILL
IMPROVE INTERACTION BETWEEN URBAN
CONTEXT AND THE BUILDING SPACE THEREBY
CREATING AWARENESS AMONGST THE LOCAL
RESIDENTS.

“IN BETWEEN LABY – PIAZZA” WHY THE CONCENTRIC

CIRCULAR PALNNING ?
‘ARCHITECTURAL DOUGHNUT’ IS A
LABY HERE REFERS TO “LABYRINTH” AND PIAZZA THE “URBAN SQUARE” THE LABYRINTH MEANS AN INTRICATE NETWORK OF PATHWAYS, USUALLY ENCLOSED BY TINY BUILDING WITH A PLAN CONSISTING OF TWO
BUSHES, IN WHICH IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO VISUALIZE THE CENTER. NOWADAYS, THIS DESIGN HAS EXPERIENCED A REVIVAL OF THE OLD GEOMETRICAL STYLE OF CONCENTRIC CIRCLES. TWO TYPES ARE
GARDENING, AS A “HEALING WALK” THAT HELPS IN HUMANS EMOTIONAL STABILITY; THE PERSON NEEDS TO WALK, TO IMMERSE IN IT AND SEARCH FOR THE CENTER, DISTINGUISHED: THE ‘RING DOUGHNUT’ WHERE
BECAUSE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GRASP ITS WHOLE ENTIRETY IN JUST ONE LOOK. THE LABYRINTH OR MAZE IS A GOOD ANALOGY TO DESCRIBE SOME CITIES WITH THE CENTRAL CIRCLE IS A COURTYARD, AND
MORPHOLOGIES OF FRACTAL PATTERNS. MORE THAN THE GEOMETRICAL PATTERN ITSELF, CITY IS A LABYRINTH ONLY TO THE ACTIVITY OF UNWITTING USERS. IN MODERN THE ‘JAM DOUGHNUT’ WHERE SOME
CITY, IT REFERS TO THE ATTRACTION AND FEAR THAT THEY TRANSMIT. IN BOTH CASES, THE SAME PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE IS PRODUCED: CONFUSION, DISORIENTATION. IMPORTANT CENTRAL SPACE (THE ‘JAM’) IS
SURROUNDED BY A RING OF SMALLER SPACES
(THE ‘DOUGH’).
THE IDEA BEHIND MODULAR
CONFIGURATION IS TO DEFINE A SPATIAL
SOLUTION WHICH WOULD BE ABLE TO GROW
AND ADAPT ACCORDING TO THE CHANGING
NEED; OR ACCORDING TO VARIED CONDITIONS
AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.

THE PERFORMANCE OF CONCAVE AND

CONVEX FAÇADES ARE BETTER THAN FLAT
FAÇADE WITH EAST AND CURVATURE IN
PLAN’S FORM IS SUITABLE FOR WINTER
BUT FOR SUMMER SEASON CONCAVE
DESIGN WITH CURVATURE IN SECTION HAS
BETTER SOLAR PERFORMANCE. IT IS
REALISED THAT FOR EAST ORIENTATION
COMBINATION DESIGN OF CONVEX FAÇADES
HAS A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE AMOUNT
OF DSR IN SUMMER COMPARING IT WITH
CONCAVE DESIGN. MOREOVER, FOR SOUTH
FAÇADES THE SOLAR PERFORMANCE OF
CONCAVE FAÇADES FORMS WITH
CURVATURE IN PLAN AND SECTION IN
SUMMER IS BETTER THAN FORMS WITH
CURVATURE IN PLAN OR IN SECTION AND
SIMILAR TO FLAT FAÇADES. FINALLY, IT
PROVES THAT FOR THE COOLING AND
HEATING PERIODS FORMS WITH CURVATURE
IN PLAN NEED MORE ENERGY. MOREOVER,
COMBINATION CURVATURE FORMS HAVE
BETTER ENERGY PERFORMANCE THAN
FORMS WITH CURVATURE IN PLAN AND
AROUND A YEAR THE ENERGY
REQUIREMENTS FOR CURVATURE IN
SECTIONS IS THE LOWEST.