Scope of Urban Design

In search of Identity

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 Identity= status
New Delhi=capital of India
2018 population 2,79,28,000

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Identity=status

Connaught place

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 Identity=status
heritage of India

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Identity=variety

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 Context=economical status

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Estimated median household income in 2016: $39,163 (it was $32,708 in 2000)
Context=economical status

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Context=health, child labor issues

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Context= environmental issues
Fog in Delhi

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Context=traffic accidents

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Context= traffic issues

Traffic jam in
Delhi

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Context=air pollution

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Context=density

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Context= water pollution

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Context= water services

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Context= law

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 Scope= identity
identity=quality
identity=fulfillment
identity=order
order=discipline
discipline= law
law =balance

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 =activity
=sequence
=continuity
=combination
=composition
= harmony
=organization
=communication
=time
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 Scope of urban design
Scope of urban design is to design for
•Context(status, place, issues)
•People & work
•Variety
•Scale
•Style
•Order
•change
•Future 20
Scope
Scope
…..of
…..of Urban
Urban Design
Design

Outcome of Urban Design project or efforts may be a completed

project with a detailed design of buildings or site; or it can be a
framework for overall growth conceived as self adjusting &
constantly changing concepts.

Implication of Urban Design lies in a continuum with changeable

design policies on one hand & definite implimentary measure on
other extremes.
 Order=safety
context=kashmir

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 Order=safety
context=Raigarh

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 Order = discipline
Context=New Delhi

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 Order = facilities
context= Village of Baster

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 Identity=architecture

Architecture
•piece of art
•Sky
•Ground
•Water
•Trees
•Air
•sun

Urban design= maintaining the surroundings in scale of the project 26

Identity=way finding

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Identity=maintaining the project in large
scale

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Identity=expressway roads

Expressway=
•Accidents
•Habits
•Miscommu
-nication

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Identity= expressway road
Expressway=
•Speed
•Clarity of visio

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Identity=roads

Roads=
•surface
•electric poles
•Traffic signals
•Types of
transportation
•Number of
persons/vehicle
s

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Identity=streets
Street=
•People
•Surfaces
• work & Activities
•Volume
•Symbols(signboards)

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Identity= solving disorder

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• http://worldpopulationreview.com/world-citie
s/delhi-population
/
• http://www.city-data.com/city/Delhi-New-Yor
k.html#ixzz5KucgZAgn

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