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1. KEVIN LYNCK FIVE ELEMENTS OF CITY PLANNING

2. WHAT IS URBAN DESIGN AND URBAN PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE ? URBAN DESGN : THE DESIGN OF FUNCTIONALITY AND SPACES BETWEEN BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES ART OF MAKING PLACE FOR PEOPLE HUMAN INTERACTION WITH THE ENVIRONMENT INVOLES PLACES SUCH AS SQUARE, PIAZZA, STREETS, PEDRESTRIAN URBAN PLANING : THE DESIGN AND ORGANISATION OF URBAN SPACE AND INFRASTRUCTURE LAYOUT OF NEIGHBORHOOD, CITIES AND REGION BALANCING THE BUILT AND NEUTRAL ENVIRONMENT ARCHITECTURE: THE ART OR PRACTICE OF DESIGNING AND CONTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS FORM FUNCTIONALITY FIRMNESS

3. KEVIN LYNCK FIVE ELEMENTS OF CITY PLANNING URBAN THINKER KEVIN LYNCH WAS ABLE TO ESTABLISH A NOTATION OF CITY ELEMENTS THAT MATCH THE PEOPLE PERCEPTION THEY ARE IDENTIFIED AS: PATHS EDGES NODES LANDMARKS DISTRICT OTHER ELEMENTS THOSE CAN BE IDENTIFIED IN URBAN CONTEXT: LANDSCAPES ACCESSORY FEATURES

4. KEVIN LYNCK FIVE ELEMENTS OF CITY PLANNING 1.PATHWAYS : The streets, sidewalks, trails, and other channels in which people travel They arrange space and movement between space IMPORTANCE: THE ORGANISE THE MOBILITY PATTERN OF STREET NETWORK IS WHAT DEFINES A CITY AND MAKES IT UNIQUE DEFINITION: STREET ROADS SIDE WALKS PATHWAY

5. KEVIN LYNCK FIVE ELEMENTS OF CITY PLANNING 2.EDGES : BOUNDARIES THEY CAN BE EITHER REAL OR PERCEIVED THESE ARE WALLS, BUILDINGS AND SHORELINES, CURBSTONE, OVERPASSES..ETC EDGES ARE LINAR ELEMENTS THAT FORM BOUNDARIES BETWEEN AREAS OR LINEAR BREAKS IN CONTINUITY IMPORTANCE: FUNCTIONALITY AND USAGE OF THE SPACES ARE CLEARLY DEFINED BY EDGES DEFINITION: EXAMPLE FOR EDGES: MUMBAI CITY EDGES B/W BUILDING AND STREET

6. KEVIN LYNCK FIVE ELEMENTS OF CITY PLANNING 3.NODES : LARGE AREAS YOU CAN ENTER , SERVRE AS FOCI OF THE CITY, NEIGHBORHOOD , DISTRICT….ETC OFFERS THE PERSON IN THEM MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVE OF THE OTHER CORE ELEMENTS IMPORTANCE: TO INCREASE PERCEPTION OF AN ACTIVE , URBAN CORRIDORS AND TO ENCOURAGE MORE WALK SPACE DEFINITION: EXAMPLE FOR NODE: CHARMINAR

7. 4.LANDMARK : External point of orientation, easily identified objects- tower ,spires are distinct and are typically seen from any angle and from distance , over the top of the smaller element IMPORTANCE: FUNCTIONALLY PROMINENT STRUCTURE HAVE A MAJOR INFLUENCE ON THE AESTHETICS OF THEIR IMMEDIATE URBAN LANDSCAPE; LOCATION, FUNCTION OF OPEN SPACE AND LANDSCAPE FURNITURES DEFINITION: KEVIN LYNCK FIVE ELEMENTS OF CITY PLANNING Leaning tower-Pisa Gherkin - London Elizabeth tower- London Effiel tower- Paris

8. 5.DISTIRCT : KEVIN LYNCK FIVE ELEMENTS OF CITY PLANNING   Are the medium to large parts of the city which share the same characteristics style - spatial form, topography- colors, texture, urban fabric Districts may have clear edges, or soft uncertain ones gradually fading away into surrounding areas.