urban design
Shaping public spaces
Urban design is the practice of shaping the physical arrangement of cities and towns—how streets, buildings, public spaces, and infrastructure fit together.
It operates at a scale between architecture (individual buildings) and urban planning (policy and zoning), focusing on the look, feel, and functionality of neighborhoods and districts: The urban design prioritized pedestrian access over car traffic.
Good urban design considers how people actually move through and experience a place.
- zoningSectioning areas by use
- public spacesAreas open to all
- town squareCentral civic space
- streetscapeUrban corridor's appearance
- land useHow terrain is allocated
street grid · city block · transit-oriented development · placemaking · adaptive reuse · walkability · architecture · infrastructure · street furniture · smart cities · greenspace · historic preservation · cityscape · heritage conservation · neighborhood · grid · civic · mixed-use
- cityscapesskyline, city skyline, skylines, skyscraper, high-rise
- design fieldsarchitecture, color scheme
- urban designcity planning, streetscapes, pedestrian zones, cityscapes, public spaces
- urban planningcity planning, zoning map, master plans, zones, zoning reform
- land planninggreen belt, zoning regulations, town planning, planning permission, residential zoning
- architectureEiffel Tower, buildings, architects, thatching, drawings
urban designinterior design
Planning indoor spaces
interior decoration · furniture design · landscape architecture · domestic arrangement · industrial design
urban designorganic growth
Growth arising internally, gradually
sprawl · urban decay · neglect · abandonment
urban designwilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
countryside · backcountry · hinterland · outback · frontier settlement
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