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Reinforced concrete stilts that lifted the bulk of the structure off the ground

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Pilotis

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Non-supporting walls that could be designed as the architect wished

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Free Facade

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The floor space was free to configure into rooms without concern for supporting walls.

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Open Floor Plan

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Long strips of ribbon windows that allow unencumbered views of the large surrounding yard

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Ribbon Windows culture, values, norms, mores, and traditions(Uninterrupted Views)

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To compensate for the green area consumed by the building and replacing it on the roof

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Roof Garden

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FIVE POINTS OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE By Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret)

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Pilotis

Free Facade

Open Floor Plan

Ribbon Windows ( Uninterrupted Views)

Roof Garden

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The most pronounced elements of Urban Design.

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BUILDINGS

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Living rooms of the city. Makes high quality life in the city. Forms the stage and backdrop to the drama of life. Plazas, squares & neighborhood parks.

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PUBLIC SPACE

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Connections between cities and places. Designed by their physical dimension and character, size, scale and the character of the buildings that line them. Ranges from grand avenues, intimate pedestrian streets.

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STREETS

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Connects the parts of the cities and help shape them. Balance between ________ systems is what helps define the quality and character of cities. They include road, rail, bicycle and pedestrian networks.

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TRANSPORTATION

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ELEMENTS OF URBAN DESIGN

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BUILDINGS

PUBLIC SPACE

STREETS

TRANSPORTATION

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Focuses on the physical improvement of the public environment

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URBAN DESIGN

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Focuses on the management of private development through established planning methods and programs

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URBAN PLANNING

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A collective image – map or impressions – map of a city, a collective picture of what people extract from the physical reality of a city.

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IMAGE OF A CITY by Kevin Lynch

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IMAGE OF A CITY (author)

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Kevin Lynch

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FIVE POINTS OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE (author)

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Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret)

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Pathways, Districts, Edges, Landmarks and Nodes.

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IMAGE OF A CITY by Kevin Lynch

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Major and minor routes of circulation to move about, the city has a network of major routes and a neighborhood network of minor routes; a building has several main routes which people use to get to it or from it. An urban highway network is a network of pathways for a whole city.

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PATHWAYS

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A city is composed of component neighborhoods or ________; its center, uptown,midtowns, its in-town residential areas, train yards, factory areas, suburbs, college campuses, etc.

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DISTRICTS

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The termination of a district is its ____. Some districts have no distinct _____ at all but gradually taper off and blend into another district. When two districts are joined at an ______ they form a seam.

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EDGES

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The prominent visual features of the city; some are very large and are seen at great distances; some are very small and can only be seen up close (streetclock, a fountain, or a small statue in a park).

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LANDMARKS

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A center of activity; distinguished from a landmark by virtue of its active function; it is a distinct hub of activity.

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NODES

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IMAGE OF A CITY by Kevin Lynch

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Pathways, Districts, Edges, Landmarks and Nodes.

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Sometimes they are considerably mixed in character and do not have distinct limits like the midtown in Manhattan

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DISTRICTS

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A narrow park may be ajoining seam for two urban neighborhoods.

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EDGES

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Help in orienting peoplein the city and help identify an area

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LANDMARKS

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Times Square in New York City is both a landmark and a node.

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NODES

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Constantinos Apostolou (CA) Dioxadis

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ELEMENTS OF HUMAN SETTLEMENT

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ELEMENTS OF HUMAN SETTLEMENT

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Nature

Man

Society

Shells

Networks

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ELEMENTS OF HUMAN SETTLEMENT

(Author)

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Constantinos Apostolou (CA) Dioxadis

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The natural physical environment

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NATURE

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An individual, Homo Sapiens – biological needs(oxygen, nutrition), sensation and perception (fivesenses), emotional needs (satisfaction, security,sense of belonging), moral values.

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MAN

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A group of individuals sharing the same Ribbon Windows culture, values, norms, mores, and traditions

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SOCIETY

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Buildings, the built component – housing,hospitals, schools, town halls, commercial establishments, recreational facilities, industrial buildings, etc.

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SHELLS

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Links within the settlement andwith other settlements, transportation systems, communication systems, water supply systems, power and electrical systems, etc.

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NETWORKS

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HIERARCHY OF SETTLEMENTS

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Hamlet

Community

City

Metropolis

Conurbation

Megalopolis

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a neighborhood, a small village

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HAMLET

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a town

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COMMUNITY

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an urban area

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CITY

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the capital or chief city of a country or region; a very large and busy city

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METROPOLIS

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A composition of cities, metropolises, urban areas.

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CONURBATION

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Merging of two or more metropolises with a population of 10 millionor more, a 20th century phenomenon.

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MEGALOPOLIS

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They shape and articulate space by forming the street wall of the city

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Buildings