ELEMENTS OF AN URBAN DESIGN METHODOLOGY

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ELEMENTS OF AN URBAN DESIGN METHODOLOGY

• Respect for urban fabric and the work of others
• Mining the site and its context
• Utilizing 5,000 years of architectural history as
  a source of formal ideas and strategies
• Terrance Williams, FAIA

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The Theory of the Second Man(Taking cues from
local precedent is good.)Piazza della Santissima
Annunciata
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John Nash as the Second Man
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Public space as the definer of architectural
form the National Assembly in Paris
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City Hall, Den Hague Richard Meier
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City Hall, Den Hague Richard Meier
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Public Space/Private Building Stephen Holl in
Seaside
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Public Space/Private Building Leers Weinsapfel
in Boston
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Infill Plaza Vieja, Habana
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Infill Suzane Reatig, Washington, DC
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Precedents Le Corbusier Private Fox/Public
HedgehogOr The GoodVilla Garche.
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The Bad and The Ugly Plan Voisin and American
Public Housing
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Precedent as Strategy The Brooklyn Museum From
J-N-L Durand to McKim Meade White to Isozaki
Polshek
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McKim Meade Whites Brooklyn Museum
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Isozaki Polsheks Brooklyn Museum Geometry as
the unifying design element
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The Isozaki Polshek Site Plan
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Precedent as Strategy Opera de la Bastille
CompetitionMichael Dennis Associates
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Precedent for the Opera de la Bastille Vigevano
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Symmetry as the organizer of disparate elements
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Precedent as Strategy Storrow Drive, Boston,
Koetter Kim, Architects
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Precedents for Storrow Drive Adelphi Terrace and
the Algiers Waterfront
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Scalar Comparison A Tool for Analysis The Plaza
Vieja and The Plaza de la Catedral, Habana Vieja
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Scalar Comparison Paris and the Shahestan
Pahlavi Site
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How big is Chandighar? Scalar comparisons with
Piazza San Marco, The Academical Village and the
Palais Royale
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Scalar ComparisonsPiazza San Marco, The
Academical Village, CUA
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Variations on a Theme Chandighar and the Palais
Royale
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Pulling it all together The Urban Design Studio
at CUA
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Elements of a Design Methodology

• Respect for urban fabric.
• Mining the site.
• Utilizing 5,000 years of architectural history .