Design Criteria

URBS 200  Urban Spaces People Places

 

Criteria for Design:

1.  Context

  1. Contrast
  2. Setbacks
  3. Spacing
  4. Proportion
  5. Scale (Massing)
  6. Entryways
  7. Silhouette
  8. Style
  9. Landscaping
  10. Shadows

 

 

Spatial Definition

  1. size
  2. shape
  3. continuity
  4. floor configuration
  5. height of frame
  6. architecture
  7. sculpture

 

Design Review criteria

  1. State design objectives
  2. Maintain consistency over time
  3. Focus on urban design (rather than architecture)
  4. Minimize (and justify) exceptions
  5. Small, unbiased review committee

 

Problems with presentation methods:

  1. Elevation
    1. Width of lines misleads the eye
    2. Inability to present modeling through shadows
  2. Perspective
    1. Unreliable
    2. Commonly fails to show surrounding buildings
  3. Axonometric
    1. Unrealistic perspective
  4. Modeling
    1. “Cuteness”—small scale presents “smoother” finish
    2. Mt. Olympus fallacy
  5. Photomontage
    1. Single perspective
    2. Must model the new construction
  6. Virtual reality
    1. Still very expensive and difficult to manage the software
    2. Still must model any new construction