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Matthew Carmona - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Design governance theorizing an Urban Design sub field
Journal of Urban Design, 2016Co-Authors: Matthew CarmonaAbstract:This paper introduces and theorizes the practices of Design governance: the process of state-sanctioned intervention in the means and processes of Designing the built environment in order to shape both processes and outcomes in a defined public interest. The paper is in three parts. The first briefly addresses ‘why’ the public sector should seek to intervene in Design, in other words the motivations behind Design governance. The second and third parts address respectively the ‘what’ and ‘how’ questions; what is Design governance and how does it occur? They do this by dissecting the concept and investigating a number of recurring debates in the literature that reveal key conceptual threads and problematics running through these practices. The result, and the key contribution of this paper, is a new set of concepts through which to understand the governance of Design as a distinct and important sub-field of Urban Design.
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the place shaping continuum a theory of Urban Design process
Journal of Urban Design, 2014Co-Authors: Matthew CarmonaAbstract:Drawing on empirical research in London, this paper examines how public spaces in the contemporary city are shaped. Together, the ‘contexts’, ‘processes’ and ‘power relationships’ that are revealed represent an integrated framework in the form of a journey through time during which contemporary public space—exemplified in this paper through the case of public space in London—is moulded. Extrapolating to the larger field of Urban Design, the discussion advances a theory of the Urban Design process as a place-shaping continuum. This Urban Design (or place-shaping) process, in all its complexity and variety, has the potential to anchor the field of Urban Design, offering a core for intellectual enquiry and policy/practice innovation. To situate this, the paper begins with a brief examination of Urban Design as a subject for investigation.
Dongwook Sohn - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the roles of Urban Design in Urban regeneration case studies of the housing market renewal pathfinder area in newcastle uk
The International Journal of Urban Sciences, 2013Co-Authors: Sungnam Park, Dongwook SohnAbstract:This paper explores the roles of Urban Design in Urban regeneration through a detailed empirical investigation of Urban Design in Scotswood and Walker, regeneration under the umbrella of the Housing Market Renewal programme. The case studies identified various roles of Urban Design in Urban regeneration and highlighted that Urban Design contributes to Urban regeneration as a place-shaping mechanism. The environmental contribution of Urban Design was recognized as shaping better-quality places with quality Design. The social contribution of Urban Design was recognized as providing better places for the everyday life of existing users and end users as the social consequences of Urban regeneration. This paper concludes with a discussion about the potential roles of Urban Design in Urban regeneration.
Youssef Diab - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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analysis of open Urban Design as a tool for pedestrian thermal comfort enhancement in moroccan climate
Journal of building engineering, 2020Co-Authors: Kaoutar Ouali, Khalid El Harrouni, Moulay Larbi Abidi, Youssef DiabAbstract:Abstract The impact of Urban morphology on the outdoor thermal comfort has been widely reported, but few studies have inquired into environmentally-conscious Urban Design (ECUD) to contribute to the development of recommendations and guidelines as a tool to aid Urban planners and Designers in decision-making. Open Urban Design (OUD) approach is increasingly used in the Design of recent residential neighborhoods, complete and continuous joint ownership is rejected to create spaces with optimal solar and light exposures and create through views. However, the suitability of this configuration shall be tested for different climate conditions. This paper focuses on the assessment of the OUD approach at four climate regions of Morocco in winter and summer. The case study is a recent residential district (54 ha). Two scenarios of building sets were simulated for 12 h in Rabat, Errachidia, Tiflet, and Marrakech. At first, an experimental validation of the 3D microclimate model ENVI-met 4.3.1 is performed. Six morphological indicators are then calculated and cross-correlated to numerical simulation results. The impact of Urban parameters on the mean radiant temperature (Tmrt) has been investigated; the evolution and the spatial distribution of the average predicted mean vote (PMV) have been presented. It follows that cloudiness, latitude, shading, vegetation, and compactness have a significant effect on Tmrt, and this effect differs from summer to winter. OUD isn't appropriate for the extreme climate conditions whereas, this Urban Design choice can significantly improve the outdoor thermal comfort in moderate climate conditions depending on morphological parameters and vegetal density.
Robin Wilson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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mapping the way forward education for sustainability in architecture and Urban Design
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 2014Co-Authors: Sergio Altomonte, Peter Rutherford, Robin WilsonAbstract:Given the growing relevance of the sustainability agenda to the professions of the built environment, one way to ensure that its mandates are effectively integrated in architecture and Urban Design is to revisit the role that education, particularly at university level, can play. It is well understood that this requires a significant paradigm shift in the underlying pedagogies involved in educating for sustainability. It could be argued therefore that one of the main challenges is to address the dichotomy between effectively integrating creative expression with rigorous technical exploration, this being a core demand of high-quality sustainable Design. As such, advances in curriculum development must seek to promote this integration more effectively, and, in so doing, facilitate knowledge transfer between both the creative and the scientific disciplines that are core to a sustainable architecture and Urban Design process. In response, this paper explores the outcomes of a European project, EDUCATE (Environmental Design in University Curricula and Architectural Training in Europe), seeking to look critically at the barriers and opportunities afforded by implementing sustainability in pre- and post-professional education in architecture and Urban Design, and exploring some of the strategies required to promote such integration. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.
Maria Isabel Rasmussen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Effect of Urban Design on microclimate and thermal comfort outdoors in warm-humid Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
International Journal of Biometeorology, 2018Co-Authors: Moohammed Wasim Yahia, Erik Johansson, Sofia Thorsson, Fredrik Lindberg, Maria Isabel RasmussenAbstract:Due to the complexity of built environment, Urban Design patterns considerably affect the microclimate and outdoor thermal comfort in a given Urban morphology. Variables such as building heights and orientations, spaces between buildings, plot coverage alter solar access, wind speed and direction at street level. To improve microclimate and comfort conditions Urban Design elements including vegetation and shading devices can be used. In warm-humid Dar es Salaam, the climate consideration in Urban Design has received little attention although the Urban planning authorities try to develop the quality of planning and Design. The main aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between Urban Design, Urban microclimate, and outdoor comfort in four built-up areas with different morphologies including low-, medium-, and high-rise buildings. The study mainly concentrates on the warm season but a comparison with the thermal comfort conditions in the cool season is made for one of the areas. Air temperature, wind speed, mean radiant temperature (MRT), and the physiologically equivalent temperature (PET) are simulated using ENVI-met to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of the existing Urban Design. An analysis of the distribution of MRT in the areas showed that the area with low-rise buildings had the highest frequency of high MRTs and the lowest frequency of low MRTs. The study illustrates that areas with low-rise buildings lead to more stressful Urban spaces than areas with high-rise buildings. It is also shown that the use of dense trees helps to enhance the thermal comfort conditions, i.e., reduce heat stress. However, vegetation might negatively affect the wind ventilation. Nevertheless, a sensitivity analysis shows that the provision of shade is a more efficient way to reduce PET than increases in wind speed, given the prevailing sun and wind conditions in Dar es Salaam. To mitigate heat stress in Dar es Salaam, a set of recommendations and guidelines on how to develop the existing situation from microclimate and thermal comfort perspectives is outlined. Such recommendations will help architects and Urban Designers to increase the quality of the outdoor environment and demonstrate the need to create better Urban spaces in harmony with microclimate and thermal comfort.
