visibility is an important factor of environmental quality that has various influences on the quality of neighborhood. this paper aimed to find the relationship between urban form and visual quality. a public space with a spatial configuration in one of bushehr city's neighborhoods was selected as the case study. bushehr city is surrounded by urban development and the sea. compact urban sp...

A large number of studies show that uncontrolled and unplanned spatial and functional developmentsin old central districts of large and medium-sized Iranian cities in past few decades have resulted in many unpleasanttransformations. Thus, the historic urban fabrics have gradually lost their socio-economic livability and quality and thisissue has led to urban distress, blight and deterioration.T...

introduction one of the critical issues associated with sustainability in the twenty-first century is how cities are growing and developing in the space. rapid urban growth and physical development of cities cause disintegration of the spatial organization of cities and consequently spatial inequality between urban spaces. this phenomenon can be considered as spatial segregation or fragmentatio...

what is called the problems of tehran metropolis now a days, is deep- rooted in the policies ofurban planning in our country. since not far past up to now, immigration from all over the country to tehran, irregular growth of urban population, inconsistency with urban infrastructure development, environmental pollution and low quality of living areas, erosion of self -growing fabric in most area...

Visibility is an important factor of environmental quality that has various influences on the quality of neighborhood. This paper aimed to find the relationship between urban form and visual quality. A public space with a spatial configuration in one of Bushehr city's neighborhoods was selected as the case study. Bushehr city is surrounded by urban development and the sea. Compact urban spac...

Density is probably one of the most used indicators to characterize urban development. Even if it is a quantitative and properly defined measure, there are still problems to use it properly. This paper proposes a renewed approach to characterize urban density based on buildings’ footprints. It can be applied on huge datasets and allows multi-level characterization of density. We first present a...

Personal information Name Ruben Hanssen Student number 4253930 Telephone number 0615574855 E-mail address [email protected], [email protected] Graduation studio Name / Theme Design of the Urban Fabric Teachers Stefan van der Spek Paul de Ruiter Argumentation of choice of the studio This studio has been chosen because my graduation project focuses on elements of the urban form ...

Residential block construction of big cities in China began in the 1950s, and four models had far-reaching influence on modern residential block in its development process, including unit compound and residential district in 1950s to 1980s, and gated community and open community in 1990s to now. Based on analysis of the four models’ fabric, the article takes residential blocks in Hangzhou west ...