DESIGN OF THE CITY:
In this lecture Mirko anaylised the deisgn of the city with the key points in designing being:- the Utopia
- Suburbia
- the View
- the Grid
- the Power
DESIGN THE UTOPIA:
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| from the lecture, Claude Nicolas Ledoux design layout ideas of the Royal Saltworks at Chaux |
DESIGN THE SUBURBIA:
Perfect city= social theories + transport = SUBURBIA
DESIGN THE VIEW:
The introduction of the perspective, the design of towns has been riven by the visual experience for the city users. In a more modern context I found this image of a contemporary building to which displays this aspect. |
| http://www.trendir.com/house-design/modern-geometric-house-design-built-around-the-view-7.jpg |
DESIGN THE GRID:
The grid has different characteristics in different civilizations.- Roman grid- the grid is oriented taking into consideration the main feature of the landscape.
- Spanish grid- grid is rotated 45 degrees with respect to the north point in order to maximize the shadows in the public spaces.
- American grid- north-south layout organise the rural and urban landscape
DESIGN THE POWER:
Cities are the main stage where a society represents itself. There are 3 main components.
"a public space is for living, doing business, kissing, and playing. Its value can't be measured with economics or mathematics: it must be felt with soul."
ASSIGNMENT:
We began our background research into the city of Haifia and the over layout. We searched for maps of the area but had trouble findings maps that were of use. Mostly tourist maps kept showing up. We changed our search words from english into Arabic which provided us with many more maps.
خريطة المدينة
These maps were used for the historical analysis. Looking at the maps it is obvious the city/town centre was located near the ocean for commercial reasoning. Haifa being a port city and the economy directly dependant on trade and farming.
These maps helped us to see how the city has evovled over time. Some key buildings we found that influence the layout and how the city has changed was the Shrine of the Bab which runs on an axis down towards the port. Large garden areas surround this and is the centre for the Bahai religion.
