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Designing the City: Tools for the Non-Designer Design as a Social Tool May 15, 2008

Designing the City: Tools for the Non-Designer Design as a Social Tool May 15, 2008. Carol Johnson, city of Phoenix. “The principal aim of urban design is to improve the quality of the human spatial environment, and, by so doing, to improve the quality of human life.” – Kevin Lynch.

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Designing the City: Tools for the Non-Designer Design as a Social Tool May 15, 2008

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  1. Designing the City: Tools for the Non-Designer Design as a Social Tool May 15, 2008 Carol Johnson, city of Phoenix

  2. “The principal aim of urban design is to improve the quality of the human spatial environment, and, by so doing, to improve the quality of human life.” – Kevin Lynch

  3. Architects Sociologists/Urban Reformers In the beginning, discord…. vs.

  4. Cabrini Green, Chicago Public Housing Le Corbusier’s Cartesian Skyscraper “Tower in the Green” Then, an uneasy coexistence….

  5. Followed by study and observation at the city scale…. Kevin Lynch’s theory of urban form

  6. Problems….

  7. Possible solutions….

  8. Phoenix case study…. South Phoenix Design Study – October 1974 • Comfort • Identity • Meaning • Diversity • Legibility • Knowledge & Participation Design Criteria (from Kevin Lynch)

  9. Proposed Projects Recommended by Study • Rio Salado Project to combine flood control and recreational facilities in the riverbed • New recreational facilities at the regional Alvord Park, 35th Ave & Baseline • Proposed professional football stadium between 7th and 16th Streets adjacent to the Rio Salado • New bridges across the Salt River at 7th Ave, 19th Ave, & 24th Street • New 230KV line along Western Canal and Baseline Road

  10. Potential Form Recommended by Study • Establish Rio Salado as an activity center for the region with facilities ranging from parks, picnic areas, sports centers, and lagoons • Create a trail system linking parks, schools and major activity nodes • Encourage retention of some agricultural uses, especially flower gardens and orchards

  11. Potential Form Recommended by Study • Establish specific limits of industrial and commercial expansion and update zoning • Improve gateways, especially Central Avenue, through landscaping, provision areas, undergrounding of electric lines and improvement of store fronts and signs • Relocate and/or control existing offensive noise and odor sources. • Preserve and enhance existing views along major streets, such as east Baseline Road

  12. Followed by study and observation at the human scale….

  13. Design considerations for urban spaces….

  14. Local example of an active urban place….

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