HIERARCHY OF SPACE

            ROADING HIERARCHY
              OPEN SPACE HIERARCHY
ROADING HIERARCHY
STRUCTURE:
Good roading structure for
an urban area is based on
an interconnected series of
hierarchies.

1. High Streets :
 the original radial routes
 into a city, linking sub
centres and main shopping
streets within each centre.
It is usually a focal point for
shops and retailers in city
centres, and is most often
used in reference to retailing.
ROADING HIERARCHY


2. Secondary Streets :
provide the main
circulation routes within
communities, rather than
between them. They
generally include a mix
of uses, including local
shopping and business,
with the balance being
residential.
ROADING HIERARCHY


3. Residential (Tertiary) Streets :
carry only a small amount
of traffic and cater for few
people other than those
who live or work there.
These streets serve as a
focus for local communities.
They also need to
accommodate parked cars
and community activity
(such as children playing).
These streets account for
 the majority of streets in
an urban area.
ROADING HIERARCHY


4. Lanes :
these are roadways that
service a group of houses
within a block. Where
possible these should have
the same qualities as an
ordinary street. They
should be overlooked,
 fronted onto and
connected at both ends.
ROADING HIERARCHY




                    LEGEND:

                    1 – HIGH STREETS
                    2 – SECONDARY STREETS
                    3 – RESIDENTIALSTREETS
                    4 – LANES
PUBLIC OPEN SPACE
Public open space
needs to be accessible
to as much of the public
as possible. The size and
scale will be relative to
its location in the roading
hierarchy - major parks
need to be beside major
streets, and residential
scale parks need to be
beside residential
streets.
PUBLIC OPEN SPACE
districts
 neighborhood



                These three are the
                fundamental
                organizing elements
                of new urbanism.




corridors
NEIGHBORHOODS
Are urbanized areas with a balanced mix of human activity.
Generally defined spatially as a specific geographic area and
functionally as a set of social networks.
DISTRICTS
NEIGHBORHOODS


 Districts are areas dominated by a single activity.
CORRIDORS




                                              DISTRICTS



    Corridors are connectors and separators of neighborhoods and
    districts.
BLOCKS
STREETS



               The form of new
               urbanism is realized
               by the deliberate
               assembly of streets,
               blocks and buildings.




   BUILDINGS
STREETS




                                                   DISTRICTS



    Streets are not the dividing lines within the city, but are to be
    communal rooms and passages.
BLOCKS




    Blocks are the fields on which unfolds both the building fabric
    and the plastic realm of the city.
BUILDINGS




    Buildings are the smallest increment, their proper
    configuration and placement relative to each other determines
    the character of each settlement.
Urban models
                                 • Concentratic Zone
                                   Theory
                                 • Sector Model
                                 • Multiple Nuclei Model
                                 • Urban Realms




To describe the land use patterns in the traditional North American city.
Concentratic Zone Theory


                     • Attributedto the research of
                       E.W.Burgess
                     • Derived frm a Central Business
                       District at the Center, around
                       which all other uses formed
                     • Includes transition zone
                     • Simplicity has stood test of
                       time
Sector Model

               • Economist Homer Hoyt in
                 1939
               • Uses grow with the CBD in
                 specific directions
               • Most cities grow in the
                 direction of the higher
                 income
Multiple Nuclei Model

                        • Geographers Chauncy
                          Harris and Edward Pulliman
                        • Alternative
                          conceptualization of urban
                          form
                        • Recognizes that different
                          activities have varying
                          accessibility requirements.
Urban Realms
               • Sociologist James Vance
               • Under the observation of the
                 three previous
                 conceptualizations, rather than
                 one exclusively
               • Emergence of large self-
                 sufficient suburban sectors
               • Culmination of the impact of the
                 automobile on the urban form
               • Best application was the
                 Metropolitan Los Angeles, U.S.A

Hierarachy of space4

  • 1.
    HIERARCHY OF SPACE ROADING HIERARCHY OPEN SPACE HIERARCHY
  • 2.
    ROADING HIERARCHY STRUCTURE: Good roadingstructure for an urban area is based on an interconnected series of hierarchies. 1. High Streets : the original radial routes into a city, linking sub centres and main shopping streets within each centre. It is usually a focal point for shops and retailers in city centres, and is most often used in reference to retailing.
  • 3.
    ROADING HIERARCHY 2. SecondaryStreets : provide the main circulation routes within communities, rather than between them. They generally include a mix of uses, including local shopping and business, with the balance being residential.
  • 4.
    ROADING HIERARCHY 3. Residential(Tertiary) Streets : carry only a small amount of traffic and cater for few people other than those who live or work there. These streets serve as a focus for local communities. They also need to accommodate parked cars and community activity (such as children playing). These streets account for the majority of streets in an urban area.
  • 5.
    ROADING HIERARCHY 4. Lanes: these are roadways that service a group of houses within a block. Where possible these should have the same qualities as an ordinary street. They should be overlooked, fronted onto and connected at both ends.
  • 6.
    ROADING HIERARCHY LEGEND: 1 – HIGH STREETS 2 – SECONDARY STREETS 3 – RESIDENTIALSTREETS 4 – LANES
  • 7.
    PUBLIC OPEN SPACE Publicopen space needs to be accessible to as much of the public as possible. The size and scale will be relative to its location in the roading hierarchy - major parks need to be beside major streets, and residential scale parks need to be beside residential streets.
  • 8.
  • 9.
    districts neighborhood These three are the fundamental organizing elements of new urbanism. corridors
  • 10.
    NEIGHBORHOODS Are urbanized areaswith a balanced mix of human activity. Generally defined spatially as a specific geographic area and functionally as a set of social networks.
  • 11.
    DISTRICTS NEIGHBORHOODS Districts areareas dominated by a single activity.
  • 12.
    CORRIDORS DISTRICTS Corridors are connectors and separators of neighborhoods and districts.
  • 13.
    BLOCKS STREETS The form of new urbanism is realized by the deliberate assembly of streets, blocks and buildings. BUILDINGS
  • 14.
    STREETS DISTRICTS Streets are not the dividing lines within the city, but are to be communal rooms and passages.
  • 15.
    BLOCKS Blocks are the fields on which unfolds both the building fabric and the plastic realm of the city.
  • 16.
    BUILDINGS Buildings are the smallest increment, their proper configuration and placement relative to each other determines the character of each settlement.
  • 17.
    Urban models • Concentratic Zone Theory • Sector Model • Multiple Nuclei Model • Urban Realms To describe the land use patterns in the traditional North American city.
  • 18.
    Concentratic Zone Theory • Attributedto the research of E.W.Burgess • Derived frm a Central Business District at the Center, around which all other uses formed • Includes transition zone • Simplicity has stood test of time
  • 19.
    Sector Model • Economist Homer Hoyt in 1939 • Uses grow with the CBD in specific directions • Most cities grow in the direction of the higher income
  • 20.
    Multiple Nuclei Model • Geographers Chauncy Harris and Edward Pulliman • Alternative conceptualization of urban form • Recognizes that different activities have varying accessibility requirements.
  • 21.
    Urban Realms • Sociologist James Vance • Under the observation of the three previous conceptualizations, rather than one exclusively • Emergence of large self- sufficient suburban sectors • Culmination of the impact of the automobile on the urban form • Best application was the Metropolitan Los Angeles, U.S.A