ARCH 453 Planning 2: Urban Design and Community

ARCH 453 Planning 2

• Course title: Fundamentals of Urban Design and Community Architecture
• Instructor: AR. Joseph Ty Macario
• Course content includes Human Population and Urban Future, Introduction to Urban Design

Human Population and Urban Future

• Modern humans (Homo sapiens) originated in Africa millions of years ago
• Global human migration followed a pattern, spreading from Africa to other continents over time.
• Agricultural Revolution, with the advent of agriculture and animal domestication, led to increased human carrying capacity, surplus food, and the growth of early settlements.
• Industrial Revolution significantly increased urban population growth.
• Urbanization is defined as city development relative to its population increase.

Introduction to Urban Design

• Urban design is distinct from architecture, planning, and other engineering disciplines.
• Urban design focuses on the public realm, encompassing relationships between buildings.
• The 1956 international conference established working definitions for urban design.
• One definition describes urban design as the segment of city planning that focuses on the physical form of the city.
• Another description defines urban design as the highly creative phase of city planning, utilizing imagination and artistic capabilities.
• Urban design, while a relatively new label, has been an essential part of city development for centuries.
• The future of urban design faces challenges in dealing with increased urban populations and its consequences such as global resource loss and inequality, and the need to improve infrastructure and sustainable development.