Arch'l Design 7 Finals Reviewer PDF

# ARCH'L DESIGN 7 FINALS REVIEWER ## Urban Design Concepts * **Adaptive Reuse:** Transforming old buildings to serve new purposes while retaining their historical or cultural significance. * **Architectural Heritage:** Structures, sites, or spaces of historical, cultural, or architectural importa...

# ARCH'L DESIGN 7 FINALS REVIEWER ## Urban Design Concepts * **Adaptive Reuse:** Transforming old buildings to serve new purposes while retaining their historical or cultural significance. * **Architectural Heritage:** Structures, sites, or spaces of historical, cultural, or architectural importance that define a community's identity. * **Cultural Landscape:** A blend of natural and cultural resources in a geographical area, reflecting the history and interaction of humans and the environment. * **Heritage Conservation:** Efforts to protect and maintain historical buildings, ensuring their cultural significance is preserved for future generations. * **Historic Preservation:** Safeguarding buildings or sites of historical importance by maintaining or restoring them. * **Proxemics:** Study of spatial behavior and how people interact with physical spaces in different social and cultural contexts. * **Restoration:** Returning a building to its original state, often using materials and techniques consistent with its historical era. * **Urban Renewal:** Redevelopment of urban areas to address issues like overcrowding, infrastructure deterioration, or obsolescence. * **Building Utilities:** Essential services in a building, such as plumbing, electrical wiring, and HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning). * **Structural Conceptualization:** The process of designing the structural framework of a building to ensure stability and durability. * **Passive Cooling Systems:** Design techniques that reduce heat through natural ventilation, shading, and thermal mass without relying on mechanical systems. * **Renewable Energy Systems:** Systems that generate energy using sustainable sources like solar panels, wind turbines, or geothermal heat. * **Building Automation:** Smart technologies for managing and optimizing building systems, such as lighting and temperature control. * **Lighting Design:** Planning and optimizing artificial and natural light to improve functionality and aesthetics in buildings. * **Acoustic Design:** Designing spaces to control and enhance sound, ensuring clarity and comfort. * **Vertical Circulation:** Design of elements like elevators, stairs, and ramps to facilitate movement between building levels. * **Community Planning:** Strategic design and development of spaces that address the needs of a community, including housing, transportation, and public amenities. * **Low-Income Housing:** Affordable housing designed to meet the needs of economically disadvantaged groups. * **Medium-Density Housing:** Residential developments with moderate population densities, balancing urban living and open spaces. * **Mixed-Use Development:** Combining residential, commercial, and recreational spaces in a single development to enhance community interaction. * **Orderly Urban Development:** Site development; preparing a site for construction, including grading, drainage, and access planning. * **Stormwater Management:** Systems designed to collect, store, and treat rainwater to prevent urban flooding. * **Thermal Comfort:** Designing buildings to maintain comfortable indoor temperatures through insulation, ventilation, and materials. * **Circular Economy in Architecture:** Reducing waste by designing for material reuse, recycling, and resource efficiency. * **Energy Efficiency:** Implementing technologies and designs that use less energy to provide the same or better performance. * **Life Cycle Assessment:** Analyzing environmental impact of a building or material from production to disposal. * **Passive Design:** Techniques that harness natural energy sources like sunlight and wind for heating, cooling, and lighting. * **Renewable Energy Integration:** Embedding renewable technologies like solar panels or wind turbines into building designs. * **Sustainable Drainage Systems:** Water management approaches that mimic natural processes to reduce runoff and pollution. * **Sustainable Materials:** Building materials that are renewable, recycled, or have low environmental impact. * **Urban Farming:** Incorporating agricultural elements like rooftop gardens or vertical farms in urban environments. * **Compact Cities:** Urban planning that emphasizes density to minimize land use and improve accessibility. * **Mixed-Use Communities:** Neighborhoods that combine residential, commercial, and recreational spaces. * **Public Open Spaces:** Parks, plazas, or green spaces designed for community use and recreation. * **Resilient Cities:** Cities designed to adapt and thrive despite environmental, social, or economic challenges. * **Smart Cities:** Urban areas that integrate technology to improve services, infrastructure, and sustainability. * **Transit-Oriented Development:** Planning urban areas around public transport hubs to reduce reliance on private vehicles. * **Urban Heat Island Effect:** Managing the temperature rise in urban areas through green spaces and reflective materials. * **Walkable Cities:** Cities designed with safe and accessible pathways to promote walking as a primary mode of transportation. * **Asian Cities Design:** Designing cities to reflect regional cultural and climatic contexts. * **Binondo Redevelopment:** Revitalization efforts in one of the oldest Chinatowns in the world. * **Jane Jacobs' The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961):** Advocates for lively, diverse neighborhoods with mixed-use buildings, lots of people on the streets, and accessible public spaces. * **Henri Lefebvre's Right to the City (1968):** Argues that everyone should have a say in how their city is designed and used, promoting equality and accessibility. * **Christopher Alexander's Pattern Languages (1977):** A guidebook of "patterns" that describe recurring design solutions, such as creating walkable neighborhoods or spaces where people naturally gather. * **Modular Design:** Using prefabricated and interchangeable components to create flexible and efficient building systems. * **Sustainability in Design:** Designing structures that prioritize ecological balance and resource efficiency throughout their life cycle. * **Socio-cultural Design:** Architectural designs that reflect and support the cultural practices and social interactions of the community. * **Urban Design Principles:** Guidelines for shaping cities to be functional, aesthetically pleasing, and sustainable. * **Participatory Design:** An approach that actively involves community members in the design process to ensure their needs and preferences are met. * **Social Housing:** Government-funded housing projects aimed at providing affordable living spaces for marginalized groups. * **Walkability:** Designing urban areas to prioritize pedestrian access and connectivity, reducing dependence on cars. * **Urban Community Renewal:** Revitalizing deteriorated urban areas to improve living conditions and community dynamics. * **Biophilic Design:** Integrating elements of nature into building designs to improve the health and well-being of occupants. * **Designing with Nature:** Aligning architectural solutions with natural processes and features to create harmonious and sustainable environments. * **Inclusive Design:** Creating spaces that are accessible and usable for everyone, regardless of age or ability. * **Ebenezer Howard's Garden City Model (1898):** Combines the benefits of city and countryside living, with self-sufficient communities surrounded by greenbelts. **Key Principles:** * **Community-led Design**: Design processes driven by local residents to ensure projects meet their specific needs and aspirations. * **Participatory Design**: Actively involving community members in the design process to reflect preferences and needs. * **Social Housing**: Aimed at providing safe and adequate shelter for economically disadvantaged groups. * **Co-housing**: A type of residential community that combines private spaces with shared spaces to foster collaboration and social interaction. * **Mixed-Use Development**: Developments integrating residential, commercial, and recreational spaces to create vibrant communities. * **Eco-Villages**: Sustainable communities designed to minimize environmental impact and promote ecological living. * **Placemaking:** The process of designing public spaces to enhance community identity. * **Transit-Oriented Development:** Planning urban areas around public transport hubs to reduce reliance on private vehicles. * **Urban Heat Island Effect**: Managing the temperature rise in urban areas through green spaces and reflective materials. * **Walkable Cities**: Cities designed with safe and accessible pathways to promote walking as a primary mode of transportation. * **Asian Cities Design**: Designing cities to reflect regional cultural and climatic contexts. * **Binondo Redevelopment**: Revitalization efforts in one of the oldest Chinatowns in the world. * **Jane Jacobs' The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961):** Advocates for lively, diverse neighborhoods with mixed-use buildings, lots of people on the streets, and accessible public spaces. * **Henri Lefebvre's Right to the City (1968):** Argues that everyone should have a say in how their city is designed and used, promoting equality and accessibility. * **Christopher Alexander's Pattern Languages (1977):** A guidebook of "patterns" that describe recurring design solutions, such as creating walkable neighborhoods or spaces where people naturally gather. * **Modular Design**: Using prefabricated and interchangeable components to create flexible and efficient building systems. * **Sustainability in Design**: Designing structures that prioritize ecological balance and resource efficiency throughout their life cycle. * **Socio-cultural Design**: Architectural designs that reflect and support the cultural practices and social interactions of the community. * **Urban Design Principles**: Guidelines for shaping cities to be functional, aesthetically pleasing, and sustainable. * **Resiliency Theory in Urban Design**: Focuses on designing cities that can recover quickly from disasters or adapt to changing conditions, like climate change.