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Refocusing urban design as an integrative art of place

Marshall, S; (2015) Refocusing urban design as an integrative art of place. Proceedings of the ICE - Urban Design and Planning , 168 (1) pp. 8-18. 10.1680/udap.13.00040. Green open access

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Abstract

Urban design finds itself in an existential struggle between its parent disciplines of architecture and planning. This paper advances the case for refocusing on the art of urban design, and the potential for this artistic aspect to play a more definitive role in urban design. The scope of urban design is first briefly outlined and the core role of the art of urban design is suggested. Then, the paper identifies interpretations of urban design as an art, reports critiques of the artistic dimension of urban design, and offers rebuttals of those critiques. Using an analogy with architecture, the paper then suggests an interpretation of urban design as an integrative art and, more specifically, as the articulation of place. The paper advances an agenda for urban design as an integrative art of place, and concludes with reflections on its relation to architecture and planning.

Type: Article
Title: Refocusing urban design as an integrative art of place
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1680/udap.13.00040
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/udap.13.00040
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © ICE Publishing, all rights reserved.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Planning
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1472818
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