Marshall, S;
Zhang, Y;
(2017)
Towards a typomorphology of public spaces: Relating place type and measures of enclosure.
In: Colomer, V, (ed.)
24th Isuf International Conference: City And Territory In The Globalization Age.
(pp. pp. 1555-1565).
Univ Politecnica Valencia: Valencia, Spain.
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Abstract
While the urban fabric has both three and two dimensional aspects, we rarely if ever experience urban form as a fully three-dimensional object nor as a two-dimensional ground plan. Rather, the urban fabric is experienced more in terms of places with a fractal dimension lying between two and three. Hence we can (re)interpret urban form elements from colonnades to streets as ‘fractal’ types. This in turn suggests the possibility for a ‘fractal’ typo-morphology, addressing elements that occupy a typological space ‘in between’ 3D architectural modelling and 2D urban plan analysis. While Moudon could note that aspects of type were ‘vague and flawed with ambiguity’ (1994), it seems that there is still room for clarity; Dovey’s recent review of type (2016) invites further development and integration of the concept of type what may still be a disparate and ambiguous territory. Meanwhile, fractal approaches to morphology have been traditionally more concerned with larger scale urban patterns (e.g. Frankhauser, 2004) or measurement of architectural elements (e.g. Ostwald et al, 2015) with a fractal dimension less than two. This paper explores the possibilities for establishing a ‘fractal typo-morphology’ that recognises the ‘2.x’ dimensional aspect of the urban fabric and its component types. The paper generates a solution-space of types, illustrated with empirical examples, and organizes these into a typology for onward use, so that ideas of type, form and fractal dimension can contribute more fully as ‘conceptual tools’ both for understanding the urban fabric and for use as building blocks for urban design.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | Towards a typomorphology of public spaces: Relating place type and measures of enclosure |
| Event: | 24th International Seminar on Urban Form |
| Location: | Valencia, SPAIN |
| Dates: | 27 September 2017 - 29 September 2017 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.4995/ISUF2017.2017.6151 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.4995/ISUF2017.2017.6151 |
| Language: | English |
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| Keywords: | Social Sciences, Regional & Urban Planning, Urban Studies, Public Administration, Typomorphology, place type, area structure, enclosure, courtyards, housing estate, participation, urban design |
| 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 > Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis 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/10081869 |
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