Perceptions of the Environment

Gordon Cullen, 1961, Serial Vision

Serial Vision = sequence of view points

Serial Vision is to walk from one end of the plan to another, at a uniform pace, will provide a sequence of revelations which are suggested in the serial drawings opposite, reading from left to right.

Gordon Cullen Serial Vision, 1960

+Place (here and there)

+Content (this and that)

Kevin Lynch, 1960, The Image of the City

Visual quality = legibility of the city

Identity = structure and meaning

+Paths -in which we move

+Edges -between districts

+Districts -recognisable area

+Node -meeting point

+landmark

+Boundary -conventional subdivision

+Limit -physical element

+Edge -an interface between two edges

+Memorial -who I am

+Landmark -where I am

+Monument -why the city has its layout

Urban Form

Organic

Defined by Topography, climate, materials

Planned

An urban form placed on the landscape

Architecture? City?

What is Architecture?

shelter? Science? Art? Product of the Soul?


In this case: 
Everything That is Man Made

What is good Architecture?

A response to its environment

What is a City?

Transgression and order


Transgression: an act, process or instance of 'transgressing' as:
-violation of law, duty or command
-to go beyond a boundary or limit 
(merriam-webster.com, 2012)


A conscious piece of art


A construction site = ever changing + perhaps improving


A place of exchange and interaction
-economic
-social
-cultural 


Cities can be defined by its architecture (eg. Bilbao, Spain)


Cities can be Mono-Centric or Polli-Centric