Principles of Urban Planning

CITY FUNCTIONS

ECONOMIC DEFENSE AND PROTECTION WORSHIP AND GOVERNMENT TRANSPORTATION EDUCATION AND CULTURE HOUSING

PATHS

DISTRICTS
Channels where man moves Sections of the city Identifying character Physical characteristics of activity, bldg types, inhabitants NODES

LANDMARKS Points of reference Way point Unique feature

EDGES

Linear elements not considered as paths Barriers or seams

Strategic Spots An intensive foci Thematic Concentration

elements of a city

"Human settlements are no longer satisfactory for their inhabitants,"

Constantinos Doxiadis envisioned ekistics, a name that derives from the ancient Greek term oikizo meaning "creating a settlement," as an interdisciplinary effort to "arrive at a proper conception and

implementation of the facts, concepts, and ideas related to human settlement"

NATURE

SOCIETY

SHELL

MAN

NETWORK

NATURE

GEOGRAPHICAL RESOURCES

TOPOGRAPHY
WATER RESOURCES FLORA AND FAUNA CLIMATE

MAN

BIOLOGICAL NEEDS (air, space) SENSATION AND PERCEPTION EMOTIONAL NEEDS (security, beauty, relationships) MORAL VALUES

SOCIETY

POPULATION COMPOSITION AND DENSITY SOCIAL STRATIFICATION

CULTURE
EDUCATION HEALTH AND WELFARE LAW AND ADMINISTRATION

SHELL

HOUSING COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTERS SHOPPING CENTERS RECREATIONAL FACILITIES CIVIC AND BUSINESS CENTERS INDUSTRIES

NETWORK

WATER SUPPLY POWER SUPPLY

TRANSPORTATION
COMMUNICATION SEWAGE AND DRAINAGE PHYSICAL LAYOUT OF CITIES

Limiting all buildings to three levels or less, with permission to build higher bestowed by national authorities.

Separating automobile and pedestrian traffic completely, with automobiles consigned to underground conduits if possible.

Constructing cities as a "beehive" of cells each no bigger than 2 by 2 kilometers, the maximum comfortable distance for pedestrians.

URBAN DESIGN CONTROLS ZONING

FAR

FSI

URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES

LAND USE PLANNING

redevelopment strategies

CONSERVATION

URBAN RENEWAL

ADAPTIVE REUSE

REHABILITATON

New Urbanism

walkability

mixed use

quality architecture eco-friendly development

new urbanism
promotes the creation of diverse, walkable, compact, vibrant, mixed-use communities composed of the same components as conventional development, but assembled in a more integrated fashion, in the form of complete communities

The Transect

Higher quality of life; better places to live, work, & play

Urban Settlement in the Philippines

Fort Santiago

Fort San Pedro, Cebu

Church Municipal Hall Merchants Shops

Government Buildings
Home of the Principalia Elementary School

Law of the Indies

The Arrabales
Notable districts found outside Intramuros

Quiapo Paco

Malate
Binondo

Sampaloc

American period Infrastructure development Radial and Circumferencial Roads Massive reconstruction of Manila

Antonio Kayanan- first Fil. planner

Commonwealth Period Housing Projects National Planning Commision Concio, Manosa, Capili, Gaite, Gomez (planners)

Marcos Regime
Massive Infrastructure projects New towns Industrial estates Human settlements: National Housing Corporation Physical Planning PD 1305- Environmental Planning BLISS Housing

BLISS Housing

Corazon Aquino Administration CARP- Land Reform HLURB HUDCC MMDA Information Technology and Environmental considerations

Ramos Administration Environmental Planning Board Economic Development Program Major Infrastructure Projects Mushrooming of shopping malls Mixed use developments and redevelopment projects Real Estate Boom

Escolta

Avenida Sta Cruz

Makati

Ortigas

Cubao

Eastwood

The Fort

Boulevard 2000

New CCP

RA 7279 Urban Development and Housing Act housing in the philippines

Subdivisions

housing in the philippines

Habitat for Humanities

housing in the philippines

Gawad Kalinga