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Lectures in Landscape and Urban Design
• Variety/mixed-use can be appropriate at different scales from national
to local environments; city to town or to village; neighborhoods or
street; or in single structure.
• Creating variety can help to attract people to live, work and play in
the same area and helps to determine how well a place is used, and
what economic and social activities it will support.
• Places are more active when they have windows and doors which
connect to the street rather than blank facades.
• Places feel safer with buildings overlooking them. Living spaces
above shops will encourage evening activities on city streets because
the streets are overlooked and feel safer.
3- Variety:- Vitality
• Vitality (strong) Places those are
• vibrant
• safe
• comfortable
• varied
• fun and
• active
4- Legibility
▪ Kelvin Lynch (1960s)
legibility of a city and its
elements
▪ Interviewed urbanites in
Boston Jersey City, and
Los Angeles
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Dr. Sherein El-Shahat
