Urban design strategies

The key elements for any urban space to function consist of Building types, Urban blocks, Streets, and Public Open Spaces. The exercises in first module enable one with methods to study each element and contribute to scale, form, character and their relationship with the larger urban context.The learning outcome of the studio is presenting design drawings and improving the graphical, 3-dimensional illustration skill to communicate the spatial characteristics of an existing urban built…

The Interface – An Inclusive Pedestrian Network Along Hangang River Waterfront The proposal aims to have a holistic development of the Hangang River Pedestrian Network through 3 main principles: inclusivity, layering programs through vertical elements, and considering day and night cycles to strengthen existing programs. After a detailed site analysis, the design team identified the... Read more »

This is third in the ongoing series of blogs on Urban India Going Underwater. Read the first and second blogs here. In the last few years many Indian cities have started working on interventions aimed at flood-proofing and stormwater management at various scales. Bhopal’s green-blue smart city plan, Delhi’s Masterplan 2041, Chennai’s water as leverage initiative, all address at an urban policy and development guidelines scale. Other cities are experimenting with landscape design led…

Architecture, Illustration, PS, AI, CAD, SKETCHUP, INDD

With the vision to be Australia’s premier health and innovation district by 2036, the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE) engaged Urbis to harmonise strategic planning…

As each bygone year adds a new perspective to design methodologies, Urban designers have expended a lot of thought and contemplation to the future of urban spaces....