PLANNING

Design of buildings, places, spaces and networks that make up our towns and cities, and the ways people use them

• URBAN SPACE

• URBAN DESIGN

• URBAN PLANNING

• VALUE OF URBAN DESIGN

The most basic or literal meaning of a sign

E.g., the world “rose” signifies a particular kind of flower

• Denotation

• Signifier

• Connotation

• Symbolic

Any material thing that signifies

E.g., words on page, facial expression, an image

• Signifier

• Semiotics/Semiology

• Connotation

• Decoration

Study of signs, symbols and signification

• Semiotics/Semiology

• Denotation

• Decoration

• Symbolic

Signs where the signifier resembles the signified

• Iconic Signs

• Indexical signs

• Symbolic

• Semiology

signs where the signifier is caused by the signified

e.g., smoke signifies fire

• Visual Pleasure

• Indexical Sign

• Iconic Signs

• Decoration

Embellishments and described as arranged elements in a city that forms a pattern

• Visual Pleasure

• Decoration

• Ornaments & Decoration

• Ornaments of a City

Streets and squares, parks and waterwyas and sculpture and foundation are the ornaments of _________.

• City

• Decoration

• Main Building

• Quality of Space

That mankind first of all must eat, drink, have shelter and clothing before it can pursue politics, science, art and religion etc.

• Roman Attributes

• Greek Attributes

• Catal Huyuk

• Law of Human History

Attributes such as public spaces like Agora and Colonnades. Hippodamian planning with grid iron plan and the ornament attribute are corintian, ionic and doric.

• Classical Period

• Greek Attribute

• Khirokita

• Roman Attribute