An interdisciplinary field that is concerned with the arrangement, appearance and function of towns and cities.

Inclusion of community members in issues concerning their built environment.

Extension of the Architecture of buildings, spaces between buildings, entourage, utilities and movement systems.

Arrangement and relation of business and people

Designing places to stimulate public activity.

An area where vehicles are restricted and reserved for pedestrians who are free to occupy the entire space.

Recognizing differences between places.

Using a resource so that it is not depleted or permanently damaged.

Did not use formally schooled architects but relied on the design skills and tradition of local builders

Point of view that is built upon the idea that:

  society and culture- major factors influencing   personal development.

Study of humans, past and present.

Adoption of high-rise buildings as suitable form of housing for the masses.

American National Housing Act that states that  removal of substandard and other inadequate housing through the clearance of slums and blighted areas and realization of goal of a decent home and a suitable living environment contribute to development and redevelopment of communities.

Japan's solution that could protect their homes against earthquakes.

United D' Habitation which represents the most complete realization we have of Le Corbusier’s idea of communal housing often described as?

Landscapes that have been affected, influenced or shaped by human involvement

Urban Planning professor who first introduced concept in an article published in the November 1965 issue of the Journal of the American Institute of Planners, entitled “Advocacy and Pluralism in Planning” 

Program of land redevelopment often used to address urban decay in cities.

Fieldwork technique used by anthropologists and sociologists to collect qualitative and quantitative data

Community architecture movement, with the same driving principle of getting the people to join in the designing and development process of their own places.

Increasing the confidence and involvement of local residents in local affairs and strengthening community life 

The degree of concentration and stability of a form

What type of organization is used in the Crystal Palace?

 Ancient guide for a positive home, right from the entrance of a house to the bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, outdoors, and courtyard.

What type of architectural form is shown in the picture?

Series of participatory exercises- allows development practitioners to collect information and raises awareness among beneficiaries.

Signs that order a specific action to help comply with statutory requirements involving a business or industry.

Color that shows permitted traffic movements or directional guidance.

What architectural form is used in Runcorn New Town Housing?

USED TO CONVEY  INFORMATION IN PICTORIAL  FORM

Linear breaks in continuity

Signs that depict a variety of symbols that are applied to show or re-enforce traffic laws.

Most pronounced element of urban design.

Person’s perception of the world

Color of signs used for warning and  guidance in roadway  work zones.

Strategic spots in a city into which an observer can enter, and which are the intensive foci to and from which he is traveling

 Recognition of urban elements as separate entities

Connections between spaces and places as well as being spaces themselves.

Ease with which people understand the layout of a place