Townscape
Townscape
THOROUGHFARE
- ‘Complete streets’ based on historic types
- Classification is typological not functional
- Streets create fabric of town character
BLOCK & LOT
- Neighborhoods assemble T-zone and block
- Blocks calibrated to T-zone (rural-urban)
- Placemaking principles over density metric
STREET FRONTAGE
- Building heritage forms the public domain
- Street space defined by building / landscape
- Daily and ordinary elements from tradition
Town making elements are organized in concert
- Each neighborhood setting has immersive coherence.
- Attributes and details are tuned to the specific setting
Environmental heritage reflects culture, constraints
- Local resources and climate establish a vocabulary .
- People respond with dignified, steady, generous lives .