7M505 Design Project

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7M505 Design Project

• Part Urban Design
• Aloys Borgers
• Vertigo 08H07 tel 4625
• a.w.j.borgers_at_bwk.tue.nl

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Design project

• Learning goals
• Acquiring insight in the nature of design, design
  problems, and design processes.
• Hands-on experience with making a design.
• Structural reflection on the aspects of a design
  process.
• First overview of possibilities for Urban
  Planning Support (addressed later in the
  project).

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Referred literature

• Roozenburg, N.F.M. and Eekels, J. (1994). Product
  Design Fundamentals and Methods. Wiley,
  Chichester.
• Cross, N. (2000). Engineering Design Methods
  Strategies for Product Design. Wiley,
  Chichester.

key book DDSS Master programme
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Referred literature

• Planologische Kengetallen
• Handboek Duurzame Stedebouw
• Zundert, J.W. van. (2001). Het bestemmingsplan
  een juridisch-bestuurlijke inleiding in de
  ruimtelijke ordening. Alphen aan den Rijn Kluwer

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Design project

• Design a land use plan for a large urban area,
  e.g.
• Meerhoven (Eindhoven)
• Brandevoort (Helmond)
• .

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Relevant aspects (1)

• Residential areas high, medium, low density
• Industrial and commercial areas
• Local transportation network grid, radial, loop,
  tree, ring, axial,

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Relevant aspects (2)

• Public transportation system
• greenspaces
• retail facilities
• educational facilities
• other facilities

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Design process (1)

• Determine requirements
• quantities
• qualities
• Inventory of current situation
• Order aspects in terms of importance

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Design process (2)

• Start with (pair of) most important aspects
• determine alternative solutions
• assess likely effects of each solution
• choose best solution
• Select next most important aspect(s)
• repeat in context of previous decisions
• if necessary redo previous step(s)

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Design process (3)

• Select next aspect(s) and so on
• Present final design

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Evaluation

• Evaluation is the act of considering the state of
  the design with regard to the requirements (of
  the client, yourself, and others).
• Keep track of your criteria through the design
  process
• Keep track of your decisions

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Urban Planning Support SystemDuring the design
process, report all problems and questions an
UPSS should be able to handle.
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Results

• Presentation of final plan
• Report
• final plan explanation
• process steps, alternative solutions, criteria,
  decisions
• functionalities of UPSS