Urban Design:

Urban design is creating places people live and work. All development proposals whether for new
development or redevelopment of small infill sites need to demonstrate that they will be delivering
quality places.

Urban Design Importance:

Urban design draws together the many strands of place-making environmental responsibility, social
equity and economic viability,
For example- into the creation of places of beauty and distinct identity.
Urban design is derived from but transcends related matters such as planning and transportation policy,
architectural design, development economics, landscape and engineering.
WHY DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR MAMALLAPURAM?
To rejuvenate the dying arts and crafts.
To conserve the heritage monuments
Promotion of tourism by opening fresh avenues.
Promotion of IT based industry on OMR corridor.
To relocate Tsunami affected fishermen.
To relocate people lying under CRZ.
To relocate people from monument regulated zone

Key aspects of design:

Key aspects of design have been developed with specific reference to regeneration and
development of design and providing a basis for starting to think about a site or area - whether an empty
brownfield or Greenfield site, or for the refurbishment of an existing urban area.
Set out below is a summary of some key aspects of urban design.
Places for People
For places to be well-used and well-loved, they must be safe, comfortable, varied an attractive. They also
need to be distinctive, and offer variety, choice and fun. Vibrant
Places offer opportunities for meeting people, playing in the street and watching the
World go by.
Enrich the Existing
New development should enrich the qualities of existing urban places. This means
Encouraging a distinctive response that arises from and complements its setting. This
Applies at every scale - the region, the city, the town, the neighbourhood, and the street.
Make Connections
Places need to be easy to get to and be integrated physically and visually with their
Surroundings. This requires attention to how to get around by foot, bicycle, and public
Transport and the car - and in that order.
Work with the Landscape
Places that strike a balance between the natural and manmade environment and
Utilise each sites intrinsic resources - the climate, landform, landscape and ecology to maximise energy conservation and amenity.
Mix Uses and Forms
Stimulating, enjoyable and convenient places meet a variety of demands from the
Widest possible range of users, amenities and social groups. They also weave together
Different building forms, uses, tenures and densities.
Manage the Investment
For projects to be developable and well cared for they must be economically viable,
Well managed and maintained. This means understanding the market considerations
Of developers, ensuring long term commitment from the community and the local

Authority, defining appropriate delivery mechanisms and seeing this as part of the
Design process.

Design for Change

New development needs to be flexible enough to respond to future changes in use,
Lifestyle and demography. This means designing for energy and resource efficiency;
Creating flexibility in the use of property, public spaces and the service infrastructure
And introducing new approaches to transportation, traffic management and parking.

Positive spaces
Define the space, its function and character
Open space should be designed positively, with clear definition and enclosure. There should be
no ambiguity or left over space. This can be done by giving each outdoor space a clear function, character
and shape, and clarifying boundaries through the positioning of adjacent buildings, walls, fences, trees and
hedges.
Example soorya resort.
This space encourages people to meet, talk and linger.
Example cave temple.

Negative spaces:
street furniture

Thriving a public realm:

A comfortable and stimulating public realm that encourages social interaction
requires detailed attention to the structure of a space and the elements it contains .
social spaces:
focus activity area:
The best public spaces often have nodes of activity (with pavement cafes or
markets, for example), complemented by quiet zones for rest and peoplewatching.
Deciding the relative positioning of activity areas requires
attention to:
visibility - enabling people to have views across spaces, while giving
them a choice of areas to sit or linger in relation to activity hot spots
(cave temple)
orientation - south-facing sunny and well sheltered spots provide the most popular
spaces for lingering
(along the shore line)
facilities for sitting and stopping in squares and parks at activity nodes
and crossings
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places for children to play, and not just in designated play areas. It is

particularly important near housing to create spaces for children to play

and for parents and carers to meet.
Make a place legible :
Signage is the major clutter problem and often be misleading.
The signage provided is for vehicles and monumetry importance and warning
signages,shops.
vehicular directing signage helps the stranger on foot can find himself circulating
around one-way systems
most of the signage board also pridicts the historical importance of the
monuments
All the signage boards that are in monuments are of stone carvings
many signage boards that are used for shops are illuminated with bright lights to
attract people during night time.
Lighting :
lighting systems are provided for illumination purposes.places are made safer and
unthreatening, but care needs to be taken to avoid unnecessary light pollution.
lighting are provided by overhead street lamps, best mounted on buildings,
feature lights,building and faade lights and shop windows. Through a composition of all
available sources, a desirable level of lighting is produced, bringing attention to some
components but hiding others.
(street lamps)
The shape and colour of light that are udes here generates three-dimensional
sculpture, transforming the perception of a place and dramatically painting its night
landscape. The more light-the more encouragement of night - time activities.
(sculpture shops )
usage of serial ligths during the night time add up attraction to the places.
(othavadi )

Fit art to the place

Public Art made a major contribution to giving a place character and identity,
bringing people into and through places.
(images like street sculpuring,murals)

safety and sense of safety

Safety and security are vital elements in any urban development.

Building height:
Tall buildings have a positive role to play in signifying locations of civic commercial or
visual importance, or focal points of urban activity such as town centres or transport
junctions
Anada bhavan and murugan guest house is one such example in this case .It is of g+2
height. Micro climate of the specific sector varies at different period of time as follows:
10 am to12 pm12pm to 2 pm2pm to 4 pm(plan and view with shade and shadow of ananda bhavan )
Building depth:
Depending on the depth of the building natural lighting is incorporated in the building .
Single storey building can easily make use of natural lighting .
In case of double triple storeys some sort of elements can be used to gain natural
lighting.in for example lakshmi vilas ,g+2 building has a courtyard in the centre that
provides natural light in the building.
(photo and section of lakshmi vilas )
Corners:
Building at the corners facing two ways could have been designed better as these
building in the followng ing case is plain and doesnt have a attractive corners.
(anadhabhavan corner four way road view)
Building width:
In santana resort the maximum width facing the road have been brough out with an
active frontage with corridor projecting out and tiled sun shade
In few Building ,its width faces the road which was not effectively used for active
frontage .

Multi use buildings:

Vertical mixed use :

Fig :Mixed use with combination of ground floor retail

Type:

base :retail shop

upper floor :residence

Type:

base :retail shop

floor :restaurant

centre floor :restaurant

top

Entrance: separate entries from street to upper level,position so as not to break up

ground floor retail continuity.

Parking:

shared use of onstreet parking as there is no sufficient space left out.

Vents:

Street furniture:
No Seatings are pro vided in this zone along the road side which remains a
biggest difficulty for the pedestrians