Saturday 6 November 2010

T17 Glossary of Terms MarkII

1. Planning - A negotiation between factors affecting the built environment with the aim of steering develoment.
1a. Rationalise - Make according to certain guidelines/the prevailing rational.

2. Spatial Planning - Purposeful arrangement of objects within a given space. Often, with varying consideration to the relationship between object, space and use. Sadly mostly fixed when in situ.

3. Design - Exploring new possibilities in creation/reworking an object for a given purpose.

4. Urban Design - Attempt at managing the process of change within the built environment.
4a. Urbanity - One road in isolation is no different from another, whether it be in a city or countryside; all built things have some sense of urbanity.

5. Dissemination - Taking ideas and proposals to those who will be affected by them to develop ways to put them into practice; also, to receive a critical response. With the aim of using feedback to positively improve the project or process.

6. Pilot Projects - Smaller scale testing’s of larger design principles. Should be on small scale as larger process is subject to change.

7. Public Art - An attempt at focusing of the perception of an area and the attention of its inhabitants to a given identity. Waste of time.
7a. Inhabitants - Those who occupy/have a bearing on the use of, a given space. Could be considered that wider society and therefore everyone is included.

8. To Consider - Make a judgment on an appropriate course of action relative to the objectives, opinions and principles of those who consider. Otherwise: To deny others from the decision making process.

9. Masterplan - Collection of studies which are brought together and conclusions made for the continued development of an area. Otherwise: Ongoing conclusions of a process to alter an area.

10. Map. A specific description of an area using symbolism.

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