arc 435-081 prof. alshuwaikhat بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم planning and design of...

ARC 435-081 Prof. Alshuwaikhat

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

PLANNING AND Design of Sustainable Cities


Which one is sustainable?


How about these?


and this one?


Sustainable Design & Development

WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT?WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT?

SUSTIANBLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTIANBLE DEVELOPMENT IS A DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS A DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE MEETS THE NEEDSNEEDS OF THE OF THE PRESENTPRESENT WITHOUT WITHOUT

COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF THE THE FUTUREFUTURE GENERATIONSGENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDSS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDSS

(World Commission on Development and Environment)(World Commission on Development and Environment)


SUSTAINABLE DESIGN SUSTAINABLE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT

APPROACHAPPROACH

– Design brief– Sustainable design

objectives– Sustainable design

guidelines– Sustainable indicators– Sustainable statements– Preliminary design

concepts– Development impact

assessment – Is the design sustainable?– Refinement of the client’s

objectives– Sustainable design

Sustainable Design with positive Impacts

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Sustainable Design Objectives

Sustainable Design Guidelines

Sustainable DesignStatements

Preliminary Planning and Design Concepts

Sustainable Indicators

Development Impact

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Sustainable Design of City/Neighborhood

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Design Brief

• Client’s objectives are those end objectives which the client design brief calls for.

• This usually does not take into account sustainability and hence is liable for a critique.

• These objectives mainly focused on functional and economic gains.


• Sustainable Design Objectivesare derived from the client’s objectives

• A critical analysis of the client’s objectives with regards to different impacts


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Sustainable Design Guidelines• Carrying capacity of the nature.• Micro/Macro analysis of the

ecosystem.• Urban fabric and cultural

preservation.• Enhance quality of social life.• Utilizing existing infrastructure• Immediate and long term

objectives.• Identifying the end users.• Linking economy, environment and

society.• Global and local sustainability


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• Sustainable Indicators


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• Economic, Social and Environmental

• All of these indicators go hand in hand without any preference in forming the design guidelines

• All the long terms objectives take into account the short term effects


• Sustainable Design Statements


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Design Brief

• Basic needs

• Planning and design philosophy

• Local self sufficiency

• Ecosystem analysis

• Topography preservation

• Architectural vocabulary

• Infrastructure and built capital

• Open spaces and other facilities

• Water & energy strategies

• Phasing strategy.


• Preliminary Planning and Design Concepts


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Preliminary Planning

and Design Concepts


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Planning and design concepts are developed based on the sustainable design statements

and these are to be tested in light of the anticipated impacts

• First run to be tested for sustainability

• Open for criticism, check and refinement


Development Impact Assessment

• Taking into account the entire development which includes economic, social, environmental, traffic and visual impacts

• All factors taken together irrespective of material gains

• Design evaluated on all these criteria of DIA

• Computer models may be run to ensure sustainability


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Is the Design Sustainable and has Positive Impacts?

• The design has to satisfy all the requirements of sustainability

• It should have positive development impacts

• A vital step to reach overall harmony with economy and environment


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Refinement of Design Brief

If the design is NOT sustainable:• Critique and refinement of

client's objectives.• What about extremely high

density housing?• What about noise and air

pollution from the traffic?• What about emergencies?• What about water quality?

Refine and run the mode again: new planning and design

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Sustainable Design of City/Neighborhood/Project

• A series of steps logically broken down into several tasks

• Overall sustainability achieved with constant checks and refinement of client’s objectives

• Such a strategy which incorporates sustainability along with systematic spatial analysis as the main conceptual planning and design approach will guarantee successful project


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Our Vision: Urban Sustainability

Our Ambition: Sustainable Professional Practice in

Planning and Architecture

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