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B. Explain what is "The Image of the City" all about. Show reference pictures, if necessary. (20 points) Kevin Lynch wrote The Image of the City, a book about urban information design, in 1960. This book is considered as the first to define the modern use of wayfinding. Lynch defines wayfinding as "the continuous use and organization of specific sensory clues from the external world." This definition has influenced many city planners and designers to this day.
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SUBMITTED TO: AR. JANELLA L. SANGUYO SUBMITTED BY: JANE M PACHECO BSAR 4A
A. Give atleast 4 reference pictures of Signs & Symbols/ Elements that has been used in ACTUAL Urban Design. (5 points each example) 1.) 2.) The city was given form and shape. The placement of buildings creates a narrative. Open spaces such as streets with sectors and divisions, pedestrian networks, pathways gardens, and squares are created.
B. Explain what is "The Image of the City" all about. Show reference pictures, if necessary. (20 points) Kevin Lynch wrote The Image of the City, a book about urban information design, in 1960. This book is considered as the first to define the modern use of wayfinding. Lynch defines wayfinding as "the continuous use and organization of specific sensory clues from the external world." This definition has influenced many city planners and designers to this day. Lynch's five-year study of how people view cities resulted in Image of the City. For his investigation, he used mental maps, which are basic sketches of maps drawn from memory of urban regions. In the first section, new concepts of legibility and imageability are introduced to create the theoretical groundwork for the entire book. Following that, Lynch used three American cities as examples to demonstrate his point. Field reconnaissance results were compared. The third section summarizes five elements and their interrelationships from earlier studies that serve as the core. Kevin Lynch discovered that there are five main elements that people use to create the book's content. The pathways, districts, landmarks, nodes Paths
Edges *These are boundaries, walls, buildings, and coastlines, curbstone, streets. They can be real or perceived. Districts Districts may have sharp edges or soft, hazy ones that gradually fade away into surrounding places. Nodes Large spaces that you can enter serve as the main points of the city, neighborhood, district, and so on;
