Abstract
In the last decades, the ideology of managing the city form and performance through pre-determined plans has gradually lost its validity. Some contemporary urban planning theories suggest the application of smart design techniques for managing urban complexity. However, the proposed approach has partially been experienced in practice, and more research on how to integrate them into urban planning is needed. This study aims to present an insight into the rule-based design as a smart design technique for a shift from pre-determined urban plans to design rules. The methodology is based on a comparative analysis between the experiments of some cases in the north of Europe. Research findings highlight that the capacity to deliver variety with harmony, the distinction between the roles of code writer and building designer, the potential to support the implementation process and to prescribe specific qualities, both for the spatial and organizational purposes, are significant factors for the integration of smart design techniques to urban planning.
Highlights
In the last decades, due to the growth and strengthening of different topics in urban planning, contemporary urbanism has been slowly veering away from the idea of managing the city form and performances through pre-determined models like master plans, standards, and grand schemes
Designers are less trained to cope with urban rules, intended as abstract patterns that define physical relationships that are lying behind the urban form, which are usually left to municipal building authorities, their administrators, lawyers, and economists [6]
This study aims to present an insight into the application of smart design techniques in urban planning to initiate a shift from a pre-determined urban plan to rule-based design
Summary
Due to the growth and strengthening of different topics in urban planning, contemporary urbanism has been slowly veering away from the idea of managing the city form and performances through pre-determined models like master plans, standards, and grand schemes. This idea began with Ilya Prigogine’s theory of Dissipative Structures [1], which opened the so-called era of complexity and uncertainty [2], and has developed through urban theories and practices that have been characterized by the notion of complexity, related to the adaptation of numerous system components that generate unpredictable pattern behaviors on the large scale [3,4,5]. The use of codes can be traced back as far as Roman times [9]; this can be seen in Roman street standards [10], or through reference to Vitruvius [11], whose Ten Books on Architecture covered such issues as the layout of cities—including choice of a healthful site, construction of city walls, orientation, and public spaces—public and private buildings, and use of building materials [12]
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