T17

Revised glossary

Glossary of Terms

(10 words useful to the world of spatial planning and urban design)

Planning - Considering all the many elements that make up a place, and bringing them to bear on an idea about how the city might materialise

Spatial planning - to bring an understanding of how spaces are used and how they relate to each other

Design - arranging different elements to bring coherence and understanding, so they work both separately and together as a whole

Urban design - understanding and arranging the different elements of a city so they are integrated, and it is coherent, and the city works at different levels, both in physical terms, and how it exists in our minds

Place - a destination, a space that speaks of a use, with a sense of shelter, somewhere to be

Community - a network of connections between people

History - a sense of the past, an understanding of why things are as they are

Urban fabric - the physical materiality of the city

Point of orientation - a point, or place, or building from which we orientate ourselves

Skyline - the line of the city against the sky, moments that give character and scale