Urban renewal or also known as urban regeneration project are driven by the importance of urban design and aspiration which is important as the independent world moves further into the 21st century. As the world undergoes rapid globalisation, people may experience challenges at a point that demand for their awareness especially towards the evironment and social. Therefore, it is important that part of an architect to practise practical solutions that brings advantage of the existing urban assests in a smart and sustainable way. Although an architect alone could not maintain a sustainable urban regeneration from an architecture perspective, the role of an architect may contribute to a sustainable urban regeneration projects. From my …show more content…
Therefore, part of an architect in creating a design for a building and producing an effective usage of land is stunted as they do not have full access to unleash their creativity in creating a proficient land use that contributes to a sustainable environment. It may be true that architects have limited influence, which inhibits the goal of creating a sustainable urban redevelopment especially in managing an efficient use of land, as they do not have access to certain sector such as choosing a specific building site. However, architects are able to contribute to an efficient usage of land, as they are usually part of a large committed group, which consist of an architect, engineer and developer. In ‘architect’s role in urban regeneration, economic development and sustainability’, Fred W (2012) Clark promotes that great architecture requires great clients where the architect works along with the engineers and developer to achieve sustainable development. Therefore, most of the decisions made are discussed collectively as they would consider the ideas from an architecture perspective, engineers and also developers before making a final conclusion. For example, engineering plans will be issued to an architect before beginning of a new project where architects will survey for quality control. Other than that, the
The Engineering Grand Challenge of restoring and improving urban infrastructure involves a foundation of challenges faced by architectural engineers today. Specifically, it is about repairing the infrastructure of a society, including its power grids, water infrastructure, roads, bridges, sustainable structures, and anything that provides support to our thriving lifestyle. Admittedly, improving infrastructure is an important challenge that can be fixed if there are new systems put in place that allow for improvement at any time in the future. The challenge of restoring and improving an urban infrastructure can be accomplished, but there need to be technological advances, and support from the government. Equally important is the need for programs with sufficient financial resources that can provide for a more up to date installation of the various components of an urban infrastructure.
The architect, who works for the client, portrays and tries to work around the views of that client. Architecture should ideally serve the people, but because of the clients control, this is hard. Therefore architects have to choose between whether to serve the client or the people. (“What is the Social Responsibility of Architects?”, 2010)
Urban restoration now and again satisfies the trusts of its unique advocates; - it has been evaluated by lawmakers, urban organizers, metro pioneers, and inhabitants - it has assumed a verifiably critical part. Also, urban recharging can have numerous constructive outcomes. Renewed lodging stock may be a change in quality; it might expand thickness and lessen sprawl; it may have monetary advantages and enhance the worldwide financial aggressiveness of a downtown area's. It might, in a few examples, enhance social and social convenience, and it might likewise enhance open doors for wellbeing and observation.
Apart from building the public housing units in order to meet the needs of the urban poor, the government carries out urban renewal plans and new town development plans for the sake of coping with the problem of the old and dilapidated buildings. Many inner cities such as Sham Shui Po and Tsuen Wan are facing the problem of urban decay as the buildings are old and not safe for the poor to live in so urban renewal is one of the means to deal with this problem. Li Rui (2003) states, ‘urban renewal is the complex of activities such as
Please excuse the cliché here, but architects are; the architects of their own downfall. August Schmarsow likens the role of the architect as similar to a conductor in an orchestra. ‘The conductors of space’. A quite romantic notion, but why has the trust diminished between client and architect? In the UK, for example, most clients are now seeking developers rather than employ an architect. To which there is certain logic, why employ an external body who will not only cost more, but may start to deploy their own ideas onto the scheme? Surely the client calls the shots because of their larger wallet? Here in lies the problem. Developers, Town Planners and Surveyors are all ‘number based’ professions, a series of calculations dictating spatial qualities and aesthetic appeal. How many bedrooms can we fit in, what is the cost of the project, what kind of profits can we make? All questions that the client will be more than content with when dealing with said professions. The architect is seen as the ‘rebel’ of the building profession; forever pushing limits to design, aesthetics, engineering and spatial quality. The architect brings a unique quality to the design team, a consideration for all aspects. Be that of scale, cost, materiality, spatial, detailing, servicing, romantics, social implications, theoretical aspirations. The list goes on and on. But this is the point; it is this ‘wide’ consideration that makes the architect a ‘disposable’ and superfluous piece of the design
Cesal argues that with these complications skyrocketing within the past years and consistently increasing, architects should have considered this an issue long ago. Although we cannot turn back the clock, we are able to control what happens today and the day that are to come. One of the most important pieces of insight that Cesal exposes to his audience is that architects need to embrace this notion in all matters of their professional life to truly reap the societal benefits from it. Only then can we begin to deconstruct and revaluate the role of
That's why they have to act as a bridge between a given project and how that project fits into the broader context. "Architects make presentations to clients, discuss design programs and problems and alternative solutions, appear before public bodies and are frequently referring, explaining, teaching and persuading"(6 essential skills for an architect, 2005). One of the major benefits that an architect has to bring to the enterprise is to integrate the solution for a particular project with the business domain, enterprise concerns, industry standards, established patterns, and best practices. Next, architects have to analyze the data that they have collected accurately and deeply to know every single detail about their project. The analysis consists of knowing the key elements of the problem and the solution to find the relationship between them and to notice how they can be combined together to provide a higher value. As Daigneau said, "Finally I reluctantly answered stating that I thought architects should have a good understanding of the business problem domain including its general strategies and tactics" (Daigneau, 2005). Once the overall is
Architects are involved in the designing and building stage and can oversee many parts of the process from beginning to end. The designing stage will require the architect to prepare the concept design and the detailed design, the applications for planning and statutory approvals, production information and tender documentation. During the building process, they may issue variation orders (VO’s) and architects instructions (AI’s) to be passed on to the necessary people, and they will inspect the final product and give advice on rectifying any defects after completion.
The complex processes of urbanisation overarches and entails a set of social, cultural, economic, political, environmental and technological functions that result in sprawl and densities, proportional to core size and settlement. Further implicating the extensive use of natural resources from fringes and rural spheres within city limits to be consumed and then later in turn converted into waste. Urban ecosystems are therefore, complex multifaceted systems that require a burdensome amount of natural resources input and negotiations for their adequate development. In urban discourse, the lack of interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary interest partly due to an absence of tools to which all disciplines can use to further incorporate ecological theories to assessment and planning of urban centers. All these connections have been made and academics have divided the complex concept into biophysical processes and socioeconomic processes when examining cities in case studies. The urban ecology theory and a closely related concept of urban metabolism can explain the technical aspects of urban density and growth but human influences are not accounted for in the assessment. However, human scholarship is a key component that shapes the metabolic processes in urban ecologies and in turn alters the initial footprint.
Urban planning lays the foundation for the new buildings and public spaces that shape our lives. Traditionally, urban planning process consists of a sequence of phases that may vary or overlap to suit the project nature. During the conceptual design phase, a complex set of objectives and requirements are addressed regarding certain factors such as land use, site considerations, circulation, and environmental issues. To respond to
Nowadays, sustainability has been taken more into consideration for contemporary designs as it means people need to leave enough resources for future generation while they are consuming for their own needs which requires people to keep a balanced relationship with natural environment when they have their own plannings(van de Kerk and Manuel as cited in Bender, H., Judith, K. & Beilin, R, 2012). That is, some designs are well considered and constructed in order to achieve sustainability in many ways, such as reducing energy consumption, having less impact to the environment and starting to repay to nature. This essay will use the examples of an eco-friendly architecture, H-E-B at Muller and the city planning of Melbourne to illustrate how urban designs can contribute to sustainability.
The architects have been working tirelessly to come up with green design using the emerging technology as a way of enhancing sustainability not only on the structure, but also to the environment. However, Ghani (21) notes that in order to have a sustainable environment, there is a need to create environmentally responsible minds. The scholar says that we cannot achieve sustainable development if the members of the society do not appreciate and uphold the principles of sustainability. The role of architects in designing structures, especially in the urban settings, that will help in convincing the society that we need to protect our environment for future generation is, therefore, very important. That is why the concept of Green
Now-a-days as development of buildings is increasing and there is demand of designing of plan-layout and architecture of house. Now sometimes after the design is ready and house is build the client is not satisfied with the work as there is miss interaction between designing and understanding of plan layout. Even contractors get confuse while investing in big society just by looking at planning; like if the outcome of construction does not go as good as design. People even get confuse while selecting the texture and colour of the houses they want to build.
This dissertation is influenced by the ongoing urban regeneration and urban developments in many of the major cities in India, especially in city of Pune, and its adverse effects on the city townscapes and place identities. City of Pune has a rich education legacy and has been often referred as the ‘Oxford of the East’, a legacy which came into prominence on the establishment of the University of Pune in the year 1949 (Hindustan Times, 2012). The city truly justified itself as the cultural capital of Maharashtra with its strong connections with the work of arts, music, theater and literature (Hindustan Times, 2012). Pune, being an educational hub of India by having the one of the India’s oldest University (Maharashtra Tourism, 2013), has now been heavily developed into a city known for manufacturing and automobiles, as well as government and private sector research institutes for information technology education, management and training that attract students and professionals internationally (SCHEMCON, 2015). With the inception of international influences and urban planning techniques, it has been realized that the old heritage and culture, the core Pune identity is slowly been taking a blow. The urbanization has been transforming the urban townscapes of Pune into completely new dimensions thus hampering the glorious heritage and cultural identity for which the city of Pune is known for. The following research will highlight the importance of preserving and
C.E.2.1 After the last project was finished; I had the opportunity to continue working with INECO, Ingenieria y Economia del Transporte, S.A. in Ecuador August 2014. This narrative describes my professional experience as a Site Engineer in a new project.