Chapters 1 to 11 Combined - Century City

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PUBLIC ENVIRONMENT (cont)Parking and Public TransportMulti-level public parking facilitiesshould be located at strategic siteswithin Century City and connect withthe shuttle system to take people totheir destination. This “park and ride”solution will enable more efficientland usage, and reduce the pressureon the transportation system, It willenhance the public realm, withgreater presence of people.The shuttle bus will also connect withthe various public transport terminalpoints around Century City. Anattractive pedestrian system shouldencourage people to walk, andwalking distances to local amenitiesshould be minimised.PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTCentury City’s developable land hasbeen organised into precincts. Thesecan been further subdivided intoblocks, which offer both large andsmall land parcels for privatedevelopment.Land packagingThe sizes of land parcels may vary.Some developments will occupy asingle site while others might occupya few blocks. However, the maximumsize of blocks and the permeability oflinkages through these blocks shouldbe preserved. A large parcel shouldbe treated as an aggregate of smallerblocks with streets (privately ownedpublic spaces) as through linkages.PERIMETER BLOCK FORMBlock form:Development at Century City shouldadopt a “perimeter block” built form.Each block is made up of twodistinctive areas, the interface area,which is visible from and interactswith the public realm, and theinternal area or core created withinthe block.Perimeter block building formPlacing buildings at the perimeter ofblocks, close to or on the buildingline, helps to define and give life tothe public environment. Buildings arein contact with the street space, andfacilitate, but do not force, visual andphysical integration between both.The perimeter block form is alsobeneficial for private development. Itcreates internal open spaces of amore intimate, sheltered and privatecharacter, it results in a more efficientfootprint and achieves more bulk incomparison with tower buildings,Interface zones: These are theplaces where private developmentand the public environment come intocontact. This interaction can befunctional (shops, lobbies, entrances)or visual (windows). Street facades aswell as the ground and first floors ofbuildings, are the primarycomponents of the private - publicinterface.Internal zone: The internal zone ofblocks can adopt a variety of forms,depending on the type, and intensityof development and the needs ofindividual developers.PLANNING PARTNERS: CENTURY CITY URBAN DESIGN FRAMEWORK October 2005 10 REVISION 1
ARCHITECTURAL LANGUAGEAND IMAGE: THE CREATION OFA “COMPOSITE FORM”In an integrated development suchas Century City, the objective is tocreate a sense of place and identity.Buildings should create a “compositeform or overall building landscape”where some buildings stand out dueto their meaning or importance,while others blend into thebackground. These “object buildings”become landmarks within a fairlyharmonious environment.A composite form is achieved by theuse of functional and formal linkingelements between buildings. That isthe objective of the design guidelinescontained in this report.Some of the principles used toachieve a composite form areanalysed overleaf with reference tothe photograph of Seaside Village.It is emphasized that the architectureof Seaside Village is not necessarilysuitable for Century City (which is ahigher density urban place), but theprinciples for achieving a compositeurban form are similar.The analysis overleaf makes the pointthat architects at Century City can usedifferent design elements, but need torespect the context of their buildingsto create a composite form.The photographs opposite illustrateexamples of a composite form. Thetop picture is of Lafayette square inWashington D.C, a higher densityurban environment that has emergedover many years. The lower pictureis of a lower density plannedenvironment (Seaside Village inUSA). While very different, bothpictures illustrate how the functionaland form relationships betweenbuildings are given more importancethan individual designs. The result isan integrated environment with anattractive composite form.Building Form ExamplePLANNING PARTNERS: CENTURY CITY URBAN DESIGN FRAMEWORK October 2005 11 REVISION 1
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Page 6 and 7: THE VISIONThe vision for Century Ci
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Page 54 and 55: CIVIL ENGINEERINGPRINCIPLESEngineer
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DESIGN REVIEW PROCESSThe review of
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CONCLUSIONThis urban design framewo
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