Comments on: CSD Context Sensitive Design and urban design http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/2009/10/02/csd-context-sensitive-design-and-urban-design/ News and debate from Gardenvisit.com Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:15:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Christine http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/2009/10/02/csd-context-sensitive-design-and-urban-design/comment-page-1/#comment-2256 Christine Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:59:09 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=2709#comment-2256 Some would need to say why the proposal is better, some why it is not. All would have valid opinions. So we would then have a list of reasons for and against with which to begin a robust discussion of the merits of the proposal. Some would need to say why the proposal is better, some why it is not. All would have valid opinions. So we would then have a list of reasons for and against with which to begin a robust discussion of the merits of the proposal.

]]> By: Tom Turner http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/2009/10/02/csd-context-sensitive-design-and-urban-design/comment-page-1/#comment-2246 Tom Turner Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:45:17 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=2709#comment-2246 Ah, but from whose point of view should the 'improvement'be judged? The Municipality? The Local Community? Eco-warriors? Other Designers? All of them? Ah, but from whose point of view should the ‘improvement’be judged? The Municipality? The Local Community? Eco-warriors? Other Designers? All of them?

]]> By: Christine http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/2009/10/02/csd-context-sensitive-design-and-urban-design/comment-page-1/#comment-2245 Christine Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:42:13 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=2709#comment-2245 One of the first questions I ask of a new development is....is it an improvement on what was there before? And if so, why? One of the first questions I ask of a new development is….is it an improvement on what was there before? And if so, why?

]]> By: Tom Turner http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/2009/10/02/csd-context-sensitive-design-and-urban-design/comment-page-1/#comment-2230 Tom Turner Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:19:20 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=2709#comment-2230 Agreed: leave the Eifel Tower, and Central Paris, as they are - and build something new and better elsewhere (eg beyond the Grand Arche) Agreed: leave the Eifel Tower, and Central Paris, as they are – and build something new and better elsewhere (eg beyond the Grand Arche)

]]> By: Christine http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/2009/10/02/csd-context-sensitive-design-and-urban-design/comment-page-1/#comment-2228 Christine Sun, 04 Oct 2009 06:59:46 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=2709#comment-2228 The tourists say:[ http://www.lonelyplanet.com/france/paris/sights/372147 ] Those familiar with Paris say: [ http://www.paris-insider.com/attractions/eiffel-tower-french-affair ] Don't really think Parisians should be trying to improve it? [ http://blog.2modern.com/2008/04/the-eiffel-towe.html ] If you want something new...do something new! The tourists say:[ http://www.lonelyplanet.com/france/paris/sights/372147 ] Those familiar with Paris say: [ http://www.paris-insider.com/attractions/eiffel-tower-french-affair ]

Don’t really think Parisians should be trying to improve it? [ http://blog.2modern.com/2008/04/the-eiffel-towe.html ] If you want something new…do something new!

]]> By: Tom Turner http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/2009/10/02/csd-context-sensitive-design-and-urban-design/comment-page-1/#comment-2219 Tom Turner Sat, 03 Oct 2009 05:56:40 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=2709#comment-2219 One would have to ask the Parisians! I guess they would answer that, in addition to the elegance of the Eifel Tower, THERE IS ONLY ONE. If they had allowed more Montparnasse-type towers the Paris skyline would have become a mess, like London's skyline. See http://www.gardenvisit.com/book/landscape_planning_and_environmental_impact_design:_from_eia_to_eid/chapter_2_landscape_plans_for_public_goods/visual_landscape_plans_skylines One would have to ask the Parisians! I guess they would answer that, in addition to the elegance of the Eifel Tower, THERE IS ONLY ONE. If they had allowed more Montparnasse-type towers the Paris skyline would have become a mess, like London’s skyline. See http://www.gardenvisit.com/book/landscape_planning_and_environmental_impact_design:_from_eia_to_eid/chapter_2_landscape_plans_for_public_goods/visual_landscape_plans_skylines

]]> By: Christine http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/2009/10/02/csd-context-sensitive-design-and-urban-design/comment-page-1/#comment-2218 Christine Sat, 03 Oct 2009 05:52:29 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=2709#comment-2218 Context sensitive design relies on a fundamental understanding of composition. In the images above the eiffel tower expresses a certain elegance - which is still recognisable despite it being 'old technology'. Clearly, it dominates the landscape. But why is this visual dominance acceptable when the visual domination of the cityscape by Montparnasse Tower is not? Context sensitive design relies on a fundamental understanding of composition. In the images above the eiffel tower expresses a certain elegance – which is still recognisable despite it being ‘old technology’.

Clearly, it dominates the landscape. But why is this visual dominance acceptable when the visual domination of the cityscape by Montparnasse Tower is not?

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