{"id":2709,"date":"2009-10-02T17:52:38","date_gmt":"2009-10-02T17:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/?p=2709"},"modified":"2009-10-02T17:52:38","modified_gmt":"2009-10-02T17:52:38","slug":"csd-context-sensitive-design-and-urban-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/csd-context-sensitive-design-and-urban-design\/","title":{"rendered":"CSD Context Sensitive Design and urban design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Context_theory\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2710\" style=\"width: 785px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2710\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/02\/csd-context-sensitive-design-and-urban-design\/eifel_montparnasse_towers\/\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2710\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2710\" title=\"eifel_montparnasse_towers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/eifel_montparnasse_towers.jpg\" alt=\"The Eifel Tower became a loved feature of Paris, but after the Montparnasse Tower (right) was built, the city decided there must be no more high buildings within the Boulevard P\u00e9ripherique\" width=\"775\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/eifel_montparnasse_towers.jpg 775w, https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/eifel_montparnasse_towers-300x85.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/eifel_montparnasse_towers-768x218.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/eifel_montparnasse_towers-624x177.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2710\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Eifel Tower became an adored feature of Paris, but after the Montparnasse Tower (right) was built, Parisians decided there must be no more high buildings within the Boulevard P\u00e9ripherique. What does this tell us about context-sensitive, and context-insensitive, design?<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Context_theory\"><strong>Context theory<\/strong><\/a> is &#8220;the theory of how environmental design and planning of new development should relate to its context&#8221;. Unless we want the world to become less-and-less diverse, it is a subject which should concern all urban planners, designers, architects and landscape architects. Surely, we all want designs which respond sensitively to the cultural, climatic, ecological, geological, hydrological etc context in which they are built. Cars and moble phones can be everywhere the same but design for the built environment should be sensitive to its context. This requires<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/history_theory\/library_online_ebooks\/architecture_city_as_landscape\/contextual_design_theory\"> a theory of how additions to the built environment should relate to their context<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In America, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fhwa.dot.gov\/environment\/csd.htm\">FHWAFederal Highway Administration<\/a>&#8221; fully supports the concepts and principles that make-up Flexibility in Highway Design, now commonly referred to as &#8220;Context Sensitive Design&#8221; (CSD)&#8221;. Even <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planning.org\/research\/signs\/index.htm\">signage design can be context-sensitive<\/a> and it is an important aspect of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.community-design.com\/projects\/building\/itecnu.php\">urban street design<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Context theory is &#8220;the theory of how environmental design and planning of new development should relate to its context&#8221;. Unless we want the world to become less-and-less diverse, it is a subject which should concern all urban planners, designers, architects and landscape architects. 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