Responsive Environment

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Point references considered to be external to the observer

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Landmarks

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physical elements that may vary widely in scale

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Landmarks

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Unique and special in place of the communities

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Landmarks

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Is a built setting that adapts to its users and context, allowing people to influence shape and interact with the space

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Responsive environment

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Instead of being static, it is flexible, permeable, and dynamic, promoting human-centered design.

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Responsive environment

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Responsive environments: A Manual for Designers is authored by

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Ian Bentley

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Responsive environments: A Manual for Designers is published in the year

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1985

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It outlined principles for creating spaces that empower people and encourage social, economic, and cultural vitality

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Responsive Environments: A Manual for Designers by Ian Bentley

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Structures with flexible layouts that can shift functions

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Adaptive Buildings

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Use of technology to respond to real time urban conditions

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Smart Cities

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Designed with mixed uses so people can interact, linger, or pass through easily

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Streets & Plazas

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Combine housing, work and leisure to increase variety and vitality

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Mixed-use Developments

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Walkable grids, clear signage, and visual cues enhance legibility and permeability

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Pedestrian-friendly Cities

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Core principles of a responsive environment

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Permeability
Variety
Legibility
Robustness
Visual Appropriateness
Richness
Personalization

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ease of movement; people can choose multiple routes through spaces

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Permeability

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a mix of functions, uses, and experiences

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Variety

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spaces are understandable, and easy to navigate

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Legibility

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flexibility for different uses over time

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Robustness

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design matches context and human scale

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Visual Appropriateness

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sensory and aesthetic diversity

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Richness

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people’s personal touch

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Personalization

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Places must be accessible to people to offer them choice

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Permeability

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Public and private access must be complementary

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Permeability

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Physical and visual_________ depends on how the network of public space divides the environment into blocks

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Permeability

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There is a decline in public permeability because of these trends

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Scale and development Hierarchical layout Segregation

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It is about how easily people can move through a space. It allows for multiple routes and choices instead of forcing a single path

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Permeability

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offer users a choice to experiences

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Variety

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implies places with varied forms, uses, and meanings

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Variety

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Developers and planners are more concerned with economic performance and easier management than with _________

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Variety

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depends on feasibility, economic, political, and functional mixed-use block

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Variety

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Variety of uses depends on three main factors:

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range of activities possibility of supply extent to which the design encouraged positive interactions

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ensures that a place has diverse functions, activities, and building types.

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Variety

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Degree of choice depends on how ________ it is; how layout is understood

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Legibility

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Legibility is important at two levels:

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physical form and activity patterns

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Separating pedestrians from vehicles reduce:

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Legibility

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It is strengthened by Lynch's physical elements of the city

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Legibility

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means a space is easy to read and navigate. People can from a clear "mental map" of of where they are

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Legibility

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Environments which can be used for many different purposes

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Robustness

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The design of small scale robustness depends on extra factors:

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hard and soft spaces active and passive spaces

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Three key factors that support long term robustness

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Building depth Access Building height

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Is the ability of a space to accommodate different activities over time

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Robustness