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Yasmin Ali

Urbanism // Design

The Urban Transect - from Urban to Rural

November 8th, 2011

 

 

 

The Urban Transect is a concept in Urban Design which can be applied at varying

scales. This scalar versatility  is where its success stems from.

The Urban Transect /  Andres Duany DPZ

This is a theory pioneered by New Urbanists. New Urbanists are those who further placemaking based on walkable neighbourhoods and sustainable placemaking.

From a recent book, by Andres Duany and DPZ, published by The Prince's Foundation, entitled 'Theory and Practice of Agrarian Urbanism', this appears to draw links with the Garden Cities Movement, as pioneered by Ebenezer Howard in the fifties.

Image: Ebenezer Howard

The key to its application lies with density. This movement started in Northern America where land is plentiful and development is unabashedly car-centric. Through pages of delicate illustrations this book, the Garden City concept is translated to a distinctly urban scale.