TABLE 2
FROM:
Urban design: requiem for an era – review and critique of the last 50 years
Alexander R Cuthbert
BACK TO ARTICLETable 2. A systems view of professional boundaries
| Discipline | Architecture | Urban design | Urban planning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Element | |||
| 1 Structure | Statics+human activity | Morphology of space and form (history+human activity) | Government bureaucracy |
| 2 Environment | 3 dimensional (closed system) | 4 dimensional (open system) | The political economy of the state |
| 3 Resources | Materials+energy+design theory | Architecture+Ambient space+Social theory | Systems of legitimation and communication |
| 4 Objectives | Social closure/physical protection | Social communication and interaction | To implement the prevailing ideology of power |
| 5 Behaviour | Design parameters: Artificially controlled environments | Dynamics of urban land markets | Dynamics of advanced capitalist societies |