ORDINARY PLACES

CHAPTER I :INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

Prologue

An Ordinary Place Defined

The Ordinary Place Described

CHAPTER II:PURPOSE AND SCOPE

Purpose of the Study

Scope of the Study

Context

The Public and Private Realms

Change and Adaptation

Building Types and Ordering Systems

Content of the Study

Study Methodology

CHAPTER III:CONTEXT

Regional Steeing

Urban Setting

Form

Land Use: Activities in Space

Cycles of Use

Image

Interdependence

Symbols

Summary

CHAPTER IV:PUBLIC AND PRIVATE REALMS

Overview

Public Realm

Streets

Plazas and Open Spaces

Pedestrianways

Street Furniture

Private Realm

Liner Buildings and Special Buildings

Signage

Spatial Devices Linking the Realms

Arcades

Walls

Shelters

Setbacks

Summary

CHAPTER V:CHANGE AND ADAPTATION

Concept of Change

Nature of Change

Changes in Overall Form

Levels of Compatibility

Small Changes

Small Changes Within Private Spaces

Small Changes Within Arcades

Small Changes Within Lanes

Major Changes

Changes in Facades

Summary

CHAPTER VI:BUILDING TYPES AND ORDERING SYSTEMS

General

Basic Building Types and Variations

Farm Growth Type

Reaching the Sky Type

Shared and Impinged Type

Atypical Buildings

Ordering of Similar Building Types

Ordering of Farm Growth Type

Ordering of Reaching the Sky Type

Ordering of Shared and Impinged Type

Ordering of Atypical Buildings

Grouping of Dissimilar Building Types

Summary

CHAPTER VII:A LOOK BACK

In Retrospect

Context

Public and Private Realms

Change and Adaptation

Building Types and Ordering Systems

CHAPTER VIII:WHERE WE STAND

Ordinary and Planned Places Compared

Factors the Cause the Differences

Concepts that Broaden the Differences

A Sense of Place

CHAPTER IX:A LOOK AHEAD

Modernization and Progress

Human Preference

Man-Environment Relationship

Space, Scale and History

Clarity and Ambiguity

Sparing, Caring and Nurturing

Stability and Dynamism

Interrelatedness and Interdependence

Streets as Places

Spatial Organizations of the Past

Living Expressions of the Present

Building Types

Unity and Variety in the Private Realm

Use of Spatial Devices

Conclusion

Epilogue

Bibliography

Author Index

Subject Index