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As a distinct approach to describing, investigating, planning and creating the built environment, urban morphology is characterised by a number of core concepts. The concepts and methods used to probe and investigate the built environment are therefore not sensibly limited to those from only one or the other of the natural or cultural spheres. There are three main concepts in addition to the general notion of pattern that distinguish the morphological approach to the built environment: process, type and hierarchy. The reproduction of artefacts using the same pattern or configuration of elements creates a type. A fundamental tool in identifying the patterns, types and processes of urban form is comparison. To go beyond a mindless disassembly, comparison is also used as a basis for synthesis. In essence, urban morphology seeks to take account of and understand that complexity using the conceptual tools of types, hierarchies and generative and transformative processes.
As a distinct approach to describing, investigating, planning and creating the built environment, urban morphology is characterised by a number of core concepts. The concepts and methods used to probe and investigate the built environment are therefore not sensibly limited to those from only one or the other of the natural or cultural spheres. There are three main concepts in addition to the general notion of pattern that distinguish the morphological approach to the built environment: process, type and hierarchy. The reproduction of artefacts using the same pattern or configuration of elements creates a type. A fundamental tool in identifying the patterns, types and processes of urban form is comparison. To go beyond a mindless disassembly, comparison is also used as a basis for synthesis. In essence, urban morphology seeks to take account of and understand that complexity using the conceptual tools of types, hierarchies and generative and transformative processes.
Core Concepts
Kropf, Karl (author)
The Handbook Of Urban Morphology ; 12-15
2017-10-06
4 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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