ARPLAN Reviewer ECONOMIC – a basic , continuing
function, cities act as producers &
ARCHITECTURE – the art or practice of
marketplaces
designing & constructing buildings
DEFENSE & PROTECTION – historic
3 Fs – Function, Form, Firmness
urban function of the city, cities were
URBAN DESIGN – the design of
once built to withstand sieges from
functionality of spaces between
migrating tribes, or frequent raids from
buildings & structures
enemies
URBAN PLANNING – the design &
WORSHIP & GOVERNMENT – the prime
organization of urban space &
function of the city throughout history,
infrastructure
cities were built around tempes,
URBAN DESIGN: shrines, and pyramids Ex. Medieval
cathedral was the center of the city
Human settlements > Villages > Cities TRANSPORTATION – greatly influences
CITY – a group of people and a number the location of cities since they are
of permanent structures within a dependent on geography, enables
limited geographical area, organized as people to live in much larger more
to facilitate the interchange of goods spread out cities.
and services with the outside world EDUCATION & CULTURE – cities as
RA 7160- minimum income 20million ; educator due to the diversity of
10,000 hectares, population of 150,000 people, ideas, jobs; cities as a reflection
LARGEST POPULATION (REGIONS): of cultural pride like ancient theaters,
CALABARZON (12.61m), NCR (11.86m), religious festivals, etc
CENTRAL LUZON (10.14m) ; overall HOUSING – the largest & simplest
covers 1/3rd of the PH population function of a city; housing functions of
LARGEST POPULATION (PROVINCES): the inner city have shifted to outlying
CAVITE (3.09M), BULACAN (2.92M), areas
PANGASINAN (2.78M)
LESS THAN 100,000: SIQUIJOR, SHAPE OF A CITY:
CAMIGUIN, BATANES URBAN FORM – the spatial pattern of
Population grew by 1.90 percent human activities at a certain point in
annually time
HIGHLY URBANIZED CITY – 50 million Spatial arrangement of cities due to 1)
income, 200,000 population PHYSICAL LAYOUT and design of a city
QUEZON CITY (2.76M), MANILA 2) SPATIAL IMPRINT of an URBAN
(1.65M), CALOOCAN CITY (1.49M), TRANSPORT system 3) Adjacent
DAVAO CITY (1.45M) PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURES
COMPONENT CITY – population and
income is below those of highly FACTORS INFLUENCING A CITY FORM
urbanized city. Ex. Antipolo
GEOGRAPHY
URBAN AREA – all cities and
IMPACT OF NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
municipalities at least 1000
SOCIAL, POLITICAL & ECONOMIC
people/sqkm
FORCES
FUNCTIONS OF A CITY: TRADE PRACTICES
PERIOD OF DEVELOPMENT observer can mentally enter “inside of”;
recognizable as having some common
identifying character; dominance
RECTILINEAR – usually with 2 corridors, depends upon the individual and the
usually found in small cities; composed given district
of straight streets crossing at right NODES – points, strategic spots by
angles Ex. Chandigarh which an observer can enter; directly
RADIOCENTRIC – a large circle with related to the concept of paths and
radial corridors of intense development districts; intensive foci
emanating outward from the center Ex.
Moscow Kremlin and the Red Square
LINEAR – usually the result of natural
topography which restricts growth; may
be a transportation spine Ex. Mumbai
RING – a city built around a large open
space
BRANCH – linear span with connecting
arms
CONSTELLATION – a series of nearly
equal sized cities in close proximity
STAR – a radiocentric form with open
spaces between the outreaching
corridors of development
SHEET – a vast area with little or no
articulation
ARTICULATED SHEET – a sheet accented
by one or more central clusters and
several subclusters
IMAGES OF THE CITY – by Kevin Lynch ;
physical elements that create the
image of the city
PATHS – channels along which the
observer moves; predominant element
for many person’s image; easily
identifiable, has continuity and
directional quality, aligned with a
larger system
EDGES – linear elements not used or
considered as paths; can be disruptive
to city form; visually prominent,
continuous, impenetrable to cross
movement
DISTRICTS – medium to large sections of
a city, conceived of as 2-dimensional;
