Al-Kodmany thoroughly investigated how tall buildings can support placemaking and developed the ten related guidelines that are noted here. Al-Kodmany’s article is available without charge at the web address provided below.
Guidelines for placemaking via tall buildings reported are:
- “Create ‘micro-urbanism’ with tall buildings that support the human scale…
- Create ‘macro-urbanism’ to support placemaking at the larger scale of the build environment…
- Respect neighboring buildings and the natural environment…
- Create a visual contrast…
- Employ a design that connects people to vernacular architecture…
- Employ local ‘green aesthetics’…
- Design a tower’s base with respect to human scale, providing visual continuity between indoor and outdoor spaces, and support socio-economic activities…
- Design urban plazas and public parks…
- Integrate tall buildings with multi-model, mixed use transit nodes and ensure that each node features unique perceptual characteristics at a steadily decreasing density…
- Utilize new building technologies that may provide new architectural expressions and promote placemaking.”
Kheir Al-Kodmany. 2018. “Planning Guidelines for Enhancing Placemaking with Tall Buildings.” International Journal of Architectural Research, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 5-23, http://dx.doi.org/10.26687/archnet-ijar.v12i2.1493
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