Spatial+Organization

An urban structure is the display between blocks, buildings, streets, open spaces, landscapes. They have to have certain length to make easier to walk through the city. It’s important to mix the uses of a city in order to improve the social activities.
 * The spatial organization is the arrangement of thing on the ground.[[image:melmc_home_leftimage.jpg width="345" height="150" align="right"]]

The benefits of mixed development: · More convenient access to facilities. · Travel to work congestion is minimized. · Greater opportunities for social interaction.

Centers, nurseries, libraries, community centers, police and fire stations and government offices are best places at central points in highly visible locations. Public squares can be use to emphasize their civil status.

Character areas: specific points that attract people.

The challenge to the designer is: · To ensure buildings, streets and places are of a human scale · Moderate the mass of a building

It is important the ecology when thinking about a design, so the designer has to think about ways to take care of the environment such as recycle rainwater and use the wind. **

**Do more with less. Designs can be made more energy and resource efficient. **

Landscapes are the spaces left over after planning the city. Ways to use the space: greenways, waterways, meadows, plazas, communal gardens, private gardens, atriums. **
 * The landscapes are very important because they bring life to the city.