Box 5.1 Urban social arrangement and style
Form: the achievement of community scale and local identity (edges); and
a wholesome building and massing identity for the urban landscape, with
rectilineality a norm.
Focus: the attainment of a designed concept – inclining to some use of
‘axiality’ – for more densely fashioned urban places which enable the
occupants to maintain a sense of ‘where one is at’ and what the district
pattern is.
Safety and Sociability: the accommodation of a class, gender, family type,
cultural, religious, by age and economic-class mix in secure urban
communities.
Interconnectability: modal interchange and, of course accessibility; on foot,
with cycles, by bus and train and, discretely, by motor vehicle.
Permeability: extending and identifying ways for people to gain access and
move into and through the urban landscape, in their overall enjoyment and
use of it.
