3.1: analysis of urban development

mental map

is a person's point-of-view perception of their area of interaction.

IMEAGEABILITY

That quality in a physical object which gives it a high probability of evoking a strong image in any given observer. It is that shape, color, or arrangement which facilitates the making of vividly identified, powerfully structured, highly useful mental images of the envoironment.

LEGIBLE

coherent, organized into (and around) clearly defined districts. The layout is easily grasped by the citizen

PATHS

are the channels which the observer moves. They can be streets, walkways, transit lines, canals and railroads.

EDGES

are the boundaries between two phases, linear breaks in continuity. For instance shores, railroad cuts, edges of development and walls.

EDGES

Prevent motion in specific direction

PATHS

Direct the motion to specific direction

LANDMARK

Points of reference person cannot enter into; • These are buildings, signs, stores, mountains, public art

DISTRICT

are large city areas which observer can mentally go inside of.

NODES

Junctions. Large areas you can enter, serve as the foci of the city, neighborhood, district, etc.;

NODES

are points, the strategic spots in a city into which an observer can enter, and which are the intensive foci to and from which he is travelling.

LANDMARK

A physical element with unique and special visual features that has a "point-specific" location, and can be identified from the distance.