Special Places - Kevin Lynch

Dear All:

You have now selected a place in Rome that has tantalized your visual palate. You have also explained as to why this particular place in Rome is uniquely fascinating to you.

From your first year instructions in architecture, you no doubt remember the Kevin Lynch five basic observational principles. Please observe your special place at various times in the week or day and describe how these principles alter with human activities and usage. You now have all become authors, so visual information and communication is now possible, as well as verbal communication. Due February 21, 2011. Have a Happy Valentine’s Day…Brigitte

Kevin Lynch Five Basic Observational Principles:

a. Pathways:

The major and minor routes of circulation, which people use to move through their

environment.

b. Districts:

The physical fabric can be visually, functionally and symbolically segregated and defined

into different zones.

c. Edges:

The termination of a district is its edge.

d. Landmarks:

The prominent visual features of the physical fabric.

e. Nodes:

A node is a center of activity