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Pattern-driven design for small public spaces: an analysis of pattern books and toolboxes
Megg Sousa (sousa, M.); Alexandra Paio (Paio, A.);
Event Title
eCAADe2020, Anthropologic – Architecture and Fabrication in the cognitive age
Year (definitive publication)
2020
Language
English
Country
Germany
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Abstract
Urban spatial patterns that can enhance the city's cultural, social, environmental, material and structural performance advance beyond the old notions of design patterns by incorporating the digital design. Pattern books such as ``A Pattern Language'' are revisited and toolboxes /toolkits are used in contemporary urban designs by laboratories and offices. The aim of this paper is to analyze the particularities and congruencies between some systems of patterns, pattern books, toolboxes and toolkits aimed at small public spaces, also considering the context of digital culture. The methodology proposed is the construction of a taxonomy that relates and classifies these selected patterns, by these following steps: a) selecting of patterns applicable to small public spaces; b) classification of patterns by ``type'' (location, behavior, processes and design components) and by ``driven designs'' approach (data-driven design, performance-driven design, and material- driven design) and relation to the recurrences of patterns between the systems; c) making and inserting in the taxonomy platform a table of elements and connections; d) filtering by classes for analysis. From the results obtained in the visualizations, it is possible to consider a larger volume of ``location'' type patterns and a smaller volume in ``processes'' indicating a field that can be developed
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Keywords
Urban patterns,urban toolbox,small public spaces,data-driven design,pattern language