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Pattern Number: 121

Pattern Title: Path Shape

Category: Buildings

Sub-Category: Paths and squares

Up links: 31 Promenade 32 Shopping Street 52 Network of Paths and Cars 55 Raised Walk 100 Pedestrian Street 120 Paths and Goals

Horizontal links:

Down links: 122 Building Fronts 123 Pedestrian Density 119 Arcades 124 Activity Pockets 125 Stair Seats 69 Public Outdoor Room 164 Street Windows

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Summary 1: Streets should be for staying in, and not just for moving through, the way they are today.

Summary 2: For centuries, the street provided city dwellers with usable public space right outside their houses.

Summary 3: Now, in a number of subtle ways, the modern city has made streets which are for "Going through," not for "Staying in." This is reinforced by regulations which make it a crime to loiter, by the greater attractions inside the side itself, and by streets which are so unattractive to stay in, that they almost force people into their houses.

Summary 4: The street shape is created by gradually stepping back the houses, in plan.

Summary 5: The result is a street with a positive, somewhat elliptical shape.

Summary 6: Above all, to create the shape of the path, move the building fronts into the right positions, and on no acount allow a set-back between the building and the path - BUILDING FRONTS; decide on the appropriate area for the "Bulge" by using the arithmetic of PEDESTRIAN DENSITY; then form the details of the bulge with ARCADES, ACTIVITY POCKETS and STAIR SEATS; perhaps even with a PUBLIC OUTDOOR ROOM ; and give as much life as you can to the path all along its length with windows - STREET WINDOWS.....

Keywords: street path shape place through

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