INTRODUCTION TO BUILT INTRODUCTION TO BUILT ENVIRONMENTENVIRONMENT

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Definition of TerminologiesDefinition of Terminologies

What is Built Environment?What is Built Environment?

BUILT ENVIRONMENT BUILT ENVIRONMENT

The The manmade surroundingsmanmade surroundings that that provide the setting for human activity, provide the setting for human activity, ranging from the large-scale civic ranging from the large-scale civic surroundings to the personal places.surroundings to the personal places.

Humanly made, arranged or Humanly made, arranged or maintained maintained to fulfill human purpose to fulfill human purpose needs, wants and values to mediate needs, wants and values to mediate to overall environment with results to overall environment with results that affect the environmental that affect the environmental context.context.

What is Environmental Design?What is Environmental Design?

The science of understanding The science of understanding and shaping our environment and shaping our environment through renewed awareness of through renewed awareness of ecology and its study of the ecology and its study of the interactions of organisms and interactions of organisms and their environments. The their environments. The applied disciplines (e.g. the applied disciplines (e.g. the design and planning fields) are design and planning fields) are combining into a general field combining into a general field of “Environmental Design”.of “Environmental Design”.

COMPONENTS OF THE BUILT COMPONENTS OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENTENVIRONMENT

PRODUCTSPRODUCTSINTERIORSINTERIORSSTRUCTURESSTRUCTURESLANDSCAPESLANDSCAPESCITIESCITIESREGIONSREGIONSEARTHEARTH

Interrelations between these components are veryInterrelations between these components are veryimportant aspect to the formulation of the Builtimportant aspect to the formulation of the BuiltEnvironment. Integration of these different Environment. Integration of these different

disciplinesdisciplinesare crucial.are crucial.

COMPONENTS OF THE BUILT COMPONENTS OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENTENVIRONMENT

PRODUCTSPRODUCTS

Materials and products, generally created toMaterials and products, generally created to

extend human capacity to perform specific extend human capacity to perform specific task:task:

tools (pen and pencils, hammer and saw)tools (pen and pencils, hammer and saw)

COMPONENTS OF THE BUILT COMPONENTS OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENTENVIRONMENT

INTERIORSINTERIORS

A space defined by an arranged grouping of products and within the walls of a structure, generally created to enhance activities and mediate external factors (living room, work rooms, public assembly halls and stadiums)

COMPONENTS OF THE BUILT COMPONENTS OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENTENVIRONMENT

STRUCTURESSTRUCTURES

A planned grouping of spaces defined by and constructed of products, generally combining related activities into composite structures (housing, school, office building, mosque, factories, highways, bridges, tunnels, etc.) Generally, structures have dual internal spaces and external form characteristics.

COMPONENTS OF THE BUILT COMPONENTS OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENTENVIRONMENT

LANDSCAPESLANDSCAPES

Exterior spaces and or setting for planned grouping of structures and spaces (courtyard, malls, parks, landscapes, sites for home and other structures, farm, countryside, national forest)

COMPONENTS OF THE BUILT COMPONENTS OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENTENVIRONMENT

CITIESCITIESGrouping of structures or landscape of varying sizes and complexities, generally clustered together to define a community for economic, social , cultural and environmental reasons (Subdivisions, neighborhood, villages or town and cities of varying sizes)

COMPONENTS OF THE BUILT COMPONENTS OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENTENVIRONMENT

REGIONSREGIONSGrouping of cities and landscapes of various sizes and complexities, generally defined by common political, social, economic and environmental characteristic (the surrounding region of a city, a country or multi country area, a state or multistage area, a country, continent)

COMPONENTS OF THE BUILT COMPONENTS OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENTENVIRONMENT

EARTHEARTH

All of the above, are the components of the built environment.

HUMAN SPECIALIZATION FOR THE HUMAN SPECIALIZATION FOR THE COMPONENTSCOMPONENTS

1.1. PRODUCTPRODUCT PRODUCT/GRAPHIC/PRODUCT/GRAPHIC/

INDUSTRIAL DESIGNERSINDUSTRIAL DESIGNERS

2. 2. INTERIORSINTERIORS INTERIORS INTERIORS DESIGNERSDESIGNERS

HUMAN SPECIALIZATION FOR THE HUMAN SPECIALIZATION FOR THE COMPONENTSCOMPONENTS

3.3. STRUCTURESSTRUCTURES ARCHITECT AND ARCHITECT AND

ENGINEERSENGINEERS

4. 4. LANDSCAPESLANDSCAPESLANDSCAPES ARCHITECT LANDSCAPES ARCHITECT AND PLANNERSAND PLANNERS

HUMAN SPECIALIZATION FOR THE HUMAN SPECIALIZATION FOR THE COMPONENTSCOMPONENTS

5. CITIES5. CITIESURBAN DESIGNERS AND URBAN DESIGNERS AND PLANNERSPLANNERS

6. REGIONS6. REGIONSREGIONAL PLANNERSREGIONAL PLANNERS

7. EARTH7. EARTHENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS, NATIONAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS, NATIONAL & GLOBAL PLANNERS AND POLICYMAKERS.GLOBAL PLANNERS AND POLICYMAKERS.