Small-Mid size open spaces in urban settings

Urban Open Space

Small-Mid size open spaces in urban settings

Not all the urban areas across the world have luxury to have large public parks such as Hyde Park in London or Central Park in New York City. However, through careful planning and design, we have many opportunities to have quality urban open spaces to enlighten our day-to-day life. Appropriates setting of an urban open space really depends on local contexts.

Design “flexibility” to a place is important to develop capacity to absorb, recover and prepare for future changes.

This pedestrian way becomes a good place to reset, have lunch or just chill-out – while letting people to trespass to other blocks of a city. An urban space does not complete at the time of design. It’s important that designers intentionally leave a room so that people can choose how to use the space.

Seating area in an shopping area generates people’s various activities not limited to commercial purposes throughout the day.