urban design
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| Above Grade Parking | Vehicle parking that is above ground level sually in a structured facility.
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| Adaptability | The capacity of a building or space to be changed so as to responed to changing social, technological and economical conditions.
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| Amenity | Aesthetic or other features of a development that increas its marketability or usability to the public.
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| Bollards | Vertical columns used to physically block or visually guide vehicular traffic in an area.
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| Building TYpology | The general shape, mass, and articulation of a building, categorized by type.
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| Bump-Outs | Widened sidewalk areas at intersections thereby narrowing the pedestrian crossing distance over right-of-way.
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| Density | The floorplace of s building, or buildings, in relation to a given area of land.
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| Enclosure | The use of buildings to create a sense of defined space.
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| Gateways | Locations where a significant number of people enter and exit Downtown.
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| Height Transition | The tapering of building heights as a way of achievine compatability of bilt forms and mitigating impacts of shifts from areas of one character to another.
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| Land mark | A Building or struction that stands out from its background by virture of height size or some other of design
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| Massing | The combined effect of the height bulk and silhouett of a building or group of building
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| Node | A place where activity and routes are concentrated often used synonymously with junction
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| Permeability | The degree to which an area has variety of pleasent conveniet and safe routes through it
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| Rhythm | The recurrence at regular intervals odf design elements that help structure their visuals charater and definition for example a vertical line dividing buildings every 6 to 12 metres will create a rhythm
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| Setback | The minimum distance from the proterty line at which a building must be built.
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| Stacked row House | One or more residential units stacked above one or more residential units
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| Transparency | the degree of visibility through a building facade
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| Tower | Upper portion of a building that is exceptionally high in proportion to the width and length of the base
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