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{وَقُلِ اعْمَلُواْ فَسَيَرَى اللّهُ عَمَلَكُمْ وَرَسُولُهُ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ
وَسَتُرَدُّونَ إِلَى عَالِمِ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ } |
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- All students are invited to meet me at office hours
- Students in project 2 are requested to obtain the 3 assigned books and bring their drawing set every time in the studio.
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Concept Source Book, Edward White
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Site Analysis,Edward White
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Landscape Graphics,Grant
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Further Text Books & References for Project 2: Site Planning, Kevin Lynch - Space Adjacency Analysis, Edward White.
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Wikipedia Zone

Urban planning topics: Urban, city, or town planning is the discipline of planning which explores several aspects of the built and social environments of municipalities and communities:
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Top 2009 Planning & Urban Design Books
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The Endless City
The Concrete Dragon: China's Urban Revolution and What It Means For the World
A Better Way to Zone: Ten Principles to Create More Livable Cities
Who’s Your City
Visioning and Visualization: People, Pixels, and Plans
Form-Based Codes: A Guide for Planners, Urban Designers, Municipalities, and Developers
Century of the City
Hyper border: The Contemporary U.S.-Mexico Border and Its Future
Hungry City
Growing Greener Cities: Urban Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century
Retooling for Growth: Building a 21st Century Economy in America's Older Industrial Areas
Mobility First: A New Vision For Transportation In A Globally Competitive Twenty-First Century
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Top 2008 Planning & Urban Design Books
Visualizing Density by Julie Campoli and Alex S. MacLean Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 152 pages
The Option of Urbanism: Investing in a New American Dream by Christopher B. Leinberger Island Press, 224 pages
The Great Neighborhood Book: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Placemaking by Jay Walljasper New Society Publishers, 173 pages
The Best-Laid Plans: How Government Planning Harms Your Quality of Life, Your Pocketbook, and Your Future by Randal O'Toole Cato Institute, 416 pages
Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design With Nature by Douglas Farr Wiley, 256 pages
Sustainable Design: Ecology, Architecture, and Planning by Daniel E. Williams, David W. Orr and Donald Watson Wiley, 304 pages
Smart Growth in a Changing World by Jonathan Barnett, F. Kaid Benfield, Paul Farmer, Shelley Poticha, Robert Yaro and Armando Carbonell University of Chicago Press, 148 pages
Last Harvest: How a Cornfield Became New Daleville by Witold Rybczynski Scribner, 320 pages
Immigrants and Boomers: Forging a New Social Contract for the Future of America by Dowell Myers Russell Sage Foundation Publications, 356 pages
Charrettes for Sustainable Communities by Patrick M. Condon Island Press, 192 pages |
APA Topics of Planning and Urban Design Books
| Planning Movements: City Beautiful , Contextualism , Garden Cities , Global Planning , Green Communities , Growth Management , New Urbanism , Smart Growth , Sustainability |
| Participation & Empowerment: Charrettes , Citizen Participation , Communication , Conflict Resolution , Visioning |
| Types of Spatial Plans: Comprehensive Planning , Neighborhood Planning , Regional-Inter-government Planning , Site Plans , Small Town & Rural Planning , Suburbia , Urban Design |
| Types of Functional Plans: Bicycle Planning , Disaster-Mitigation Planning , Economic Planning , Facilities-Infrastructure Planning , Housing Planning , Parks & Recreation Planning , Pedestrian Planning , Preservation Planning , Public Health Planning , Transit Planning , Transportation Planning , Tourism & Resort Planning |
| Places & Place Making: City Form , Corridors , Cultural Facilities , Design Considerations , Development Types , Districts , Downtowns , Land Development , Places , Regions , Safety , Signs , Streetscapes , Transit-Oriented Development |
| Land & Environmental Issues: Air , Biodiversity , Climate , Farming , Forestry , Mining , Water |
| Human & Social Issues: Diversity , Environmental Justice , Social Equity |
| Financial & Economic Issues: Capital Improvement Programming , Commercial & Industrial , Finance , Human Capital , Impact Fees , Redevelopment-Revitalization , Tax Increment Financing |
| Planning Methods: Analysis Techniques , Demographics , Impact Assessment , Market Analysis , Projections & Demand Analysis , Statistics , Surveys , Visualization |
| Infrastructure Planning: Building Types , Green Infrastructure , Parking , Public Works , Transportation Facilities , Utilities |
| Planning Management & Finance: Budgeting , Finance , Management , Planning Administration , Strategic Planning |
| Information Technology: Computer Software , GIS-Geographic Information System, Maps & Surveys , Telecommunications |
| Careers & Planning Profession: Biography , Consultants , Ethics , Planning Education , Planning History , Planning Theory , Private Practice , Youth in Planning |
| Commissions & Boards: Boards of Adjustment , Planning Commission |
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Professional Philosophy
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My planning and urban design philosophy was inspired by the wisdom stated in Sir Patrick Geddes literature "Every Place has a true personality, a personality too much asleep it may be, but which it is the task of the planner - as master artist – to awaken. And only he can do this, the one who is in love and feel at home with his subject, the love in which high intuition supplements knowledge, and arouses his fullest intensity of expression." Patrick Geddes |
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My life philosophy and vision was inspired by the essential principle in Islam, which is the holly and absolute oneness of Allah, and the absolute duality of creatures. The duality concept was known in ancient Chinese culture, and appeared in Hegel's work, whose philosophy of idealism, was based on the conception of logic in which conflicts and contradictions are regarded as necessary elements of truth, and truth is regarded as a process rather than a fixed state of things. This idea explains the principle of absolute existence for any opposing forces in every creature and idea in the universe. And that the governing rule of it is rhythm. So once you identify the opposing forces in any debate, you can better evaluate the issue and establish your own position and attitude. |
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Teaching Philosophy
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I treat teaching as an opportunity to inspire and empower. As a planning and urban design teacher, it is my goal to enhance student learning as a transformative experience. Ideally, I want students to feel personally changed by their participation in my courses. It is my expectation that students not only learn from me and from each other, but that I learn from them as well. The connection and energy established between my students and me is a powerful teaching technique that I develop in creating an optimal learning experience. By sharing with them my teaching objectives, students know that I am invested in them. Besides my role as the instructor or coach is not only a source of knowledge, but also a source of spiritual support and an avenue for other resources. Students always expect that I am approachable, available to answer questions, and genuinely invested in their academic success. |
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Areas of Interest
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Urban Creativity
A newly very interesting and useful built web part for all future planners, urban designers, architects, and most academic students who seeks the digital age concepts, techniques, and thinking methods which will be totally different and unique |
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Urban Personality
Though the term "Urban Personality" looks unfamiliar to most urban and architectural expertise, the concept and its interpretations are usually used in different ways and forms, "Urban Character, Urbanity, and Place Identity" |
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Urban Lexicology
This newly constructed web part aims at sharing my personal point of view about the Arabic origins of most key words in English & French language (Architecture, Urbanism, Civilization, community...Etc.) |
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A Tale of Two Cities
This web part is not a kind of imitation to the great work of Charles Dickens, though the name of the research project is inspired from his impressive novel.
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21st Century Urbanism

Ecological Designs & Dynamic Architecture
Published Arabic articles at the Journal of Saudi Umran Society, Discussing Transformations, Predictions, and expectations of the digital age revolutionary change in planning and urban design field . Arabic Epilogues and more futuristic Links |
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بين العصرين : رؤية إستراتيجية للمدينة السعودية الجديدة فى القرن21
مقال منشور بمجلة العمران ـ العدد (3) لسنة 1428 ـ الجمعية السعودية لعلوم العمران
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خاتمة المقال... ... وأخيراً فإن أبرز ما يميز العصر القادم هو قدرة الفرد والمجتمع علي عملية التكييف المستمر مع سرعة التطور والتقدم ، ذلك العصر الذي سيكون الثابت الوحيد فيه هو سرعة التغير ، وهى المهارة والقدرة الأساسية التي يجب أن تسعى لغرسها برامج ومؤسسات التعليم والتنمية البشرية بالمملكة بكافة مستوياتها وأشكالها ، فى ظل التغيير الزمن / مكاني ، كرؤية معاصرة للوصول إلي رسم خريطة إستراتيجية لتنمية العمران السعودي في القرن (21) بحيث يقدم أسلوبا جديدا في الحياة وفقا لروح العصر وشخصية المكان وعبقريته . |
اللغة والعمران: تطور أساليب التواصل المعرفي وأثرها على العمران
مقال منشور بمجلة الديرة – العدد (21) المحرم / صفر 1426 – الجمعية السعودية لعلوم العمران
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خاتمة المقال... ... وهكذا لعبت اللغة " كوسيلة للتواصل المعرفي" دورا محوريا فى تشكيل العمران البشرى ، فيما ولدت صوتية منذ فجر الحضارة ، وتطورت إلى بصرية أو منسوخة باليد بالحضارات القديمة ، ثم مطبوعة فى عصور أوروبا الوسطى ، وحاليا (وفى عصر ما بعد الصناعة أو عصر المعلوماتية ) أصبحت منحوتة فى اسطوانات ممغنطة أو منقولة بسرعات هائلة عبر الانترنت . وكانت فى كل مرحلة جديدة تحدث تغييرا جذريا فى كافة أشكال الحضارة والعمران . فاللغة و بلا جدال ( وكما قال عنها السلف ) هي وعاء الحضارة ، بل ووعاء العمران ، وهى كائن حي ذو جسد وروح ، حتى قال عنها الجاحظ : " اللفظ للمعنى جسد ، والمعنى للفظ روح"... ومع بدايات القرن(21) يبرز السؤال : ما هو الشكل الجديد للغة الذي سيحدث ثورة فى شكل العمران ؟ وهل ستلعب حروف (e. + @ + WWW) هذا الدور ؟ أم أن حروف ( ¥ + € + $ ) ستكون هي المهيمنة على مستقبل الحضارة والعمران ؟!! |
عمران القرن 21 التحول الحضاري وكتابات المفكرين
مقال منشور بمجلة الديرة – العدد (16) مايو 2004 – الجمعية السعودية لعلوم العمران
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خاتمة المقال... ... والآن ونحن على مشارف عصر جديد وحضارة جديدة ، فالسؤال الذي يطرح نفسه هو : ما هي أبرز ا لسمات العمرانية التي تميزت بها حضارة العصر الصناعي ؛ وكيف سيكون حال العمران في حضارة الإنفوميديا ؟ وإذا كان التركيز العمراني والتكتل العمراني هما أخص خصائص العصر الماضي ، فهل سيكون الانتشار العمراني والتفكيك العمراني هما الشكل الجديد لعمران القرن 21 ؟ وهل سيحدث بالفعل ما وصف " بفك اللاصق المكاني لعمران المدينة" !!! وإذا كان لتلك التصورات أو الفرضيات أن تتحقق "بمشيئة الخالق سبحانه وتعالى "... فهل سيظل البعض من المخططين والمعماريين يعملون بذهنية العصر الصناعي وفكِر القرن الماضي ؟! |
حصاد التخطيط العمراني فى القرن ( 20 )
مقال منشور بمجلة الديرة – العدد (28) جمادى الآخر / رجب 1428 – الجمعية السعودية لعلوم العمران
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خاتمة المقال... ... وتلخيصا ، وكحصاد للتخطيط العمراني فى القرن ( 20 ) وباعتبار الجمود والانضباط الزائد والأنانية والفوقية التخطيطية " أو الحاكمية الفردية للمخطط العمراني " كانت هي السمة الرئيسية للتخطيط العمراني فى القرن الماضي والذي نتج عن تغييب البعد الإنساني الإبداعي ، وتغليب المنطق الحسابي الميكانيكي على كافة عمليات التنمية العمرانية خلال أغلب الممارسات التخطيطية ، فهل ينحى الفكر الجديد فى القرن الوليد نحو الاتجاه المعاكس ، ذلك الاتجاه المتحرر من القيود والذي يميل للمنعطفات الإنسانية الإبداعية مثلما كانت التقاليد فى العمارة العشوائية أحيانا والعفوية فى أغلب الأحيان ؟ وإذا كان التخطيط بحكم طبيعته ومركزيته وميله المطلق للانضباط يقاوم الأمور النسبية والحرية والتحرر الإبداعي ، فهل يستمر الجدل ويطول حتى يذهب العمران نحو هاوية اللاتخطيط ، كما يدعوا البعض لذلك ؟! وإذا كنا نؤمن بقاعدة أن اللوائح والقوانين لا تؤدى لعمل إبداعي أو فنون راقية وأصيلة ، وإنما العمل الفني الخلاق هو مايستنبط منه اللوائح والقوانين ، فمتى يتحرر الفكر التخطيطي من جموده وفوقيته ليترك العمران للتفتح كعمل إبداعي خلاق ، بحيث لا يبدأ به المخطط العمراني ، ولا يحاول الوصول إليه ، وإنما ينتهي عنده . |
More Futuristic Links
| Waterpod™ is a floating, sculptural, eco-habitat designed for the rising tides. The Waterpod demonstrates future pathways for water-based innovations. As a sustainable, navigable living space, the Waterpod showcases the critical importance of the environment and art, serving as a model for new living; it illustrates positive interactions between communities: private and corporate; artistic and social; aquatic and terrestrial while exploring the cultural richness of New York's five boroughs and beyond. The Waterpod embodies self-sufficiency and resourcefulness, learning and curiosity, human expression and creative exploration. Read |
| Habitat 2020: A new sustainable housing project called Habitat 2020 aims to be one of the leaders in bringing environmental initiatives to China. The Habitat 2020 building will feature an ‘active skin’: a membrane between the exterior and interior walls that will absorb air, water and light from outside and dispatch it inside as clean filtered water, natural air conditioning and electricity.read more |
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San Francisco in 2018: Apparently "IwamotoScott" Architects has a totally futuristic vision of San Francisco that made them won $10,000 grand prize in the City of The Future contest. Their winning entry was a Hydro-Net concept that includes a Geothermal Mushroom? At located on the top of Bernal Hill and a Fog Flower? Here's their full series of Hydro-Net concept illustrations, read more |
| The Green MEGACITY: By 2030, five billion souls will be living in urban areas, up from 3.3billion today. The inevitable result as Cliff Kuang see is the GREEN MEGACITY... read more. |
| Top Cities for Design , Business Week, By Oriana Schwindt... American cities with more than 500,000 inhabitants were judged according to criteria such as the quality of public transit, the number of LEED-registered buildings (indicating sustainable design) and how many of the city employees work within creative industries such as performing arts or publishing. Slide show |
| 2121 design sight: As we move further into the new century, the entire world is facing a turning point: a crisis. Due to an increase in environmental stress, there is a distinct possibility that the way we live, the way we work, and even the way we “are” may change in ways we never imagined. The DNA of "21st century man" already includes creative genes and sensibilities inherited from our 20th century forebears… read more |
| Genealogy: The use of rating schemes has emerged in recent decades as a popular planning tool to provide means to assess the performance of development proposals in order to meet desired sustainability objectives. This paper seeks to explore the validity of the formalized rating approach and asks whether it is prudent to consider applications for developments of a larger scale... read more |
| Nanotechnology : the annual National Engineers Week Future City Competition TM normally creates cities with utopia in mind. This year, they’re also confronting the world’s worst urban disasters and there’s no mistaking them for utopia... read more |
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Imagine a new type of ubiquitous communications medium that builds community and encourages creativity by making culture visible in public spaces. Cities will one day become smart spaces with embedded technologies that promote free speech and green thinking. read more |
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Future Urbanism blogs: appears to be the twenty-first century urban design, planning, and architectural way of thinking. This trend is breeding urban explorers (urbex), the greening of major metropolitan areas, and a focus on merging habitats and commercial structures with politics, culture, history and the arts. Find here the top 100 bloggers who focus on everything from architectural news to urbanism and from the junction of design and technology to the landscape. You’ll discover plenty of dialogues, images, and ideas no matter if you’re an urban designer, planner or even an architect. Discover urbanism blogs here |
| What is LEED®? The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™ encourages and accelerates global adoption of sustainable green building and development practices through the creation and implementation of universally understood and accepted tools and performance criteria. READ |
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it’s a form of knowledge,Bernard Tschumi
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Reinventing America’s Cities, The New York Times, March 25, 2009
A New Paris, as Dreamed by Planners - The New York Times, March 16, 2009
Saudi oil Minister Sees 'nightmare scenario' in alternative energy push, International Business Times, February 17, 2009
What Will Save the Suburbs? The New York Times, Jan.15, 2009…
Despite Economic Slowdown, Dubai Metro on Track, Architectural Record, January 7, 2009. In recent months, the global financial crisis has hit the city of Dubai, where real estate prices are sinking and development companies are laying off staff. Despite the slowdown, however, construction is progressing on Dubai Metro.
The End of USA, Wall Street Journal, December 29, 2008 - A Russian academic has been predicting the U.S.A will fall apart in 2010.
Foster and Hadid to redesign Mecca: THE ARCHITECTS' JOURNAL- 26 November 2008: Foster and Hadid have been lined up to take on one of the most high-profile projects on earth – the redevelopment of Mecca
Can the can The Economist, Nov 20th - The idea that graffiti-spraying and other forms of low-level delinquency promote further bad behavior has now been tested experimentally.
Is The Mall Dead? Newsweek, November 17, 2008 ...Americans are rethinking their conspicuous consumption.
Plan, Harpers' Magazine Nov. 2008
“Planning” has been a dirty word in American politics for decades.
Dubai set for ecological disaster October 2008, Pritzker Prize winner Thom Mayne has predicted that Dubai will become an “ecological disaster” if developmenthere continues in its current direction.
Planners waste architects' timeEIGHTY PER CENT of architects believe that planning decisions made by local authorities do not support good quality design, according to a survey commissioned by the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI).
High-rise changes to Paris city skyline…08/07/2008… The mayor of Paris launched a controversial plan to overturn a ban on high-rise buildings and construct six towers in the capital.
Reimagining Cities Science Mag. 8 February 2008, Vol. 319. no. 5864, p. 739 The latest issue of Science Magazine is dedicated to looking at cities, their development and the changing demographics that are shaping our urban lifestyles.
A Mix of Towers and Parks in New York: The New York Times, Nov. 24, 2007 Slide Show
Standards and Guidelines for Sustainable Sites..WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 2, 2007 : The American Society of Landscape Architects ( ASLA ) released a comprehensive report giving a snapshot of the many ways that architects and designers can enhance how well their sites fit into surrounding ecosystems. download
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