URBAN MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK FOR CONSERVATION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v16i5.438Keywords:
typo-morphology, spatial pattern, urban block, urban landscape, Early Malay townAbstract
A closer look on scientific research and professional practice concerning on the planning and management of historic towns significantly reveals the absence of integrated approaches for urban morphological analysis as a diagnostic tool to interpret the evolutionary process of its physical form. Such circumstances have influenced the transformation of urban fabric which eventually contributed to fragmented urban landscape. This study aims to provide a unifying conceptual framework represented by morphological aspects of city block as spatial units. Through a conceptual comparative approach, the framework draws upon a typo-morphological approach that integrates the process typological approach and historico-geographical approach. The findings revealed that there were three main phases in construing the framework. Firstly, the pertinent basis of urban analysis can be delineated at the typological scale of city (citta); representing by building typology at its most basic level. Consequently, to establish the interrelationship between elements of urban form, the most relevant level of resolution is on the taxonomy of sertum (block) and textus (plot series); emphasizing the representation of urban block as spatial unit. In the final phase, the inherited spatial structure of the town is unveiled according to four process of morphological region. The framework developed will ensure a clear urban form which is necessary for technical functioning and visual legibility for conservation of Early Malay town.Downloads
References
Caliskan, O., & Marshall, S. (2011). Urban morphology and design: Introduction. Built Environment, 37(4), 381-392.
Caniggia, G., & Maffei, G. (2001). Architectural Composition and Building Typology: Interpreting basic building (S. J. Frazer, Trans.). Firenze, Italy: Alinea Editrice.
Cataldi, G., Maffei, G. L., & Vaccaro, P. (2002). Saverio Muratori and the Italian school of planning typology. Urban Morphology, 6(1), 3-14.
Comert, N. Z. (2013). Testing an integrated methodology for urban typo-morphological analysis on Famagusta and Ludlow (Doctorate dissertation). Eastern Mediterrenean University, Cyprus.
Conzen, M. R. G. (1960). Alnwick, Northumberland: A study in town-plan analysis.
Transactions and Papers (Institute of British Geographers), 27, 3-5.
Crowther, P. (2016). Morphological analysis of the city for achieving design for disassembly. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 204, 15-26.
Dibble, J., Prelorendjos, A., Romice, O., Zanella, M., Pagel, M., & Porta, S. (2015). Urban morphometrics: Towards a science of urban evolution. In G. Strappa, A. R. Amato, & A. Camporeale (Eds.), City as organism: New visions for urban life. Rome, IT:(U+D) Edition 14.
Dokic, V. (2009). Morphology and typology as a unique discourse of research. Serbian Architectural Journal, 1(2), 107-130.
Gauthier, P., & Gilliland, J. (2006). Mapping urban morphology: A classification scheme for interpreting contributions to the study of urban form. Urban Morphology, 10(1), 41-50.
Kong, L., & Yeoh, B. S. A. (1994). Urban conservation in Singapore: A survey of state policies and popular attitudes. Urban Studies, 31(2), 247-265.
Kropf, K. (1993). The definition of built form in urban morphology (Doctorate dissertation). University of Birmingham, UK.
Kropf, K. (2009). Aspects of urban form. Urban Morphology, 13(2), 105-120.
Kropf, K. (2011). Urbanism, politics and language: The role of urban morphology. Urban Morphology, 15(2), 157-162.
Kropf, K. (2013). What is urban morphology supposed to be about? Specialization and the growth of a discipline. Urban Morphology, 17(2), 128-131.
Levy, A. (1999). Urban morphology and the problem of the modern urban fabric: Some questions for research. Urban Morphology, 3(2), 79-85.
Lovra, E. (2016, April). The modern city: Urban tissue typology (Limitations of Caniggian and Conzenian practice and the new typology). 4th International Conference on Contemporary Achievements in Civil Engineering. April 22, 2016, Subotica, Serbia.
Marshall, S. (2015). An area structure approach to morphological representation and analysis. Urban Morphology, 19(2), 117-134.
Moudon, A. V. (1994). Getting to know the built landscape: Typomorphology. In K.A. Franck, & L. H. Schneekloth (Eds.), Ordering Space: Types in Architecture and Design (pp. 289-311). New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold.
Moudon, A.V. (1997). Urban morphology as an emerging interdisciplinary field. Urban Morphology, 1(1), 3-10.
Nikovic, A., Dokic, V., & Maric, I. (2014). Revising the position of a city block within the morphological frame of a traditional city: Contemporary perspectives. SPATIUMInternational Review, 1(31), 1-6
Oliveria, V. (2013). Morpho: A methodology for morphological analysis. Urban Morphology, 17(1), 149-161.
Oliveria, V. (2016). An introduction to the study of the physical form of cities. S.l.: Springer.
Osmond, P. (2010). The urban structural unit: Towards a descriptive framework to support urban analysis and planning. Urban Morphology, 14(1), 5-20.
Ravari, A. A., & Mazloomi, M. (2015). A framework for urban morphology with respect to the form. Armanshahr Architecture & Urban Development, 8(4), 91-103.
Saraiva, A. F. P. (n.d). The morphological analysis as a support for urban planning: the case study of the Gate of Carcais. Retrieved from https://fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/downloadFile/844820067123327/Ext_abstract_ FINAL.pdf
Said, S. Y., Aksah, H., & Ismail, E. D. (2013). Heritage conservation and regeneration of historic areas in Malaysia. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 105, 418428.
Shamsuddin, S. (2011). Townscape revisited: Unravelling the character of the historic townscape in Malaysia. Johor Bahru: Penerbit UTM Press.
Whitehand, J. W. R. (2007, June). Conzenian urban morphology and urban landscape. 6th International Space Syntax Symposium. June 12-15, 2007, Istanbul, Turkey.
Whitehand, J. W. R., & Gu, K. 2010. Conserving urban landscape heritage: A geographical approach. Procedia - Social and Behavioural Sciences, 2, 69486953.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright & Creative Commons Licence
eISSN: 0128-0945 © Year. The Authors. Published for Malaysia Institute of Planners. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license.
The authors hold the copyright without restrictions and also retain publishing rights without restrictions.
