We were presented with a perfect quote on how cities are interpreted and how they take form.
"The building of cities is one of man's greatest achievements. The form of his city always has been and always will be a pitiless indicator of the state of his civilization. This form is determined by the multiplicity of decisions made by the people who live in it."
The formation of cities is purely determined by the inhabitants of the place. To design a utopia, you need to have the users who want to be living in utopia. The form is of the city and it's spaces, are dictated by how people occupy and use the space. So all in all, it is designed by the users, not be the designer. This is all so that the city provides for the users needs.
Designing a city can also come with many other ways: utopian design, surburban design, designing with a planned grid, designing with respects to the view, designing with respects to power.
Utopian designs do not correspond very well to the needs of the users. This is because utopian designs, design according to the most ideal arrangment of the buildings. The shaped each and everyone of the buildings to allow the most efficient way of building. It is critical to design according to the user, as they are the ones who are using the space, not the designer.
image sourced from: www.mheu.org
Another interesting way of design is design with respects to power. The way a city would be designed would be according the the monarch of the area. The very core of the city would be where the ruler would be and everything would then be built outwards for the centre. This very idea intrigued me as it is designing for the user (the ruler), however it is also building with respects to the designer (which is also the ruler).
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