Urban Patterns & Systems Analysis of City of Charlottesville

Key Words: Urban Design, Graphics Design, Rhino Modeling, Natural and Built Environment, Park and Recreation

The urban design drawings below show the urban pattern of Charlottesville, VA, with an emphasis on public space and its relationship to other urban structures. From the top left to the bottom right, the set of drawings includes a downtown street map, a rendered territory model of the City of Charlottesville, local sections studies, a territory map, a exploded axonometric of natural resources, a rendered base model, a zoning section, a catalog/inventory diagram of the urban system, a exploded axonometric of city infrastructure, and a serial sections of the city. All the drawings are tied together to present a comprehensive analysis of how the city make use of its public infrastructure to support the development of public space and how the city practice park and recreation planning based on the characteristics of the natural environment.