Abstract:
Urban planning and design has proven to be an important element in shaping
life styles, solving problems and giving new ways of living in the urban arena. The
quality of urban life is one of the big goals that the field tries to reach. Urban
open spaces are known to enhance the quality of urban life. So, every city needs
these spaces. The planning and design of urban open spaces have been practiced
in different parts of the world in different ways. The practice and use of these
spaces differed from place to place as well as from time to time. A good
approach in the planning and designing of these spaces is to first study the past
and current trends of urban open space usage in a place. The paper covers a
general history and development of urban Square from Ancient to Modern Age
and tries to demonstrate transition occurred in design. The development and
current use of this space will indicate the direction of urban open space trends in
the city. This will in turn help the future approaches in planning and design of
such spaces. So, the paper includes the sustainable approaches for design of
urban squares for better community interaction in urban life.
Citation:
Soraganvi, S., (2014) .Place making journey: transition in urban public open spaces from ancient to modern age. In R. Dayaratne & J. Wijesundara (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Cities, People and Places ICCPP 2014. (pp. 52-63). Department of Architecture, University of Moratuwa.
