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GLOSSARY
FURTHER READING
USEFUL WEBSITES NOTE ON SCALES
INDEX
PICTURE CREDITS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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Glossary
access Point of entering or exiting a building or space.
axis A line that is a reference for organization. It can divide a plan, map, or building.
axonometric A plan or map that has been projected to a threedimensional drawing.
bricollage The creation of a drawing or other creative work from a range of different experiences and processes.
CAD (computer-aided design) The use of various types of software to create images of buildings, spaces, and places. Techniques can involve two-dimensional images or threedimensional visualizations.
CBD (central business district) The commercial and usually geographical core of the city.
central city The central city, or core city, is the municipality in an urban or metropolitan area that emerged historically as the most prominent in that urban area.
cityscape Term that is associated with the idea of landscape in an urban sense; the relationship between built forms and the spaces between.
cognitive mapping Methods used to describe problems through certain visual diagramming techniques; also known as mental maps.
collage Derived from the French for “to stick,” this is a technique in which an image is created by using a range of materials that are then reorganized to create a new image. These materials may be paper, photographs, other images, or three-dimensional elements or objects.
context A term for the parameters that define either a city, site, or building, both physically and culturally. The place where something is located.
density The number of people that occupy a given area, normally expressed per acre or hectare. These statistics can be used to define specific aspects of function, such as residential density or workforce density.
enclosure A space or place that is defined...
