Multifaceted dimensions of urban form to revitalizing human interaction in dense cities

Abstract

Cities are the place of contested living that voiced congested physical development within its defined territory. In the era of material aestheticism, the notion of form design only brushed up physical attributes, which excluding connectivity and integrity with the human. Mere its functional qualities a permeable urban form has the ability to generate social spaces within a dense shabby environment and correlate human with its functionality instead of differentiation and separation. Alternatively, traditional cities have the flexible spatial quality to subsume activities, mass gathering. The shop-front and terraced facades are replacing by the modern typology of designed that characterized closed parking, services at ground level. The research focuses on to illustrate subjective dimensions of urban form particularly urban blocks under an analytical framework. Along with this, it has minced the field practices that have been evident since last few decades under the local and national regulations. Often the lack of concern of professionals and enigmatic behavior of planning authorities seem to be causing spoliation of the sensitivity of built-environment. The outcome of the research can be helpful for a global-level understanding of physical form under neo-liberal market condition. Predominantly, mid-sized dense cities seem a holistic detailing of form design to enable human interaction with surrounding built-environment.