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Developing quantitative analytical techniques for investigating the visual character of dwellings

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posted on 2025-05-09, 00:42 authored by Christopher TuckerChristopher Tucker, Michael J. Ostwald
Residential development within heritage conservation areas is regulated by Development Control Plans (DCP) that provide guidelines about the shape and form that new houses, alterations and additions should take (DIPNR 2004). By understanding that the visual amenity of streets within a city plays an important role in creating a sense of place and community for its citizens (Lynch 1960) they attempt to sustain, through regulation, an urban pattern that has become valued by the community. This paper builds on an established interdisciplinary approach, utilising architectural knowledge and computer visualisation to evaluate the visual character of detached housing within a heritage conservation area. The visual environment is analysed using computer software developed to locate the visual boundaries within a view of a streetscape both as an elevation and aerial view. Analysing the visual properties of modern and traditional buildings can show where they share certain visual characteristics, providing a planning argument for why a contemporary building, for instance, can sustain the heritage value of a streetscape within a conservation area. Understanding the visual characteristics of the built environment within heritage conservation areas might allow new buildings to be proposed that are of a different style, but none the less retain the visual character of the area.

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Source title

Symposium: Building Across Borders Built Environment Procurement CIB WO92 Procurement Systems. Proceedings

Name of conference

Symposium: Building Across Borders Built Environment Procurement CIB WO92 Procurement Systems

Location

Hunter Valley, NSW

Start date

2007-09-23

End date

2007-09-26

Pagination

315-324

Publisher

University of Newcastle

Place published

Newcastle

Language

  • en, English

College/Research Centre

Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment

School

School of Architecture and Built Environment

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