Designing for an urban setting poses many challenges.
Designing for an urban setting poses many challenges. Two prominent of these are: how to deal with significant changes in grade; and how to place a structure that addresses the needs, techniques, materials, and codes of the modern world between buildings that reflect those of the periods in which they built, possibly centuries earlier. Changes in grade offer good opportunities to be playful, creating varying forms and proportions. But given the "rules” and principles established and defined by the adjacent existing conditions, introducing new forms has the potential to interrupt or even destroy the overall continuity of the greater street view. But if done well, an architect can perserve the aesthetic character, maintain the alignment of significant elements, and respect the relationships that create the fabric and texture unique to that place.
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