The aim is to develop a toolkit for
adaptation options of urban areas imposed to different current urban
conditions. Influencing the forces shaping the built environment is ideological
and requires a vision of a better built environment constructed from concepts
of equality, efficiency, productivity, beauty. Oppose to proposing
a general and idealized model of urban conditions, but find a way to deal
with them in design terms. The focus was to develop an evidence-based design approach
that would reveal the authentic quality of the design itself to influence
forces that shape the built environment. The focus was on tactile design that is
appealing to senses as an approach to the incorporation of heterogeneity into
patterns of growth.Successful design arises from a thorough and
caring understanding of place and context.Therefore, the proposals were developed in the
context of three conditions: already established character such as a dense
mixed use area, an area with completely undefined character that deals with
sprawl such as a residential area, and a character that deals with collapse,
relocation or isolation, such as an industrial site.