Urban Space And The Tangible And Intangible Heritage Of Activity

ADEEL ABBAS

Roll# 044

Department of Architecture

Subject: Architecture Seminar

Dated: 30-May-2017.

Urban Space are a significant part of both the Tangible And Intangible heritage of activity. Discuss using one Example from Lahore:

Urban Space involves the design of the public realm: the open space, streets, sidewalks. The arrangement and the qualities of the public space affects the way people react, interact, behave, and feel...

That basic elements in a good urban space are:

Vistas, Focal points,Axis, Enclosure, Inner pattern, Magnetic points, Scale, Location and Mixed use, Texture, Expression.

To exhibit the motivation behind urban spaces expecting a basic part in depicting significant and vague heritage of a city, the urban space picked

Heritage is broadly categorized into two main divisions.

Natural heritage:

Refers to natural aspects like the fauna and flora, landscapes, beaches, coral gardens etc that are considered important enough to be preserved for the future generations.

Cultural Heritage:

Refers to cultural aspects like heritage sites, monuments, folklore, traditional activities and languages etc. It gives people a connection to certain social values, beliefs, religions and customs. It allows them to identify with others of similar mindsets and backgrounds. Cultural heritage can provide an automatic sense of unity and belonging within a group and allows us to better understand previous generations and the history of where we come from.

Cultural heritage is often expressed as either Tangible or Intangable Cultural Heritage.

Intangible Heritage:

Refers to those aspects of a country that cannot be touched or seen. For example traditional music, folklore, language etc.

Tangible Heritage:

Refers to those significant places that advocate the country’s history and culture. For example monuments, mosques, shrines, monasteries

He established the mosque that now bears his name on the site of the tomb of Syed Muhammed Ishaq (otherwise called Miran Badshah), a holy person who had moved from Iran in the thirteenth century. Wazir Khan likewise settled a bathhouse (Shahi Hammam) and other business foundations along the street to the mosque whose salary was expected to guarantee upkeep of the mosque into unendingness. In spite of the fact that the bathhouse did not give as much pay as planned, the bazaar toward the east of the mosque was very effective and remains a thriving business sector even to the present