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Measuring Symbiosis and Synergy in the Urban Structure of Main Streets in Central Areas of the City as an Element of the Urban Design Method Cover

Measuring Symbiosis and Synergy in the Urban Structure of Main Streets in Central Areas of the City as an Element of the Urban Design Method

Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment
Volume 18 (2025): Issue 2 (June 2025)
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|Jul 2025
Figures & tables

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Neighbourhood relations between urban places within a public space unit

Table 1.

Classification of neighbourhood relations between urban places

Marking of the RelationshipsDescription of the Relationships
[-/-]mutually antagonistic
[-/+]parasitic
[0/0]neutral (non-antagonistic)
[+/+]symbiotic
[++/++]hypersymbiotic
Table 2.

Weights of neighbourhood relations between urban places

Types of the RelationshipMarking of RelationshipsWeights of Relationship
mutually antagonistic[-/-]-2
parasitic[-/+]-1
neutral (non-antagonistic)[0/0]0
symbiotic[+/+]1
hypersymbiotic[++/++]2
Figure 2.

Neighbourhood relations between urban places with assigned relationships weights

Figure 3.

Measures of the level of symbiosis and synergy occurring in the analysed area in terms of the intensity of symbiosis and synergy

Figure 4.

Measures of the intensity of symbiosis and synergy occurring in the analysed area

Figure 5.

Measures of the level of symbiosis and synergy occurring in the analysed area after the introduction of change 1

Figure 6.

Measures of intensity of symbiosis and synergy occurring in the analysed area after the introduction of change 1

Figure 7.

A comparison of measures of the level and intensity of symbiosis and synergy occurring in the analysed area before and after the introduction of change 1.

Table 3.

Table of types of use and use of urban areas in the analysed area

Urban PlaceUse Types
A1h
A2h
B1u
B2m
B3s

1 Legend: A1 – urban place designation, h – urban place use designation

Table 4.

A table of types of relations of the neighbourhood of urban places occurring in the analysed area

Urban Places RelationshipsUses neighbourhoods
A1-A2h-h
A1-B1h-u
A1-B2h-m
A1-B3h-s
A2-B1h-u
A2-B2h-m
A2-B3h-s
B1-B2u-m
B2-B3m-s
B1-B3u-s

1 Legend: A1-A2 – designation of a pair of urban places, h-h – designation of a pair of urban place uses

Table 5.

A table of weights of types of relations between the neighbourhood of urban places occurring in the analysed area.

Use of place – neighbourhoodsWeights of the type of neighbourhood relationship
h-h0
h-u1
h-m2
h-s-1
u-m2
u-s-1
m-s-2

1 Legend: h-h – designation of a pair of urban place uses 0 – weight of a pair of urban place uses

Table 6.

A table of weights of the neighbourhood of urban places occurring in the area of the analysed segment of the main street

Urban Places RelationshipsWeights of the type of Neighbourhood
A1-A20
A1-B11
A1-B22
A1-B3-1
A2-B11
A2-B22
A2-B3-1
B1-B22
B2-B3-2
B1-B3-1

1 Legend: A1-A2 – designation of a pair of urban places 0 – weight of a pair of urban place usesht of a pair of urban place uses

Table 7.

Weights of neighbourhood relations between urban places in the analysed segment of the main street

Types of the RelationshipRelationship markingsWeights of the RelationshipNumber of relationships
mutually antagonistic[-/-]-21
parasitic[-/+]-13
indifferent[0/0]01
symbiotic[+/+]12
hypersymbiotic[++/++]23
Table 8.

A table of types of use of urban places in the analysed area after the introduction of change 1

Urban PlacesUses
A1h
A2h
B1u
B2m
B3u

1 Legend : A1- urban place designation, h - urban place use designation

Table 9.

A table of types of relations of the neighbourhood of urban places occurring in the analysed area after the introduction of change 1

Urban Places RelationshipsUses Neighbourhoods
A1-A2h-h
A1-B1h-u
A1-B2h-m
A1-B3h-u
A2-B1h-u
A2-B2h-m
A2-B3h-u
B1-B2u-m
B2-B3m-u
B1-B3u-u

1 Legend: A1-A2- designation of a pair of urban places, h-h - designation of a pair of urban place uses

Table 10.

A table of types of use of urban places in the analysed area after the introduction of change 1

Uses NeighbourhoodsWeights of Neighbourhood Relations
h-h0
h-u1
h-m2
h-s-1
u-m2
u-s-1
m-s-2
u-u0

1 Legend: h-h – designation of a pair of urban place uses, 0 – weight of a pair of urban place uses

Table 11.

A table of weights of the neighbourhood of urban places occurring in the analysed area after the introduction of change 1

Urban Places RelationshipsWeights of Neighbourhood Relations
A1-A20
A1-B11
A1-B22
A1-B31
A2-B11
A2-B22
A2-B31
B1-B22
B2-B32
B1-B31

1 Legend: A1-A2- designation of a pair of urban places, 0 - weight of a pair of urban place uses

Table 12.

Weights of the neighbourhood relationship between urban places in the analysed area after the introduction of change 1

Types of RelationshipRelationship MarkingsWeights of RelationshipsNumber of Relationships
mutually antagonistic[-/-]-20
parasitic[-/+]-11
indifferent[0/0]01
symbiotic[+/+]14
hypersymbiotic[++/++]24
Figure 8.

A plan of an abstarctional main city street divided into segments

Figure 9.

A diagram of assessments of sections of public street space – state before change 1

Figure 10.

A diagram of assessments of sections of public street space – state after change 1

Figure 11.

A map of the distribution of assessments of sections of the public space of the street – existing state – before the change 1

Figure 12.

A map of the distribution of assessments of sections of the public space of the street – state after the change 1.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acee-2025-0023 | Journal eISSN: 2720-6947 (formerly 1899-0142) | Journal ISSN: 1899-0142
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Language: English
Page range: 117 - 135
Submitted on: Apr 5, 2024
Accepted on: May 19, 2025
Published on: Jul 1, 2025
Published by: Silesian University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: Volume open
Keywords:
Urban design,
City centre,
Symbiosis and synergy,
Parameters of urban structure
Related subjects:
Architecture and design,
Architecture,
Architects, buildings

© 2025 Marek GACHOWSKI, published by Silesian University of Technology
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