Mixed use is a type of urban development, urban design, urban planning and/or a zoning classification that blends multiple uses, such as residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or entertainment, into one space, where those functions are to some degree physically and functionally integrated, and that provides pedestrian connections. Mixed-use development may be applied to a single building, a block or neighborhood, or in zoning policy across an entire city or other administrative unit. These projects may be completed by a private developer, (quasi-)governmental agency, or a combination thereof. A mixed-use development may be a new construction, reuse of an existing building or brownfield site, or a combination.
Apartment complex with retail and medical offices on ground floor, Kirkland, Washington
Ballston Quarter in Arlington, Virginia, part of the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area, is transit-oriented, mixed-use and densified, giving a "downtown" feel in an edge city
Traditional mixed-use development pattern in a city center: Bitola, North Macedonia
Barracks Row in Washington, D.C.; ground-level retail with upper-story residential.
Urban design is an approach to the design of buildings and the spaces between them that focuses on specific design processes and outcomes. In addition to designing and shaping the physical features of towns, cities, and regional spaces, urban design considers 'bigger picture' issues of economic, social and environmental value and social design. The scope of a project can range from a local street or public space to an entire city and surrounding areas. Urban designers connect the fields of architecture, landscape architecture and urban planning to better organize physical space and community environments.
Monumental Axis, Brasília designed by Oscar Niemeyer and Lúcio Costa
A Christmas-lit Alexander Street in Helsinki, Finland
Model of Dubai Sports City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Boulevard Haussmann, Paris (Georges-Eugène Haussmann)