SWISS COTTAGE AS A WAY TO LEARN STREET PATTERN
As a place for urban public amenities, it chooses the typology of open block mainly to effectively attract and hold people with a friendly environment in the middle of the block. This seems interesting when looking at its treatments towards the streets. Main accesses and entrances towards the yard and dominant facilities are all along with two primary roads, best drawing attention from the region nearby. In such a way, active movement or still activities are ordered in a clear sequence with its relationships to street system.
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Swiss Cottage, located in Camden borough of London, currently serves as a center of learning, recreation and sports in a regional scale. The only available useful condition from its site is the adjacent streets. The success of Swiss Cottage shows the importance of taking advantage of the street pattern to engage the public spaces as an urban concentrator.