Neighborhood Design and Urban Morphological Transformation through Integrated Modification Methodology (IMM) part 1

In IMM® the city is regarded as a single entity,Complex Adaptive System (CAS), composed on different elements. In this method, the whole system is dismantled into four main subsystems, namely: Volume, Void, Transportation, and Function. The methodology consists of four main phases; the first two which embody the analysis part of the project are Observation and Formulation respectively. Based on individual behavior of the urban subsystems (Horizontal behavior), their mutual interaction (Vertical behavior), and energy indices, three sets of indicators are introduced and a Catalyst of transformation is selected from the mentioned subsystems. The horizontal modification in the catalyst triggers the transformation.At the last phase, Retrofitting/Optimization, the intervention is evaluated by means of same indicators those the actual situation is analysed at the first phase.