AN OVERVIEW OF THE THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC SPACES WITH AN EMPHASIS ON URBAN SQUARES

With glance at the various fields in the past, present and urban public space as well as comparative in the fabric of the constituent elements such as sidewalks, paving, communication, activities and many other areas of physical criteria and space can achieved the positive or negative results such the feeling of Ghana, discipline, balance, flexibility, vitality, consistent sense of being trapped, landmarks, monuments, identity, spirit, activity and many other factors. Most urban squares in cities, especially in the new part, reflect the fact that these spaces are designed in a logical continuation of the past. In other words, not only the principles of urbanism and architecture and urban design ignored, but also the principles and criteria were not received logical spaces not only for the present but for the future would be inappropriate and alien. Therefore, the importance of the theoretical foundations of urban spaces among designers and architects, especially in the field of design over and over gets the feeling that this important issue has been discussed in this study. Methodology and data collection was libraries (observation and interview), respectively.