Urbanism 3 - Theory

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Department of Urban Design and Planning

Synopsis:

The course familiarizes the student with the most important urban theories of the 20th and 21st century. The goal is to show the emergence and transformation of these theories on the background of social and economic development of the society. Students are guided to critical thinking, to analyze, evaluate, compare and recognize the impact of these theories on the city.

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Syllabus of lectures:

1. City after WWII. Team X. Utopia of the 60s and 70s. 2. Criticism of Modernism. The image of the city. 3. Suburbanization. Freeways. Shopping Malls. 4. Postmodernism. Regeneration of city centres. 5. Globalization. Urban sprawl. Generic City. 6. A City is not a Tree. New Urban Theories. 7. Urban Project. Case studies. Prague.

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Study materials:

1. Hall, Peter. Cities of Tomorrow: An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design in the Twentieth Century (Third Edition), Malden, MA and Oxford, Blackwell (2002) 2. Kstoff, Spiro. The City Shaped. Urban Patterns and Meaning trough history (1991) 3. Lynch, Kevin. The Image of the City, Cambridge, Mass. (1960) 4. Venturi, Robert - Scott Brown, Denise - Izenour, Steven. Learning from Las Vegas (1972) 5. Krier, Rob. Urban Space (1977) 6. Sudjic, Deyan. The 100 Mile City. London, Andre Deutsch (1992)

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The course is a part of the following study plans: