Urban design
Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language |
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127URDA | Z,ZK | 3 | 2P | English |
- Course guarantor:
- Jiří Kugl
- Lecturer:
- Jiří Kugl, Jiří Kupka
- Tutor:
- Jiří Kugl, Jiří Kupka
- Supervisor:
- Department of Urban Design, Town and Regional Planning
- Synopsis:
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This course will teach the fundamental principles of designing a city and the public spaces within it. The aim is to help the students to understand the layouts of different cities and to teach them how to recognize the good design solutions as well as the possibly problematic ones. The courses will consist of both lectures and open discussions where the students will learn how to form and express their professional opinions about various aspects of urban design and it will hone their analyzing and critical skills. Overall the course will place significant emphasis on showing and studying real life examples of cities and public spaces from all over the world and researching the contemporary design principles and ideas. Students will also learn about how the urban design can influence the people, their behavior within the city and their life.
The course will be assembled of lectures / seminars in 2 + 0 module and accompanied with field trips / excursions within Prague (showing development in areas of Karlín, Pragovka brownfield and Hanspaulka).
- Requirements:
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no prerequisites
- Syllabus of lectures:
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1. Introduction, Nature and the City, Urban Values
2. Division of the City
3. Cities and Villages – Typology and Size Categories
4. Residential Urban Design I – Family Houses
5. Residential Urban Design II – Multistorey Buildings
6. Evolution of Public Space
7. Typology of Public Space
8. Manual of Public Spaces
9. New Cities
10. Field Excursion - Friendship Park + Panel Housing
11. Field Excursion - Brownfields in Karlín
12. Field Excursion - Roof, Hanspaulka, Campus, Dejvice
13. Student presentations
- Syllabus of tutorials:
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Working on seminar work - qualified analysis of one big-scale urban project and one public space upon student´s choice.
- Study Objective:
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To understand basic urban design principles of different cities and public spaces and to be able to analyze them.
- Study materials:
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New City Spaces, Jan Gehl, Lars Gemzoe
Cities for People, Jan Gehl
Life Between Buildings, Jan Gehl
The Image of the City, Kevin Lynch
The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jane Jacobs
Urban Catalyst, Philipp Oswalt, KlauseOvermeyer a Philipp Misselwitz
- Note:
- Further information:
- https://uzemi.eu/pro-studenty/english-lessons/
- Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:
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06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri - Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:
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06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri - The course is a part of the following study plans: