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STUDY PLANS
2023/2024
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Urban design

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Code Completion Credits Range Language
127URDA Z,ZK 3 2P English
Garant předmětu:
Jiří Kugl
Lecturer:
Jiří Kugl, Jiří Kupka
Tutor:
Jiří Kugl, Jiří Kupka
Supervisor:
Department of Urban Design, Town and Regional Planning
Synopsis:

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:

no prerequisites

Syllabus of lectures:

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:

Working on seminar work - qualified analysis of one big-scale urban project and one public space upon student´s choice.

Study Objective:

To understand basic urban design principles of different cities and public spaces and to be able to analyze them.

Study materials:

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 2023/2024:
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
roomTH:A-835

14:00–15:50
(lecture parallel1)
Thákurova 7 (budova FSv)
A835
Wed
Thu
Fri
Time-table for summer semester 2023/2024:
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
roomTH:A-836

12:00–13:50
(lecture parallel1)
Thákurova 7 (budova FSv)
A836
Thu
Fri
The course is a part of the following study plans:
Data valid to 2024-03-27
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