Urban Design Studio M1

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Department of Urban Design, Town and Regional Planning

Synopsis:

The studio is tasked with specific urban problems and current issues of urbanism and spatial planning (regeneration of brownfields, adaptation to climate change, smart cities, city of short distances, blue-green infrastructure, urban landscape, etc.), which are processed in the form of an urban design, from the broader relations of the site and landscape context to the details of the engineering solution.

Requirements:

graphic seminar work – studio project

mandatory continuous consultations and presentations

Syllabus of lectures:

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Project assignment, preparatory and analytical phase

2. Analysis of the assigned area and all specifics affecting the design, broader relationships

3. Landscape context, spatial planning, values and limits of the area

4. Consultation of the conceptual design, solution options

5. Consultation of the conceptual design, solution options

6. Presentation of alternative solutions

7. Consultation of the selected variant, urban and architectural solutions

8. Consultation of the selected variant, urban and architectural solutions

9. Presentation of the proposal before technical development

10. Consultation of the technical solution (technical infrastructure, greenery, etc.), technical detail

11. Consultation of technical solution (technical infrastructure, greenery, etc.), technical detail

12. Simulation of the public hearing, opposition to the proposal before submission

13. Final consultation before submission, graphic design of outputs

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Recommended literature:

Applicable building and planning legislation (law, ordinances, methodologies, standards).

Periodicals of current architecture and urban design (magazines, journals, websites).

GEHL, J. (1987). Life Between Buildings: Using Public Space. ISBN 978-87-7407-360-4.

GEHL, J. (2010). Cities for People. ISBN 978-1597265737.

Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (2017). Planning A Green-Blue City.

Specific literature according to the topic.

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans: