Urbanism 3 - Theory

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Department of Urban Design

Synopsis:

Sustainable development is the governing paradigm of the 21st century. It has long been at the heart of most urban development debates. We are increasingly aware that providing a good quality of life is the right of even the most vulnerable social groups, as the environment directly affects their health. This paradigm shift requires a more holistic approach to urban development. The question remains, how can it be successfully implemented in practice? What kind of urban theories can we use to ensure this development? The subject introduces the student to the most important urban theories of the 20th and 21st centuries. It shows the emergence and transformation of urban development debates, theories and experiments against the background of their social and economic development. Students are guided to develop their critical thinking: to recognise, analyse, evaluate and understand the impact of urban theories on the city through concrete case studies.

Requirements:

Students are required to register for the course in both the CTU KOS and the Moodle system under the name of the course. Graded assessment is awarded for the quality of both assigned tasks: presentations and submitted seminar work as well as for student activity during seminars, positive attitude, meeting the submission deadline, attendance.

Task 1/ oral group presentation of the text analysis.

Task 2/ written independent work - critical essay - on a chosen topic.

Syllabus of lectures:

See Moodle and the course syllabus.

Syllabus of tutorials:

See Moodle and the course syllabus.

Study Objective:

In the lectures, students will acquire a theoretical background to urban design that they can work with, whether in the following seminary work or in professional life. The aim of the course is to teach the student to think critically in context and connect theoretical knowledge of urban design with concrete case studies and practical skills. Teaching focuses on conceptual and procedural cognition and cognition processes.

Study materials:

Via Moodle, students are given a folder of approximately 100 theoretical urban design texts in English and Czech, a list of selected recommended texts for each of the four thematic blocks of the seminar, recommended instructions for the procedure for analyzing the texts, recommended instructions on how to write a critical essay and other instructions.

Note:

The course is taught in English in 7 blocks during the 1st to the 7th week of the winter semester. It is attended by English programme Master degree students and International Erasmus & Exchange students of A+U and LA programmes.

Further information:

https://moodle-vyuka.cvut.cz/course/view.php?id=10854

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