Course detail

Modern Theories of Development and Urban Planning 1

FA-MVU1Acad. year: 2015/2016

Seminar on the Modern History and Theory of Urbanism is focused on planning and evolution of cities in the 19. century. In the seminar we will address early modern conceptions of urban planning and their contemporary interpretations. In the framework of the subject the emphasis is placed primarily on understanding of interdependence between city forms and technology, economy, politics, demography and culture.
The teaching is based on reading of theoretical texts and their consequent interpretation via graphical presentation. Each student will individually elaborate two thematically interlinked presentations on international and local topic respectively (see the course curriculum). The presentation on the local topic serves at the same time as a basis for the final written work of each student, whereby the main task here is to apply acquired theoretical knowledge to the given field of research

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Department of Design (UN)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Graphical presentations and final written work evaluated by graded credit.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge on history of architecture and urban planning.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

- - Attendance to the classes – minimal attendance of 80%.
- - Elaboration and execution of two presentations.
- - Student must individually consult his/her work during the semester – minimum number of consultation sessions is two.
- - Handing in a final written work on a given topic.
- On the basis of fulfilling the above listed requirements a student is evaluated by grade and receives a unit credit.

Course curriculum

1. Introductory lecture and distribution of texts and topics
2. Urbanization and urbanism (local topic: Planning the Vienna, Brno and Olomouc in the 19. century)
3. Paris, London and Vienna in the 19. century (local topic: Brno’s city centre redevelopment)
4. Chicago and New York in the 19. century (local topic: Brno – coal, steel, electricity)
5. World expositions and city planning (local topic: Theatre, print and culture – image of the Brno in the 19. century)
6. Technopolis (local topic: Brno – Moravian Manchester)
7. Park and the public (local topic: Brno’s parks and gardens)
8. Citizen and the society (local topic: Brno – the worker and the bourgeoisie, the Czech and the German element)
9. History and monument (local topic: Beginnings of historic preservation in Bohemia and Moravia)
10. Pre-urbanism – progressists (local topic: first attempts of planning and regulation of build environment in Brno)
11. Urbanism – progressists (local topic: Pisárky and Černá Pole – first trends in suburbanization of Brno)
12. Pre-urbanism – culturalists (local topic: Královo Pole and Brno outskirts)
13. Urbanism – culturalists (local topic: Brno – state, church and capital)

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the seminar is to introduce students to the elementary theories of urban planning and the same time teach them to think critically and argue logically in their own work. The seminar topics are explored from different angles. Students conduct additional research on the given topics and are led to accommodate broader historical, geographical and political context in to it. In their final written works the emphasis is placed on the appropriate form of the text and proper citing of sources.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Besides attendance to the classes, monitored by attendance sheets, students are asked to participate also in individual consultations on work in progress drafts of their presentations and texts. Approximately on week before the actual presentation at the class the student must consult his/her work with the teacher. The final written works will be regularly consulted during the second half of the semester. Students are expected to take active part in classes and in discussions. Absences in classes will be compensated in the form of self-study of the given topic.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

David Harvey, Paris Capital of Modernity, New York 2003
Francoise Choay, The Invention of Historic Monument, New York 2001
George R. Collins, The Linear City in:_David Lewis_The Pedistrian in the City: Architect's Year Book XI, London 1965.
Christiane Crasemann Collins, George R. Collins, Camillo Sitte: The Birth of Modern City Planning, Mineola 2006.
Lukáš Fasora, Dělník a měšťan: vývoj jejich vzájemných vztahů na příkladu šesti moravských měst 1870–1914, Brno 2010
Mari Hvattum, Gottfried Semper and the Problem of Historicism, Cambridge, New York 2004
Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish, New York 1978
Pavla Horská, Klasická urbanizace v českých zemích in: Pavla Horská, Eduard Maur, Jiří Musil. Zrod velkoměsta: urbanizace českých zemí a Evropa, Praha 2002, s. 121–219.
Peter Hall, Planning Europe's Capital Cities: Aspects of Nineteenth-Century Urban Development, Routledge 2003
Siegfried Giedion, Mechanization Takes Command, New York 1948

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme ARCHURB Master's

    branch ARCH , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Seminar

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer