Course detail

Theory of Urban Design

FA-UTE-TEAcad. year: 2020/2021

A one semester course consisting of theoretical lessons on the genesis of theories of urbanism in the Euro-Atlantic cultural space in the context of social and political changes worldwide from the end of the 18th century to the present.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Department of Urban Design (UU)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Students are evaluated on the basis of a written test.

Course curriculum

1. Historical summary of urban development of European cities up to the 19th century
2. Classical urbanisation - what it is and what led to it
3. The birth of urbanism and its initial models
4. Development of urbanism in the first half of the 20th century
5. Development of urbanism from the first half of the 20th century to the present
6. Spatial planning and its origin in Czechoslovakia
7. Brownfields, with a special focus on the Czech Republic
8. Public space in New York City (development, financing in the USA)
9. Development potential of the regions of Vienna, Brno and Bratislava
10. Legislation of spatial planning and regional development in Austria
11. Spatial planning in the Vienna region
12. Spatial planning in new districts of Vienna
13. Consultations, potentially a trip, according to students’ interests

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The course prepares students for a understanding of urban theories and urbanism as a scientific multidisciplinary discipline necessary for the current planning and development of settlements.

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

Preparation of seminar work and participation in the seminar.
In the case of a student's apology and with approval of the subject guarantor, personal attendance may be substituted with online attendance in the classes.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

BRENNER, Neil. New Urban Spaces: Urban Theory and the Scale Question. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. ISBN 978-0190627195. (EN)
CALTHORPE, Peter, LERUP, Lars and Robert FISHMAN (ed.). New urbanism: Peter Calthorpe vs. Lars Lerup. New York: University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, 2005. ISBN 978-1891197352. (EN)
DUANY, Andres, SPECK, Jeff and Mike LYDON. The Smart Growth Manual. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2010. ISBN 978-0071376754. (EN)
GLAESER, Edward. Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier. New York: Penguin Books, 2011. ISBN 978-0143120544. (EN)
HEGEL, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich. Aesthetics: Lectures on Fine Art. Wotton-under-Edge: Clarendon Press, 1998. ISBN 9780198238164. (EN)
KOOLHAAS, Rem and Bruce MAU. S, M, L, XL. New York: Monacelli Press, 1995. ISBN 9781885254863 (EN)
LARICE, Michael and Elizabeth Macdonald (eds.). The Urban Design Reader. New York: Routledge, 2012. ISBN 978-0415668088. (EN)
LYNCH, Kevin. The Image of the City. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1960. ISBN 9780262620017 (EN)
MARCUSE, Peter and James CONNOLLY (eds.). Searching for the Just City: Debates in Urban Theory and Practice. London, New York: Routledge, 2009. ISBN 978-0415687614. (EN)
MEIJLING, Jesper and Tigran HAAS (eds.). Essays on Jane Jacobs. Stockholm: Bokförlaget Stolpe, 2020. ISBN 978-9198523690. (EN)
NORBERG-SCHULZ Christian. Genius Loci: Towards a Phenomenology of Architecture. New York: Rizzoli, 1979. ISBN 9780847802876 (EN)
ROSSI, Aldo. The architecture of the city. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1982. Oppositions books. ISBN 978-026-2680-431. (EN)
SAUNDERS, William S. (ed.). Urban Planning Today: A Harvard Design Magazine Reader. Minneapolis: Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2006. ISBN 978-0816647576. (EN)
SITTE, Camillo. The Art of Building Cities: City Building According to Its Artistic Fundamentals. Eastford, CT: Martino Fine Books, 2013. ISBN 9781614275244 (EN)
WEIZMAN, Eyal. Hollow Land: Israel's Architecture of Occupation. London, New York: Verso, 2017. ISBN 978-1786634481. (EN)
ZUKIN, Sharon. The Innovation Complex: Cities, Tech, and the New Economy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. ISBN 978-0190083830. (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Elearning

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N_A+U Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory