Course detail

Urban Design and Town Planning

FAST-BG051Acad. year: 2024/2025

Urban planning, development of landscape and settlements - typology and configuration. Enhancement of fundamental knowledge about urban and landscape planning as a study requirement for the profession of accredited civil engineers that will be able to design buildings in a compliance with architectural planning demands for urban or rural districts.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. arch. Tomáš Pavlovský, Ph.D.

Department

Ústav architektury (ARC)

Entry knowledge

the ability to know the ropes in building law, basic survey over the history of architecture and civil engeneering

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

Introduction to fundamental principles of landscape planning, processing and approval of planning documentation, functional urban and landscape systems, creation of preconditions for tenure of authorized civil engineer profession.
Student will manage the goal of the subject, i.e. grasp to fundamental principles of landscape planning, processing and approval of planning documentation, functional urban and landscape systems, creation of preconditions for tenure of authorized civil engineer profession.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. arch. Tomáš Pavlovský, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Historical development of urban planning I 2. Historical development of urban planning II 3. Modern urban planning and temporary urban design trends 4. Settlements (typology, configuration and development) 5. Functional urban systems – residential and industrial areas 6. Functional urban systems – traffic and technical infrastructure 7. Functional landscape systems 8. Rural settlement and landscape 9. Social base of an urban development – ecological, social and cultural 10. Social base of an urban development – traffic and technical infrastructure 11. Urban development, urban design concept 12. Urban design 13. Landscape planning and supervision

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. arch. Tomáš Pavlovský, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1.-2. Introduction of the requirements. Working approach. Presentation of topics. 3.-4. Analysis of planning documentation, tutorials task 5.-6. An analysis of the city quarters, tutorials task 7.-8. Analysis of selected development areas, tutorial task 9.-10. Consultation 11. Review of work