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Urban and Landscape Design Studio

What Will Learn?

  • Course Aims
    By the end of the course the students will be able to: 1. Understand the urban morphology, its elements, and components, including built and natural elements 2. Understand principles of urban design 3. Recognize elements of the built environment 4. Analyze the urban fabric in existing developments 5. Suggest and evaluate alternative solutions 6. Compare between different urban design projects 7. Design and construct alternative solutions to urban design projects 8. Work in teams (teamwork)
  • Course Goals
  • Good Health and Well-being
  • Gender Equality
  • Reduced Inequality
  • Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • Responsible Consumption and Production
  • Climate Action

Requirements

UPL311

Description

  • English Description

    This course aims to examine the relationship between architecture and urban landscape design, through a project that explores the meaning of public and private spaces, while ensuring the principles of legibility, permeability, connectivity and walkability, for the establishment of healthy communities. The project focuses on the quality of exterior and interior spaces, allowing the students to learn how to analyze and understand the design process of creating new areas, while applying the theories of urban design and using the tools of landscape design.
  • Department
    Urban Planning
  • Credit Hours
    3
  • Grades
    Total ( 100 ) = tr.Major Assessment (45 = tr.Industry 0% , tr.Project 0% , tr.Self_learning 0% , tr.Seminar 0% ) + tr.Minor Assessment (5) + tr.Oral/Practical (20) + Exam Grade (30)
  • Hours
    Lecture Hours: 1, Tutorial Hours: 4, Lab Hours: 0
  • Required SWL
    125
  • Equivalent ECTS
    5
  • Urban forms (the death and life of the urban block), Philippe Panerai - Jean Castex - Jean Charles Depaule – Ivor Samuels, UK, 2004.
  • Responsive environments (a manual for designers), Bentley AlcockMurrain Mcglynn Smith, Britain, 1995.
  • Public places urban spaces (the dimensions of urban design), MatthewCarmona – Tim Heath – Taner Oc – Steve Tiesdell, UK, 2003.
  • Urban design method and techniques (second edition), Cliff Moughtin – Rafael Cuesta – Christine Sarris – Paola Signoretta, Britain, 2003.
  • Urban design (green dimensions), Cliff Moughtin, Britain, 1996.
  • Life between buildings (using public space), Jan Gehl, Danish, 2001.
  • The image of the city, Kevin Lynch, USA, 1993. - Urban forms (the death and life of the urban block), Philippe Panerai Jean Castex Jean Charles Depaule – Ivor Samuels, UK, 2004.