Module Number:
| 11145
- module is no longer offered from WS 2016/17 |
Module Title: | Urban Design (City and Architecture) |
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Städtebau (Stadt und Architektur)
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Department: |
Faculty 6 - Architecture, Civil Engineering and Urban Planning
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Responsible Staff Member: | -
Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Nagler, Heinz
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Language of Teaching / Examination: | English |
Duration: | 1 semester |
Frequency of Offer: |
Every summer semester
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Credits: |
6
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Learning Outcome: | Skills: - Analysis of the relationship between everyday culture, urban morphology and building typology
- Preparation of a written thesis based on literature- and on-site research
- Preparation of sketches (free-hand), preparation of urban development analysis plans (scale 1: 5.000 to 1: 500)
- Preparation of building designs in ground plan, elevation and section
- describing the utilisation of exterior and interior spaces (scale 1: 200 to 1: 50)
- understanding and representing the conditions for the development of urban systems and the associated spatial configurations
- preparation of conceptual models and spatial models
- oral presentation of work.
Abilities: - comprehension of the reciprocal dependencies between social forms, everyday culture, architecture and city.
- description of the coherencies between urban development design, as the concrete spatial situation of buildings, and building design, as the urban building block
- identification of basic types, norms and their variations, transformation on the levels of city and house
- summary and presentation of the compiled information in text and plan
- Independent interpretation of the analysis of urban morphology and its features (spatial characteristics, design features of roads, squares and buildings etc.)
- processing of design concepts for the respective urban development situations in dialogue with space, housing typology and urban morphology
- detailed design of important spatial configurations
- the development of suitable building typologies with variations
- development of implementation strategies
Presentation in form of drawings and models. |
Contents: | - Interactions in the relationship between city and house
- coherency of urban space, social form and everyday culture
- principles of urban classification and processes of self-creation
- historical references and their effects on the configuration of private and public space
- typologies of urban building blocks and the history of their development
- effect of technological and constructional innovation on urban morphology
- forms taken by city and house
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Recommended Prerequisites: | a good knowledge of fundamentals of urban design and landscape planning |
Mandatory Prerequisites: | None |
Forms of Teaching and Proportion: | -
Lecture
/ 2 Hours per Week per Semester
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Exercise
/ 2 Hours per Week per Semester
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Self organised studies
/ 120 Hours
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Teaching Materials and Literature: | - Benevolo, Leonardo: Die Geschichte der Stadt, Frankfurt/M 1993
- Curdes, Gerhard: Stadtstrukturelles Entwerfen, Stuttgart 1994
- Gutschow, Niels; Düwel, Jörn: Städtebau in Deutschland im 20. Jh. , Stuttgart, 2001
- Habraken, N. John: Die Träger und die Menschen, Den Haag 2000
- Humpert, Klaus: Grundlagen des Städtebaus, Stadtgestalterisches Entwerfen, Stuttgart 1994
- Koetter, Fred; Rowe, Collin: Collage City, Basel 1992
- Kostof , Spiro: Die Anatomie der Stadt, Frankfurt/M 1993
- Städtebauliches Institut Stuttgart: Einführung in den Städtebau, Stuttgart 1994
- Ungers, Matthias: Quadratische Häuser, Stuttgart 1986
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Module Examination: | Final Module Examination (MAP) |
Assessment Mode for Module Examination: | Successful completion of project work including oral presentation and discussion of the results.
The project work mostly consists of
- graphic presentation of the idea
- integration in urban situation (scale 1:2000)
- the design (scale 1:500)
- model (scale 1:2000 to 1:500).
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Evaluation of Module Examination: | Performance Verification – graded |
Limited Number of Participants: | None |
Part of the Study Programme: | |
Remarks: | None |
Module Components: | Attendance at lecture and a exercise |
Components to be offered in the Current Semester: | |