Bachelor's of Architecture

SPACES OF CITY

General Data

Code: 86U872
Type of credits: ECTS
Number of credits: 5.00
Engagement hours: 150.00
ISCED-F: Architecture and town planning
Status: Mandatory
Academic Year: 3º
Term: 1º
Modality: Presential
Languages: English
Available for Mobility Students: Yes
Restricted to alliance: No

Coordination

Description

The course aims to develop understanding of urban structures and their design, the interdependence between urban structures and architectural typologies, and the need to constantly adapt public open space to new development needs of the city. Students learn to define relationships between functionality and design solutions in urban development and to understand the impact of transportation and green infrastructure on urban form.

Subject area

Architecture – Urban Design, City Spaces, Public Open Space, Urban Structures, Sustainable Urban Development

Requirements

No prerequisites required. Three assignments (seminar papers); upon successful completion of all, the written exam is recognised as passed.

Instructors

UROŠ LOBNIK

Contents

  • Characteristics of European city development through historical, spatial and social layers
  • Identification of city premises: open, transitional, enclosed, informal, infrastructural
  • City spaces in compact and dispersed urban structure
  • Urban spaces and transport infrastructure: mobility networks, urban sprawl, spatial degradation and potential
  • City spaces and design: role of built city edge in condensed and dispersed city
  • Public open space in a compact and dispersed city
  • Sustainable approaches to urban space: green infrastructure, ecological interventions, microclimatic strategies
  • Reprogramming urban space as a tool for enhancing quality of life

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and understanding:

  • Use knowledge to identify the need to design new urban spaces
  • Summarise the basic laws of urban space formation in congested and dispersed cities
  • Design innovative project solutions for new city spaces
  • Present urban interventions to the public and profession

Transferable/key skills:

  • Identify development processes of urban structures and potentials for diverse urban spaces
  • Identify key factors in sustainable city development
  • Design innovative and sustainable project solutions for urban development
  • Develop concepts of urban interventions improving living conditions and environmental quality

Recommended Readings and Tools

Readings:

  • Benevolo, L. (2004). Mesto v zgodovini Evrope. CF*, Ljubljana.
  • Lynch, K. (2010). Podoba mesta. Goga, Novo mesto.
  • O urbanizmu: Kaj se dogaja s sodobnim mestom? (2007). Krtina, Ljubljana.

Planned Activities

Programme undertaken in cooperation with visiting professors and lecturers. Seminar work on analysis of settlement development characteristics and forecasting future development processes.

Course structure:

  • Lectures: 30 hours
  • Seminars: 12 hours
  • Tutorial: 33 hours
  • Individual work: 75 hours
  • Total: 150 hours

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Assessment weights:

  • Project: 90%
  • Oral examination: 10%

Additional information:

Three assignments (seminar papers); upon successful completion of all three, the written exam is recognised as passed.