Urban Planning 4208-M4PU-OG

1. Introduction. Education of town planner: experiences of schools of architecture/planning. Element of Urban Composition.
2. Exercise no.1, done in class: mental map of remembered space. Discussion.
3. Birth of contemporary city, beginning of town planning.
4. Garden City vs. sustainable development.
5. City Beautiful Movement vs. order in space.
6. Exercise no. 2, done in class: the most ordered city space which I remember. Discussion.
7. Modern city, Charter of Athens and its critique.
8. Postmodern city.
9. Megalopolis.
10. Exercise no. 3, done in class: flat / house in which I would like to live. Discussion.
11. City and authority, space and law, architect / town planner and self government.
12. City of tomorrow, synthesis of city development trends.
13. Summarizing of lectures and discussions.

Mentioned above subjects are not lectures or papers titles, it is presented in points overall description of subject.

Type of course

general courses

Learning outcomes

In terms of knowledge:
(1) Characterises the most important concepts of urban planning and rules of urban design (K_W07); (2) Explains the relations between the institutions and the entities responsible for the design and development of urban space (K_W07).
In terms of abilities and skills:
(1) Critically evaluates the most important urban concepts and models (K_U06); (2) Identifies the advantages and disadvantages of urban solutions in historical perspective (K_U06).
In terms of social skills:
(1) Identifies the dilemmas associated with performing the role of planner and urban planner (K_K05); (2) Resolves the most important dilemmas and problems related to spatial planning (K_K05).

Assessment criteria

Attendance – 15%.
Marks for papers – 85%.

Bibliography

1. Helena Syrkus, Ku idei osiedla społecznego 1925 - 1975, PWN, Warszawa, 1976.
2. Helena Syrkus, Społeczne cele urbanizacji. Człowiek i środowisko, PWN, Warszawa, 1984.
3. Charles Jencks, Architektura postmodernistyczna, Arkady, 1987.
4. Christian Norberg - Schulz, Bycie, przestrzeń i architektura, Wydawnictwo murator, Warszawa, 2000.
5. Peter Hall, Cities of Tomorrow, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, 2001.
6. Architektoniczny krajobraz Warszawy końca XX wieku, red. Sławomir Gzell, DTP, Warszawa, 2002.
7. Sławomir Gzell, Wykłady o współczesnej urbanistyce, Wydawnictwo Politechniki Warszawskiej, 2015.
8. Sławomir Gzell, O Architekturze. Szkice pisane i rysowane, Wydawnictwo Blue Bird, 2014.
9. Wybrane aspekty kształtowania obszarów metropolitalnych, red. Piotr Lorens i Sławomir Ledwoń, Biuletyn KPZK PAN, Zeszyt 259, Warszawa, 2015.
Ponadto co roku podawana jest literatura pomocnicza do referatów przygotowywanych przez studentów.

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