Course Details
Urban Design and Town Planning
Academic Year 2024/25
BG051 course is not part of any programme in the faculty
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.
Credits
4 credits
Language of instruction
Czech
Semester
summer
Course Guarantor
Institute
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit and examination
Entry Knowledge
the ability to know the ropes in building law, basic survey over the history of architecture and civil engeneering
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.
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.
Offered to foreign students
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective
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
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
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