Course Details
Urbanism 2
Academic Year 2023/24
BGA003 course is part of 1 study plan
BPC-MI Summer Semester 2nd year
History of town construction starting from the early settlements, over the Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Modern Age, influence of the Industrial Revolution on settlement units, up to a contemporary post-industrial town. Influence of the human community on the conversion of a landscape. Brief history of intentional landscape and environment forming, history of gardening and urban greenery creation. Historical development of urbanistic composition up to the present view of urban space creation.
Course Guarantor
Institute
Objective
Basic grasp of the history of town construction, an ancient town, the Midddle Ages and the Modern Age, the Industrial Revolution impacts, a contemporary post-industrial town, influence of a man on the countryside creation, gardens and parks.
Syllabus
1. Early settlements, the oldest urban structure, an ancient town.
2. Medieval settlement.
3. Modern settlement.
4. The Industrial Revolution and its impact on the town structure.
5. Town planning theories and their reflection in 20th–century settlement units.
6. Condition and perspectives of a contemporary post-industrial town.
7. Historical transformations of a rural settlement.
8. History of anthropogenic conversion of landscape.
9. History of parks and gardening – the Baroque, a landscape park.
11. 19th and 20th-century urban park.
12. Development of the urbanistic composition, the principles of composition.
13. Development of an urbanistic space – typology, morphology, perception.
2. Medieval settlement.
3. Modern settlement.
4. The Industrial Revolution and its impact on the town structure.
5. Town planning theories and their reflection in 20th–century settlement units.
6. Condition and perspectives of a contemporary post-industrial town.
7. Historical transformations of a rural settlement.
8. History of anthropogenic conversion of landscape.
9. History of parks and gardening – the Baroque, a landscape park.
11. 19th and 20th-century urban park.
12. Development of the urbanistic composition, the principles of composition.
13. Development of an urbanistic space – typology, morphology, perception.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of culture and history at the secondary school level. Grasp of the functional settlement unit system and the conditions of urbanistic development acquired in the previous urbanistic discipline.
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
4 credits
Semester
summer
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit and examination
Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences
Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.
Offered to foreign students
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
1. Early settlements, the oldest urban structure, an ancient town.
2. Medieval settlement.
3. Modern settlement.
4. The Industrial Revolution and its impact on the town structure.
5. Town planning theories and their reflection in 20th–century settlement units.
6. Condition and perspectives of a contemporary post-industrial town.
7. Historical transformations of a rural settlement.
8. History of anthropogenic conversion of landscape.
9. History of parks and gardening – the Baroque, a landscape park.
11. 19th and 20th-century urban park.
12. Development of the urbanistic composition, the principles of composition.
13. Development of an urbanistic space – typology, morphology, perception.
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
1.–2. Introduction of the requirements. Working approach. Presentation of topics.
3.–4. Geographic urban analysis.
5.–6. Conflict analysis in the valuation of the area.
7.–8. Technical and economic assessment of land use.
9.–11. Consultation.
12.–13. Review of work.