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Urban Design
Institute of urban development studies
Department of urban Engineering
Module Number UP 472
Contact Name Fanaye Tadesse
Position Lecturer
E-mail [email protected]
Telephone 0917826158
Date 20July,2013
Context
Modular Number
UP 472
Module Description The module mainly focused to give an
advancedawareness of the built environment, the design issuesin the
process of environmental changes and the skillsinvolved in
feasibility studies and environmentaldesign.Principles of urban
design will introduce students toUrban Design Theories; basic
design challenges ofurban/built-up space; Main trends in Urban
Design;Urban Design and urban development process; Urban
Design and the Planning process; approaches to IdealUrban form;
Night, fear and spaces; Sustainability andUrban Design.The course
focuses on issues related to designingwithin the existing urban
fabric: urban renewal. Imageof the city: paths, edges, districts,
nodes andlandmarks. Pattern of urban form: streets,
squares,monuments. The architecture of the city, Urban Designand
Conservation. Exercise on urban design byintervention in an
existing urban setting.
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Module Level Bachelor of science
Subtitle
Duration in semester One semester course
Frequency Offer in the semester of students enrollment
Language English
Mode of delivery Face to Face
ECTS 9cr. hrs
Work Load
Contact Hour 96 hours
Non-contact Hour 160 hours
Total Hour 256 hours
Assessment
Description Assessment type is continuous:
Test I 20 %Project work 50%
Final examination 30 %
Examination Type Written exam
ExaminationDuration
60 minute for test and 90 minute for final exam
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Assignments Will give in the form of project by selecting part
of the city. The
project will give in group not more than 8 students; and the
focusof the project should be analysis of problems in the city with
the
context of urban design principles and designing the part of
city
with appropriate solution for analyzed problems.
Repetition A student can repeat a course as per the policy
Description
Learning Outcomes At the end of this module students will be
able to:
Explain the importance of Urban Design as a means of
delivering better values and higher standards in the built
environment.
Understand main urban design issues
Apply the right procedures in feasibility studies
Analyze urban design issues with respect to urban
designprinciples.
Evaluate Urban design decisions for creating enjoyable urban
environment
Design part of city by giving appropriate solution for urban
design issues
Create models for presentation of the proposed design
Prerequisite Site Analysis & Planning Techniques
Contents
Chapter 1 Urban Space Production & Urban
Design Process1.1 Importance, definition and history of Urban
Design;1.2 The concepts of space and place;1.3 Benefits of good
Design;
1.4 Quality of the public realm;1.5 the Urban Design
process;
1.6 principles of urban design
chapter 2Permeability
2.1 The use of Permeability
2.2 Permeability and the Public/private interface
2.3 Permeability and scale2.4 Methods of making places
permeable
Chapter 3 Variety or Diversity
3.1 Definition and use of variety
3.2 Segregation and Diversity
3.3 Design implications
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Chapter4 Legibility4.1 Concept of Legibility4.2 Key Legibility
Components
4.3 Achieving greater legibility
Chapter 5 Robustness
5.1Concept of Robustness5.2 Robustness & scale
5.3 Active & passive areas5.4 Private/public spaces
interface
5.5 Design implications
Chapter 6Accessibility
6.1 Disabilities and their impacts
6.2 Disability and the built environment
6.3 Developing accessible places
Chapter 7Security-Safety
7.1 Crime and its impact
7.2 Crime Prevention through Environmental Design(CPTED)7.2
Principles & Examples about Security-Safety
Chapter 8Sustainability
8.1sustainablity& principles for sustainability
8.2 Environmental sensitive design8.3 Sustainable neighborhood
design
Chapter 9 Summery
9.1 Summery on designing urban space
9.2 How to combine the various Urban Design principles
Learning and
Teaching methods
The nature of the course is both lecture and studio based.
Therefore
Lecture, discussion, consultation, Field visit, Audio-visual,
studio
work etc are some of Learning and Teaching methods for
course.
Media Using Computer for demonstration, hard copies of plans and
design.
Literature Matthew Carmona, et. al.; (2003); Public Places -
Urban Spaces:
The Dimensions of Urban Design; Architectural Press,
Elsevier;Great Britain.
Gordon Cullen (2000); The Concise Townscape; ArchitecturalPress;
Great Britain.
English Partnership (2000); Urban Design Compendium; Great
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Britain.
Cliff Moughtin (1996); Urban Design Green Dimensions;
Department of Urban Planning; University of Nottingham; The
BathPress; Bath; Great Britain.
Oscar Newman (1996); Creating Defensible Space; Institute
for
Community Design Analysis; U.S. Department of Housing andUrban
Development Office of Policy Development and Research;USA.
City of County of Denver; (1993); Streetscape Design
Manual;Urban Design Standards and Guidelines Community Planning
and
Development Agency; Denver; USA .
C. Richard Hatch (1984); The Scope of Social Architecture;
VanNostrand Reinhold Company; London, Cincinnati, N. Y.,
Toronto,
Melbourne.
Drew Mackie & Alastair Methven (August 1978); Urban
Design:
Design Briefing in Towns: A Report Prepared for the Urban
DesignUnit of the Scottish Development Department; Percy
Johnson-
Marshall & Associates; Edinburgh; UK.
Kevin Lynch (1960); The Image of the City; The IMT Press;
Cambridge, Massachusetts; USA.
Ali Mandanipour (1996); Design of Urban Spaces: An Inquiry into
a
Socio-Spatial Process; University of Newcastle, Newcastle
UponTyne; John Wiley and Sons; Chichesters; Great Britain;
Wayne Attoe and Donn Logan (1989); American UrbanArchitecture:
Catalysts in the Design of Cities; University of
California Press; Berkeley; USA
Ian Benttey, et. al.; (1985); Responsive Environment: A Manual
for
Designers; The Architectural Press; London; Great Britain.
Bacon, Edmund (1975) Design of Cities; Thames and Hudson711.409
BAC; London, Great Britain
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