Sustainable Urbanism
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ABEE3035 | Architecture and Built Environment | 3 | 10 | Autumn UK |
- Code
- ABEE3035
- School
- Architecture and Built Environment
- Level
- 3
- Credits
- 10
- Semesters
- Autumn UK
Summary
This module is rooted in the theories of how urban qualities for sustainable development are produced in our cities. The main focus is on understanding the role of neighbourhoods and how they are important catalysts promoting core urban qualities, such as urban diversity, identity and efficiency to reduce energy waste.
Sustainable urbanism is holistically introduced as a complex product of social integration and place attachment as well as polycentric urban structures reducing everyday commuting and thus environmental pollution. The module integrates both historical and international precedents.
Target Students
March Sustainable Urban Design K11H, MArch Architecture and Sustainable Design K11L, MArch Architecture Design K11K; U7PSSTUB, U7PAASD, U7PADESN; BARch Architecture U6UATTRE.
Classes
- One 2-hour seminar each week for 11 weeks
- One 2-hour lecture each week for 11 weeks
Online examination 2hrs 30min Centrally
Assessment
- 100% Coursework 1: Comprehensive illustarted research essay.
Assessed by end of autumn semester
Educational Aims
The education aims of this module include:1. a historical and theoretical understanding of urbanism and how ecological urban structures are produced by markets, lifestyles and policies2. various survey and mapping tools, including Space Syntax, to analyse and evaluate neighbourhoods and their role in sustainable urbanism3. Strategic and integrated SWOT-analyses and their communication via mapping4. an overview of key strategies for sustainable development5. the role of neighbourhood rating approaches.Learning Outcomes
The learning outcomes of this module include:
1. an overview of the core theories of sustainable urbanism;
2. survey methods how to assess housing conditions and lifestyle trends;
3. phenomenological approaches how to survey factors promoting place attachment;
4. Space Syntax and activity mapping as core methods to investigate spatial integration and efficiency;
5. SWOT analyses based on an integrated approach evaluating urban qualities.
Students will learn how to assess their own neighbourhood case study in a shared district and city to enable a comparative discourse on potential strategies and rating approaches.