Composing and Designing Urban Space

Presentation

In this CU the students will contact with theories and practices of urban design (public space). It´s one of the main curricular units and allows the understanding of spatial and functional relations and the offer of conditions to a qualified life of communities.

It¿s integrated on Applied Urbanism and Urban Design area and is one of the bases on urbanism formation.

Part of this Programme

Urban Planning [M]

Level of Qualification|Semesters|ECTS

| Anual | 8

Year | Type of course unit | Language

1 |Mandatory |Português

Code

ULHT262-7352

Recommended complementary curricular units

All course CUs are related and interconnected.

Prerequisites and co-requisites

n/a

Professional Internship

Não

Syllabus

1. Organizational model, relations and hierarchies of space. Principles of spatial order. Primary elements: axis, point, line and volume. The transformation of space.

2. Elaboration of design projects based on real situations. Definition of scope, local analysis, fieldwork. project elements and legal framework.

3. Urban design project: spatial organization. Integration of networks.

4. Prospective exercises focusing on different concerns in the field of urban sociology and environment.

Objectives

To develop competence to solve problems of design and organization of urban space, attending society demands within the professional competence of urbanists. Students should be able to connect an understanding of issues in question and to deepen knowledge on the specific urban resources available at the urban design and spatial composition field.

Learning outcomes should be:

- Adequate use of terminology and language-specific of the field and CU;

- Ability for research on the themes covered;

- Knowledge and skill to solve specific issues of urban design in new situations; - Design skills to solve urban and compositional spatial problems.

Teaching methodologies and assessment

The CU is structured in a format of design studio/seminar where the teacher presents the concepts and tools to enable students to solve urban design and compositional problems.

Students are individually evaluated by the quality, creativity and historical and technical adequacy of the presented design solutions. The students should attend the seminars where they are continuously evaluated, and develop the fieldwork that allows the required data collection.

The work is transversal to different curricular units to allow the global understanding of relations and importance of each area to urbanism.

References

Bacon, E. (1976 ). Design of Cities. Ed Revised from 1969 MIT Original. Penguin. New York

Cabrita, A. Reis.(1988). O Meio e a Qualidade do Ambiente Residencial, Psicologia, Vol. IV.

Coleman, Alice. (1990). Utopia on trial: Vision and Reality in Planned Housing, revised edition, Hilary Shipman, London.

Cullen, G. (2010). A Paisagem Urbana, Arquitectura e Urbanismo, Edições 70, 3.a Reimpressão da Edição de 2006.

Lynch, K.(1996) A Imagem da Cidade, Edições 70, Col. Arte e Comunicação.

Hiller & Hanson.(1984). The Social Logic of Space, Cambridge University Press.

Lacake, Jean-Paul. (1993). Os métodos do Urbanismo, Papirus Editora.

Printz, Dieter.(1989). Desenho Urbano, Barcelona, Gilli.

Moutinho, M., Mateus, D., Primo, J (2009). Desenho Urbano. Ed. Universitárias Lusófonas.

Ewing, R., Clemente, O. (2013). Measuring Urban Design. Island Press.

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