Urbanism - Academic Studies Abroad

SYLLABUS
AREA
:
ARCHITECTURE, URBANISM AND TERRITORY
COURSE
:
URBANISM (This is an upper division course.)
REQUIREMENT
:
PLANNING AND URBAN MANAGEMENT
CREDITS
:
3
PERIOD
:
2012-01
LECTURER
:
Solángel Fernández Huanqui
EMAIL: sfernandez@usil.edu.pe
COORDINATOR
:
Guillermo Fernández Carrión
EMAIL: gfernandez@usil.edu.pe
I.
HRS. THEORY:14
HRS. PRACTICE:56
SUMMARY
The course offers to introduce the student to the discipline of urbanism; it gives a broad overview
of the structure and process of contemporary urbanism practice in the world and in Peru. It will
highlight both the theoretical debates and practical challenges that urban designers are likely to
encounter within different substantive subfields of urbanism practice; and discuss problem solving
techniques and strategies used by practicing urban designers and planners working in different
contexts.
The objective of the course is to develop in the student interest in urbanism concepts and urban
issues and to understand their challenges and good practices for solution. In addition, the
organization of the course will give students an opportunity to learn how to express their ideas
verbally and interact with others in workshops and class discussions.
Some key conceptual aspects of the course are the basis of urbanism, the structure and
functions of the city, the presentation of main urban problems in contemporary cities, the case of
Peruvian cities and specifically Lima, the urban design tendencies and the vision for the cities of
tomorrow.
II.
COMPETENCY
At the end of the course the student will be competent in:
• Understanding and application of basic concepts of urbanism and urban development.
• Understanding the structure of the city, the urban elements and their relationships.
• Analysis of the different layers of an urban setting.
• Understanding the development of urbanism in the world and in Peru.
• Understanding the theoretical debates and practical challenges that urban designers are likely
to encounter within different substantive subfields of urbanism practice.
• Understanding the spatial organization of the Peruvian territory and the current urban planning
policies.
• Organizing arguments and defending ideas about urban problems.
• Ability to work cooperatively in a group.
• Ability to engage in reflective thinking and writing necessary to enter the practice of urbanism.
III.
Urbanism
METHODOLOGY
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The course is composed by 70 hours of class distributed in 14 teaching weeks, with 14 hours
of theory and 28 of practice.
The lectures will be developed through power point presentations in which students will be
stimulated to take part. Students will be encouraged to reflect critically, participate in the
lecture and discuss and organize their ideas within their groups.
The workshops consist in the following guided activities: debates, student led-presentations
and case studies.
During the last 5 weeks, five case studies will be developed in which students will apply the
knowledge and skills gained.
The methodology for the workshops will be the following:
- Introduction of the case by the lecturer.
- Students will join their teams to do the work.
- Presentation and discussion in class of each specific case.
- Development of the case.
- Presentation of the group proposal by theme and analysis of results.
IV.
Week
TIMETABLE AND LEARNING STRATEGIES
Hours
5
Contents
Workshop: Urban analysis and
the layers of the city (in
groups)- Part 1.
5
Workshop: Urban analysis and
the layers of the city (in
groups)– Part 2.
3
5
- Understands and
applies basic
concepts of urbanism
and urban
development.
- Analyses the
different layers of an
urban setting.
- Explains the city as
an urban structure
and the elements
that composed it.
- Conceptualises the
city as a complex
system with multiple
interrelationships
between its elements
and with the
environment.
- Guides the
workshop on urban
analysis.
- Understands the city
as a dynamic and
complex structure
with multiple urban
elements and
relationships.
- Analyses the
different layers of an
urban setting.
- Explains and
- Understands and
Development of World
Urbanism
- Ancient City
Urbanism
- Introduces basic
concepts of urbanism,
its philosophy and
theories, the concept
of city and territory.
- Explains the process
of urban development
at different levels.
The Urban Structure
- How does the urban structure
works?
- Elements of the urban
structure
- Relationships within the urban
structure.
- The city as a complex system.
2
Competencies
Introduction to Urbanism
- Basic concepts of Urbanism
- The process of Urban
Development at different levels.
1
Teaching Strategies
and Activities
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The
The
The
The
Medieval City
Early-modern City
Industrial City
Global City
Workshop: Discussion about the
Global City.
5
Workshop: Discussion about the
Informal City.
5
5
values the socioeconomic and cultural
issues in the process
of urban development
in the world.
- Develops arguments
for and against the
global city and
presents them to the
class.
- Explains and
compares the process
of urban development
in Peru and its
integration to the
special characteristics
of the Peruvian
territory.
- Guides the
discussion about the
Informal City.
- Understands and
values the socioeconomic and cultural
issues in the process
of urban development
in Peru.
- Develops arguments
for and against the
informal city and
presents them to the
class.
- Explains what urban
density is, its spatial
characteristics and
socio-economic
issues.
- Guides the studentled presentations.
- Understands and
discusses issues of
urban density, its
spatial characteristics
and socio-economic
issues.
- Understands the
process of informal
urbanization that has
defined the character
of today’s Peruvian
cities.
- Explains the
concepts of place
identity and quality
public spaces.
- Explains the
relationship between
place identity and
public spaces.
- Guides the studentled presentations.
- Understands the
Development of Peruvian
Urbanism
- Pre-Hispanic City
- Hispanic City
- Haussman and the Modern
City
- The Informal City
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compares how has
been the process of
urban development in
the different world
civilizations through
time.
- Guides a discussion
about the Global City.
Urban Density
- What is Urban Density?
- How do different urban
densities look?
- Residential Density and its
socio- economic implications.
Workshop: Student-led
presentations: informal
settlements and gated
communities.
6
5
Place Identity and Urban
Spaces
- What is a Quality Public
Space?
- What is Place Identity?
- The importance of Public
Spaces in a City.
Workshop: Student-led
presentations: Examples of
good practice
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concepts of place
identity and quality
urban spaces and
their relationships.
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5
Landscape and Urbanism
- Living in harmony with nature.
- Urbanism and natural
disasters.
- The importance of Green
Areas in a City.
Workshop: Student-led
presentations: Examples of
good practice.
8
5
Workshop: Student-led
presentations: Examples of
good practice.
5
Workshop:
Student-led presentations:
Student visions about the future
of Lima.
5
- Understands and
discusses the main
issues about urban
sustainability.
- Understands that
technology applied to
the city in an efficient
way will contribute to
solve great part of the
urban issues of today.
- Explains different
theories and urban
utopias about the
future of Cities.
- Explains the
challenges for the
future of cities.
- Starts a discourse to
imagine tomorrow's
urban living
conditions.
- Guides the studentled presentations.
- Understands and
develops arguments
in favour or against
specific urban
tendencies and
utopias.
- Thinks critically
about the cities of the
future and
understands their
challenges.
- Develops a vision
about the future of
cities.
- Explains a synthesis
- Understands the
The Peruvian Territory
- Urban and Regional
Urbanism
- Explains and
examines strategies
of sustainable
urbanism in practice
today, and explores
the ways in which
these strategies are
practiced or could be
implemented in cities.
- Explains the
importance of
applying technology
in cities as a factor for
development and
long-term
sustainability.
- Guides the studentled presentations.
Urban Utopias
- Theories and Utopias about
the City.
- Challenges for the future of
cities.
- The Future of Cities, Is this
Tomorrow?
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- Understands the
vulnerability of a
natural territory and
how the process of
urban development
can deal with this,
reducing its impacts
on nature.
- Understands the
importance of green
areas in the city.
Sustainable Urbanism
- What is Urban Sustainability?
- Alternatives energies, Zero
carbon emissions, Eco Towns.
- What are the arguments
against and for urban
sustainability?
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- Explains how living
in harmony with
nature, without
predating its
defences, natural
disasters can be
mitigated, preserving
human life.
- Explains the
importance of green
areas in the city.
- Guides the studentled presentations.
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Development in Peru (The
Andean territory, The Regions,
Risks of the geographic reality)
- Urban Planning Policies in
Peru.
Workshop: The New Spaces for
Real Estate Development in
Lima (The Edge Lima- Callao,
The Seafront, The Barracks,
Piedras Gordas, Lurin Valley)
11
12
13
14
5
5
5
5
Workshop Cases:
Baseline Analysis
- The Edge Lima- Callao
- The Seafront
- The Barracks
- Piedras Gordas
- Lurin Valley
Workshop Cases:
Baseline Analysis
- The Edge Lima- Callao
- The Seafront
- The Barracks
- Piedras Gordas
- Lurin Valley
Workshop Cases:
Vision and Development
Strategy
- The Edge Lima- Callao
- The Seafront
- The Barracks
- Piedras Gordas
- Lurin Valley
Workshop Cases:
Vision and Development
Strategy
- The Edge Lima- Callao
- The Seafront
- The Barracks
- Piedras Gordas
- Lurin Valley
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of the spatial
organization of the
Peruvian territory.
- Explains the main
urban planning
policies in Peru.
- Explains the
tendencies of real
estate development
in Lima.
- Presents the 5 case
studies that will be
developed in groups.
spatial organization of
the Peruvian territory.
- Discusses the
principles of current
urban planning
policies in Peru.
- Understands the
tendencies of real
estate development
in Lima.
- Explains and
proposes the
development of the
selected workshop
case.
- Works in a team to
develop a proposal for
the workshop case.
- Explains and
justifies the proposal.
- Develops
presentation skills.
- Explains and
proposes the
development of the
selected workshop
case.
- Baseline Analysis
Submission.
- Works in a team to
develop a proposal for
the workshop case.
- Explains and
justifies the proposal.
- Develops
presentation skills.
- Explains and
proposes the
development of the
selected workshop
case.
- Works in a team to
develop a proposal for
the workshop case.
- Explains and
justifies the proposal.
- Develops
presentation skills.
- Explains and
proposes the
development of the
selected workshop
case.
- Vision and
Development
Strategy Submission.
- Works in a team to
develop a proposal for
the workshop case.
- Explains and
justifies the proposal.
- Develops
presentation skills.
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V.
EVALUATION
1. Percentages to calculate the final mark of the course:
Nº
1
2
3
Evaluation Type
Continuous Evaluation
Mid-term test
Final-term test
%
40%
30%
30%
Evaluaciones a Rezagar
NO
SI
SI
2. Percentages and Timetable for the Continuous Evaluation Mark (40%)
Evaluation Type
Workshops and
Presentations
VI.
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Nº
1
2
3
4
Partial Percentages (%)
12.50%
12.50%
37.50%
37.50%
Week
2
6
10
14
Date
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