3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4018397EER for all students in the 1st semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Possible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
English
Faculty
Faculteit Wetenschappen en Bio-ingenieurswetensch.
Department
Geography
Educational team
Dieter Bruggeman
Michael Ryckewaert (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
21 contact hours Lecture
27 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content
‘History of Urban Design' deals with the evolution of urban form and the development of the discipline of urban design since the Classical Antiquity untill the first half of the 20th century. The focus is on developments in the Western world. In addition the city of Brussels is dealt with in greater detail.
 
These development are taught through a series of cases on urban form and urban design that are exemplary for:
- various subperiods and different approaches
- the work of important designers, urbanists or other key persons
 
The course treats a number of key texts that are assembled in a reader that the student has to read at home (Edmund Bacon, Design of cities, Spiro Kostoff, The city shaped, The city assembled, C. Argan, E.A. Morris, Françoise Choay, Ed Taverne, Irmin Visser, Stedebouw, Peter Hall, Cities of tomorrow, …)
Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Powerpoint presentations of lectures
Digital course material (Required) : Reader with an annotated selection of texts supporting the lectures
Additional info
The teacher is availlable for questions during and after lectures, via e-mail or on appointment during office hours.
Learning Outcomes

Goals

 

- Understand the different approaches in urban design through time and and be able to identify the most important concepts and spatial principles

- Be able to connect and identify links between different approaches

- Know the most important personalities and understand their contribution to the discipline of urban design, as well as the most important projects they designed, built or commissioned

- To be able to situate and identify projects and plans from various periods, and highlight their most important elements and spatial concepts

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 80% of the final mark.
SELF Report determines 20% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Oral exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 80% of the final mark.

    Note: Oral exam with written preparation

Within the SELF Report category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Written assignment 1 with a relative weight of 5 which comprises 10% of the final mark.
  • Written assignment 2 with a relative weight of 5 which comprises 10% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

The evaluation consist of an oral exam (80%) and two assignments: written assignment 1. applying concepts discussed in class on a city chosen by the student (10%) and assignment 2. reporting on and presenting a site visit to an urban ensemble in Brussels (10%).

Partial marks for the report, if the student obtains at least half of the score for this part, are transferred to the second session. Students may not relinquish partial marks.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Political Science and Sociology: - afstudeerrichting sociologie, minor sociale geografie (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Geography: Standard track
Master of Urban Studies: Standard track
Master of Urban Design and Spatial Planning: Track 2 (Master indirect) (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Urban Design and Spatial Planning: Track 3 (Bachelor of Master direct) (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Science in Urban Design and Spatial Planning: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Preparatory Programme Master of Science in Urban Design and Spatial Planning: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)