3 ECTS credits
90 u studietijd
Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 4018530FER voor alle studenten in het 2e semester met een gespecialiseerd master niveau.
Secondly, it aims at teaching to think about, look at, and interpret (hybrid, rural-urban, open) landscapes as well as the intense interactions between built and non-built environments. The ability to analyze a landscape, situating it in its spatial and socio- historical context, and gaining a first insight into possible design strategies that interweave open space and landscape quality with the built environment without denying the characteristic assets of each structure, are the challenges of this course. It should become clear that landscape is not a meaningless or merely visual concept, and open space no 'empty' or 'residual' space, but an essential basis and integral part of a qualitative living environment.
Context:
Contemporary spatial planning and urbanism cannot be thought of in terms of constructed, built-up areas alone. The spatial condition in Belgium (and abroad) shows an increasing degree of entanglement between built and non-built areas, between city and land, between urban and rural landscapes. Challenges such as climate change and sustainable development cause an increasing demand and emphasis on the importance of landscape and open space. Also closer to our everyday environment, there are many reasons for the development of a high-quality open and green space.
In recent years, the attention and interest for landscape within the planning and urbanism has steadily grown. Certainly the transitional areas between intense urban and larger open spaces are increasing subject of interest. Their assigned role is not only to ensure the quality of urban living- and experience quality, but also absorbing recreation needs, providing space for urban expansion, contributing to food production, education, water management, economic driving force, etc.
The course consists of three main parts on the theme of landscape:
1) THINKING AND READING
What are we actually talking about, what is 'landscape'? Is everyone talking about the same thing and has ‘landscape’ a particular meaning within spatial planning and urbanism? What are the contemporary (academic) discussions?
In this first part, students will learn about some meanings of landscape and the theoretical roots of this field of study within the context of spatial planning and urbanism, through an exploration of the main concepts.
2) EXPLORING
Students will learn about the qualitative development and equipment of a (urbanized, open, rural, and/or hybrid) landscape understanding the necessary thorough analysis of the socio-spatial situation and its challenges to understand it. This part of the course therefore zooms in on the diversity of landscapes and open spaces and the (mis-)match that exists with spatial planning measures. It provides some first clues for analyzing and landscapes. A terrain exploration of a fringe landscape is hereby part of the course activities.
3) DESIGNING
Finally, students will look at some ways in which the interaction between built and non-built, urban and rural landscapes can be designed. Familiarising with a brief historical overview of development strategies, students will have to pay attention to mainly contemporary project-based approaches and instruments, design strategies and the role of design, to be discussed in detail.
In this course, students are supported in the elaboration of a landscape analysis and the written assignments through feedback sessions. Participation to the sessions is therefore mandatory and will be evaluated during the duration of the course.
Goals
Central goal: how to understand, analyze and develop green and open space in an urbanized territory? What is the role of the landscape today?
De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Mondeling bepaalt 20% van het eindcijfer
Examen Andere bepaalt 80% van het eindcijfer
Binnen de categorie Examen Mondeling dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:
Binnen de categorie Examen Andere dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:
Evaluation: paper & oral exam. If students do not sufficiently attend the sessions and the feedback moments this will be taken into account in the final evaluation: from a reduction of the final grade to retake if the attendance will be severely insufficient.
Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Master of Urban Studies: Standard track (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master in de stedenbouw en de ruimtelijke planning: Traject 1 (Bachelor via SCH of VRB)
Master in de stedenbouw en de ruimtelijke planning: Traject 2 (Master op dossier)
Master in de stedenbouw en de ruimtelijke planning: Traject 3 (Bachelor of Master rechtstr)