Contemporary trends and processes in urban design | Faculty of Technical Sciences

Subject: Contemporary trends and processes in urban design (17.A505)

Native organizations units: Department of Architecture and Urban Planning

Type of studies	Title
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Architecture (Year: 4, Semester: Summer)

General information:

Category	Theoretical-methodological
Scientific or art field	Architectural-Urbanistic Planning, Design and Theory
ECTS	3

Students will be presented with the theoretical and methodological assumptions of contemporary urban studies, with special emphasis on the concept of non-linear dynamics, as the main driver of new structures and processes in the urban context. New trends in urban design will be analyzed with the aim of understanding the city as a dynamic system and the adoption of appropriate conceptual and design principles.

Students will be trained to develop a methodological approach that will enable them to manage the dynamic processes of urban development.

Global context of city development; Contemporary theories of urban planning; Urban dynamics; Methodological approaches and methods in urban design; Urban form as an indicator of interaction and activity; Functional base as a driver of urban processes; Case studies; Competition as a method to study urban relations; Use of modern technologies in the design; Spatial data; Contemporary urban topics - smart cities, sharing cities, temporary urban practices... Cities of the future.

The method of critical analysis; illustrative-demonstrative methods, method of synthesis of acquired knowledge; Interaction between participants in the learning process

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Sakamoto, T., Ferre A., eds.	From Control to Design	2008	Actar, Barcelona	English
Batty, M.	The New Science of Cities	2013	The MIT Press, Massachusetts	English
Burdett, R & D Sudjic	The Endless City	2010	Phaidon, London	English
MVRDV	Metacity/Datatown	1999	010 Publishers, Rotterdam	English