Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Urban Design II
Other languages of instruction: Catalan, Spanish
Teaching staff
The communication between professors and students will be through their UIC email.
Personal meetings with professors outside of class hours will be subject to prior appointment through e-mail.
Introduction
COURSE COORDINATOR: Dr. Carmen Mendoza Arroyo
COURSE PROFESSORS: Dr. Pere Vall Casas, Dr. Marta Benages, Anna Gutierrez, Dr. Carmen Mendoza Arroyo
FROM CITY TO HOUSING THROUGH URBAN REGENERATION
The Urban Design 2 course is a starting point for students towards designing at an urban scale. The course is based on a continuous dialectical connection between theory and practice that guides students toward developing a defined proposal for residential development. It conveys to the student that the analysis and planning of an urban sector should be accompanied by reflecting on the fact that the residential project is the starting point for addressing broader aspects of the city. The proposal for the new residential development must be integrated into the local identity, context, uses, and its architecture. The course introduces urban development plans and composition concepts by analyzing residential projects’ location and urban planning culture models. The neighborhoods designed through the course must constitute a new generation of housing developments that delve into social aspects and climate design considerations.
Pre-course requirements
Students can only take Urban Design 2 once they have passed Urban Design 1.
Objectives
- To provide students with a method for designing at an urban scale. This method is characterized by integrating an inter-scalar analysis (city to sector) of the intervention site and the urban design proposal.
- To provide students with the tools and criteria to intervene and understand a specific urban context and design a proposal for the organizational structure of a new residential development at different drawing scales (1/5000, 1/2000, 1/1000, 1/500, 1/250). The project also includes designing the minimum unit of repetition, exploring in depth the building typology and its ground floor design on a scale of 1:1/000 to 1:500.
- To introduce new knowledge about concepts, basic dimensions, and reference models to design a roadway system, a public space system, and an urban fabric (from block to typology).
- To have students incorporate contemporary issues into the design of their neighborhood’s plan, such as the principles of diversity (uses, typologies, and social mix), identity (civic areas, unique features, etc.), inclusion (gender perspective, accessibility); sustainability (footpaths, public transport, services, etc.) and climate design (orientation, sustainable urban drainage, etc.) to create conditions for urban quality.
Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme
- 37 - Ability to develop functional programmes for buildings and urban spaces.
- 42 - Ability to catalogue buildings and urban heritage and plan their protection.
- 45-T - Ability to design and execute roads and urban development, gardening and landscaping projects
- 46 - Ability to apply urban planning ordinances and standards.
- 47-T - Ability to prepare environmental and landscaping surveys and plans to correct environmental impacts.
- 51 - To acquire adequate knowledge of the study methods of social needs, quality of life, habitability and basic housing programmes
- 52 - To acquire adequate knowlege of the environment, sustainability and the principles of conserving energy and environmental resources.
- 53 - To acquire adequate knowledge of architectural, urban development and landscaping traditions of Western culture, as well as their technical, climate, economic, social and ideological foundations
- 55 - To acquire adequate knowledge of the relationship between cultural patterns and the social responsibilities of the architect
- 57 - To acquire adequate knowledge of urban sociology, theory, economy and history.
- 58 - To acquire adequate knowledge of the methodological principles of urban planning and metropolitan and regional development.
- 59 - To acquire adequate knowledge of the mechanisms of preparing and managing urban development plans on any scale.
- 60 - To acquire knowledge of civil, administrative, urban planning, building and professional regulations.
- 61 - To acquire knowledge of feasibility analysis, supervision and coordination of integrated projects.
Learning outcomes of the subject
At the end of this course, students should be capable of:
_Be familiar with and apply the scaled method of urban planning to a residential project.
_Conducted a propositional analysis of integrated urban strategies on a scale of 1:5000.
_Analyze the structural elements of residential development from a critical and propositional viewpoint of in situ models and case studies: buildings, road networks, open spaces, and facilities.
_Plan a residential development by putting into practice the urban analysis and urban design tools to design a masterplan at a scale of 1:2,000, including its systems (road network, public spaces, and urban fabric) within the hierarchy and continuity of the existing environment.
_Design the minimum unit of repetition of the residential development at a scale of 1:1,000, and work on urban relationships at the ground floor level and urban sections at a scale of 1:500.
_Design and define the residential complex's public spaces and unique features at a scale of 1:500 and establish the basic criteria for the urban development of streets and pedestrian pathways at a scale of 1:200.
Syllabus
1. Urban methodology at a neighborhood scale. Theoretical basis. Urbanism as a discipline organizes all the functions of collective life in the city and country. The inter-scaler approach in the residential project. Thematic urban analysis. Structural proposal: Establish a strategy for intervention that integrates urban layers and distinguishing parts. Master plan proposal. Residential group.
2. Social and ecological urbanism: Understand and integrate the natural and urban systems. Sustainable concepts and tools: walkability, compactness, diversity, connectedness. Qualitative research methods: surveys, interviews, and social maps. Methods and good examples of sustainable neighborhoods. Climate design principles and parameters. Orientation, solar benefits, vegetation, local materials and maintenance, and water management cycle.
3. Roadway design principles. A hierarchical system is an element that structures the urban form. The distinction between a vehicle road and an urban itinerary. The design of a road in relationship to the landscape, circulations, connectivity, the importance of the topography, and accessibility. Models of basic roadway structures. Types of roads and their transversal and cross sections. Regulations and dimensions for mobility: private transport, public transport, bicycles. Criteria for urbanization integrated with the roadway project: lights, pavement, Sustainable urban drainage, sidewalks, trees, and urban furniture.
4. Open space systems and facilities. Civic grids. The public space and the construction of the city. _Design strategies for neighborhood public spaces: a network of open spaces coherent and functional to the context. _The public spaces and the architectural space: the relationship between open spaces and ground floor uses. The gradient of open spaces: private, semi-private, public spaces, diversity of scale, and their position. Dimensions and cross sections. _The open spaces and public facilities. The diverse civic and commercial uses. Architecture is defined as a public space.
5. The residential project and housing. The diverse forms of housing in the modern city. From the linear block to the single-family house. The open bloc as an urban unit of repetition: the open spaces and the civic use. The basic unit of repetition in a neighborhood, complex morphologies, and transition spaces. Formal and functional guidelines for a neighborhood design that is contextual and inclusive, diverse, sustainable, and with its own identity. The block as the basic composition of a neighborhood: types of blocks, distribution of the built and open spaces, dimensions and cross-sections, limits, and accesses. The spaces of connectivity, the complementary uses, and their location. The urban form and the construction of an image for the neighborhood. The residential type: design criteria, accesses, ventilation, and orientation.
Teaching and learning activities
In person
Urbanism 2 teaching is developed in a continuous workshop format where theoretical and practical learning is integrated through two interrelated parts:
Theory Workshop. Its objective is to provide theoretical content, concepts, models, and urban design tools to develop the residential project of the Design Workshop. Theoretical sessions are supplemented with specific practical exercises by analyzing real examples in which they learn from the thematic layers (roadway system, open spaces, urban fabric) following the contents taught in the theory sessions. The exercises are developed in class.
The theory sessions include the following lectures:
Class 1. The urban housing projects. Introduction and methodology
Class 2. Urban design, participation, and identity
Class 3. The Road Network Project
Class 4. The system of public and community spaces.
Class 5. The residential building project.
Class 6. Urban Design in Practice
The urban design workshop puts the knowledge acquired in the theory workshop into practice in a specific case. The site to develop the new residential development is in an existing urban void which brings to the classroom the
Urban Design Workshop. Its objective is for the students to design a neighborhood through the following phases:
● Study and analysis of the area at 1/5000 and 1/2000 scale.
● Urban structure proposal of the new neighborhood connected to city systems at 1/5000 scale.
● Masterplan at 1/2000 scale and sections at 1/1000 scale.
● Design of the ground floor and public spaces at 1/1000 scale and sections at 1/500 scale.
● Design of the residential unit at 1/500 scale and sections at 1/200 scale.
● Design of the most relevant streets at 1/200 scale.
|
TRAINING ACTIVITY |
COMPETENCES |
ECTS CREDITS |
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Class exhibition |
35-T 37 42 45-T 46 47-T 51 52 53 54 57 58 59 60 61 |
0,67 |
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Class participation |
35-T 37 42 45-T 46 47-T 51 52 53 54 57 58 59 60 61 |
0,67 |
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Clase practice |
35-T 37 42 45-T 46 47-T 51 52 53 54 57 58 59 60 61 |
0,67 |
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Tutorials |
35-T 37 42 45-T 46 47-T 51 52 53 54 57 58 59 60 61 |
0,75 |
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Individual or group study |
35-T 37 42 45-T 46 47-T 51 52 53 54 57 58 59 60 61 |
2,75 |
The theory workshop takes place during the first six weeks of the course, and the design workshop is developed throughout the course.
| TRAINING ACTIVITY | COMPETENCES | ECTS CREDITS |
|---|---|---|
| Class exhibition | 35-T 37 42 45-T 46 47-T 51 52 53 54 57 58 59 60 61 | 0,67 |
| Class participation | 35-T 37 42 45-T 46 47-T 51 52 53 54 57 58 59 60 61 | 0,67 |
| Clase practice | 35-T 37 42 45-T 46 47-T 51 52 53 54 57 58 59 60 61 | 0,67 |
| Tutorials | 35-T 37 42 45-T 46 47-T 51 52 53 54 57 58 59 60 61 | 0,75 |
| Individual or group study | 35-T 37 42 45-T 46 47-T 51 52 53 54 57 58 59 60 61 | 2,75 |
Evaluation systems and criteria
In person
The evaluation will be continuous, and the ability to express the contents corresponding to each of the phases of the Design Workshop in a synthetic and ordered way will be assessed. The assimilation of the theoretical contents, the reference models, and the instrumental bases provided by the Theory Workshop and its application to the residential project of the Design Workshop will be especially considered.
The evaluation will be continuous based on the student’s capacity to express the contents of each work phase, both the theoretical workshop and the urban design workshop in a synthetic and organized way.
The Design Workshop evaluation represents 80% of the final grade. This deliverable takes into consideration the design process, and the two intermediate pin-ups are evaluated to give the students an assessment of how they are evolving in the course.
The evaluation of the Theory Workshop represents 20% of the final grade. This grade is made up by the assignments of the theory workshop and the final theoretical exam.
The final grade of the course will be made up by the average of these two deliverables, you must have a passing grade in both in order to average.
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Deliverables with Grade |
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% GRADE |
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Theory workshop assignments |
10 % |
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Theory exam |
10 % |
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Average of the Theory workshop and Theory exam |
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20% |
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Final submission Design workshop |
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80% |
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100 % |
It is considered essential for passing the subject:
- Attendance at workshops. Absences will always have to be justified and can never exceed 15% of the course attendance. If this condition is not met, the student will not be able to continue the course.
- Deliver all the exercises of the Theory Workshop and have a passing grade of the theoretical exam.
Deliver and approve all the exercises of the Design Workshop.
Bibliography and resources
SPECIFIC TO THE COURSE:
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URBAN DESIGN
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ROADWAY
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OPEN SPACES
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SUSTAINBLE URBANISM
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