Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- The ways in which public space and peoples engagement with it can be transformed through urban design
- The ways in which research and analysis of an existing context can inform an appropriate basis for its future development.
- The ways in which design projects are derived in reference to their context
- Distinct theories of urban design.
- The ingredients of high quality public space at a range of scales
- The relationship between urban design proposals and their physical, cultural and social context
- The process by which design proposals are successfully developed, and communicated.
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Identify and apply urban design theories appropriate to solving specific design problems at an urban scale.
- Identify and interpret existing urban design proposals that are relevant to your own work.
- Appreciate the relationship between cultural and the physical aspects of the urban realm.
- Criticise the character and performance of an urban context and use this as a basis for developing a design proposal for its transformation.
- Critically develop a creative and deliverable vision for a places transformation.
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Research and study independently
- Communication
- Solve urban design problems
- Group Work
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Critically apply an understanding of urban design theories and techniques to the adaptation, improvement and creation of new and existing places at the urban scale.
- Communicate design proposals convincingly by critically selecting and applying appropriate presentation techniques. These will include computer visualisation, graphic, written and oral skills.
- Use analysis/research techniques to more objectively understand existing places and the ways in which they might be changed.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Tutorial | 12 |
Seminar | 10 |
External visits | 5 |
Lecture | 9 |
Follow-up work | 4 |
Preparation for scheduled sessions | 6 |
Completion of assessment task | 90 |
Wider reading or practice | 14 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Internet Resources
English Partnerships ‘ Urban Design Compendium, The image of the city'.
Textbooks
LeGates R (1996). The City Reader’. London: Routledge.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Exercise | 10% |
Design | 65% |
Group Analysis | 25% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Design | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Design | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External