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Fundamentals of Urbanism and Spatial Planning

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Course Unit Code226-0414/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated3 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Third Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
BAU035Ing. arch. Milada Baumannová, Ph.D.
Summary
The course is designed to build on the knowledge gained in the field of architecture history and to develop it in the areas of urban planning and urban planning.
They will acquaint students with the fundamentals of urban composition of settlements, development of urban construction, composition and history of public spaces, cultural landscape development and landscape composition. They will also be acquainted with legislative and planning aspects influencing the formation of settlements and landscape in terms of public infrastructure and with the basics of the overall urban conception of the territory.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Students will be able to analyze and understand the architectural and urban environment on the basis of their knowledge.
Course Contents
1. The sense of urbanism
2. Functions and tools of urban planning and architecture in urbanism
3. Specifics of phenomenology in the sense of "urban construction according to artistic principles" \ t
4. Stable things of urbanism
5. Planning elements variables
6. Urban material
7. Historical role of urbanism
8. Regulation of urban construction
10. History of Building Law and Land Planning Act
12. New Building Act
13. Main professional principles in relation to parameters of amendments or changes of law
14. Professional sense for definition of terms
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
JEHLÍK, J. – PLOS, J. Metodika zadávání územních plánů. Analýza vybraných témat. Praha: ČVUT, 2016.
JEHLÍK, J. – PLOS, J. Metodika zadávání územních plánů. Analýza vybraných témat. Praha: ČVUT, 2016.
Recommended Reading:
KOUCKÝ, R. Elementární urbanismus. Praha: Zlatý řez, 2006.
BAŠE, M. Sídla a stavby na venkově. Praha: ČVUT, 2006.
BLAŽEK, B. Vesnice. Od problémů ke společenství. Praha: Ministerstvo pro místní rozvoj, 1995.
HNILIČKA, P. Sídelní kaše: otázky k suburbánní výstavbě kolonií rodinných domů. Brno: Era, 2005.
KISZKA, J. a kol. Blue Notes. Hranice / Slezské pohraničí - Granice / Śląskie pogranicze. Ostrava: Nakladatelství Accendo, 2013.
SKLENIČKA, P. Základy krajinného plánování. Praha: Naděžda Skleničková, 2003.
GEHL, J. Life Between Buildings: Using Public Space. Washington: Island Press, 2010.
KOUCKÝ, R. Elementární urbanismus. Praha: Zlatý řez, 2006.
BAŠE, M. Sídla a stavby na venkově. Praha: ČVUT, 2006.
BLAŽEK, B. Vesnice. Od problémů ke společenství. Praha: Ministerstvo pro místní rozvoj, 1995.
HNILIČKA, P. Sídelní kaše: otázky k suburbánní výstavbě kolonií rodinných domů. Brno: Era, 2005.
KISZKA, J. a kol. Blue Notes. Hranice / Slezské pohraničí - Granice / Śląskie pogranicze. Ostrava: Nakladatelství Accendo, 2013.
SKLENIČKA, P. Základy krajinného plánování. Praha: Naděžda Skleničková, 2003.
GEHL, J. Life Between Buildings: Using Public Space. Washington: Island Press, 2010.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
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Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
ExaminationExamination100 51