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Course details
Course code: IPS10041o14
Semester: 2014/2015 winter
Name: History of Urban Planning
Major: Land Management
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 1
ECTS points: 2
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 0 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. Renata Gubańska
Language of instruction: Polish


Learning outcomes: Knowledge: has the theoretical knowledge regarding the forming and development of settlement units, the stylisation of spatial forms, the methods behind functional solutions, the compositional-aesthetical urban structures with respect to the development of art history (especially architecture) from prehistory to the end of the 20th century. The student will gain knowledge in the sphere of: the construction materials used, local traditions, the changing civilisational-economic requirements, distinguished artists and their works. The student will also learn the similarities and differences in the forming of settlement structures for each historical period and style. Abilities: The student can differentiate between the tendencies in and ways of the forming of settlement units and development complexes. The student can differentiate between specific historical styles, the evolutionary character of the process of the forming of human settlements, point out the aspects of development or regression of urban areas.

Competences: Social competence (attitudes): The student will gain knowledge and grow in historical and cultural awareness. This may be the basis for using some of its elements in the creative process of urban planning, creating: spatial order, natural environment protection according to the principles of sustainable development, and respect to civilisational heritage.

Prerequisites: geography, history

Course content: Analysis of the forming of settlement structures from prehistory to the end of the 20th century. Characterisation of architectural-urban styles. Discussing the important tendencies in the development of settlement units with regard to art history. Selecting a number of important artists and discussing their influence on the formation of urban forms.

Recommended literature: 1. Sztuka Świata – t. 1, 2, 3, 4, Praca zbiorowa, Wydawnictwo Arkady, 1999. 2. Broniewski T.: Historia architektury dla wszystkich, Wydawnictwo Ossolineum, 1990. 3. D’Alfonso E., Samss D.: Historia architektury, Arkady, Warszawa, 1997. 4. Cęckiewicz W. (red.), Rola i funkcja zespołów zabytkowych w rozwoju przestrzennym miast, aglomeracji i regionów, Kraków, 1989. 5. Curtis William J. R., Moderne Architektur seit. 1900, Berlin, 2002. 6. Koch Wilfried, Style w architekturze, Warszawa, 1996. 7. Engels H., Ulf Meyer, Bauhaus - Architektur 1919-1933, Monachium - New York, 2001. 8. Jencks Ch., The language of post-modern architecture, London, 1991. 9. Hays, K.M. (edited) (1998). Oppositions Reader. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN. 10. Kozłowski J. K. (opracowanie naukowe), Encyklopedia historyczna świata, t. I Prehistoria, Agencja Publicystyczno-Wydawnicza Opres, Kraków, 1999. 11. Ostrowski W.: Wprowadzenie do historii rozwoju miast, Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Warszawskiej, Warszawa, 2001. 12. Ostrowski W.: Urbanistyka współczesna, Arkady, Warszawa, 1975. 13. Pevsner Nikolaus John Fleming, Hugh Honour, Encyklopedia architektury PWN, Warszawa, 1997. 14. Przyłęcki M.: Zarys dziejów budowy miast i wsi, wiadomości podstawowe, Wydawnictwo Akademii Rolniczej we Wrocławiu, Wrocław, 2004. 15. Reyner Banham, Rewolucja w architekturze, Warszawa, 1979. 16. Tietz J., Historia architektury XX wieku Könemann, Köln 2001. 17. Sztuka romańska, red. R. Toman, Warszawa 2000. 18. Sztuka gotyku, red. Toman Rolf, wyd. Könemann, 2000. 19. Wielkie kultury świata. Wydawnictwo Świat Książki, 1996. 20. Sztuka baroku, red. Rolf Toman, Köln, 2000. 21. Encyclopedia of 20th-Century Architecture, Volume 3 P-Z, New York – London, 2004.

Assessment methods: written exam

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