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Course code: IAS20347o14Semester: 2014/2015 summer
Name: Shaping of urban residential areas
Major: Landscape Architecture
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 6
ECTS points: 4
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 0 / 45 / 0
Lecturer: dr hab. inż. arch. Aleksandra Lis, dr inż. arch. Anna Bocheńska-Skałecka, dr inż. arch. Justyna Zygmunt-Rubaszek, mgr inż. arch. Karolina Anwajler, mg
Language of instruction: Polish / English
The course in English will be available if a minimum of 6 students sign up for a group. If less than 6 students sign up for the group, the course will be available in Polish with the possibility of individual support in English. Contact person: dr hab. inż. arch. Aleksandra Lis
Learning outcomes: Knowledge - Student: knows basic research methods and technics appropriate for defining recommendations for open space in residential areas designing taking into account various situational conditions; knows basic rules of open residential space shaping; knows selected laws, regulations and standards for designing of various objects; has basic knowledge referring to modern views of designing and rehabilitation of residential areas Skills - Student: applies methodical approach for residential area arrangement using basic methods adequate for design challenges; analyses situational conditions of designing spaces in housing estate taking into account various influence dimensions; defines, on the basis of conclusions resulting from analysis, design recommendations; defines types of residential areas users, their needs, behaviors and desires; uses basic rules of residential space designing with special regard to functional and territorial aspects; drafts project documentation on the level of conception and presents it using technical drawings and description forms; obtains information adequate for design challenges from various sources
Competences: Competences (Social competences) Student: Understands relations between users’ needs and neighborhood’s characteristics; is able to define priorities in questions’ and solutions’ referring to neighborhood spaces; is able to work efficiently in group cooperation; understands the importance of social participation in the design process
Prerequisites: -
Course content: Rules of urban open space design with special regard to housing estates. Notions of community, semi-public and public space. Residents – their needs and desires. Rules of studies and analysis in regard to residential areas. Territory analysis. Rules of participation design. Design rules for public spaces in residential areas. Law conditions. Rules of drafting project documentation at the level of conception.
Recommended literature: Recommended literature A.Friedman, (2007): Sustainable Residential Development, Mc Grow Hill, 2007. Cooper Marcus, C.C, Francis, C. (1998). People places : design guidelines for urban open space. New York : John Wiley & Sons. Carmona, M., Heath, T., Taner, O., Tiesdell S. (2003). Public Places – Urban Places. The Dimensions of Urban Design. Oxford: Architectural Press. Taylor R.B. (1988): Human territorial functioning. An empirical, evolutionary perspective on individual and small group territorial cognitions, behaviors, and consequences. Environment and Behavior Series. Scandinavian Housing and Planning Research, 89-102. Gehl, J. (1970/1987). Life between buildings: Using public space. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. White, W.H. (1980). The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces. Washington, D.C.: The Conservation Foundation, 1980. Skjaeveland, O., Gärling, T. (1997). Effects of interactional space of neighbouring. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 17, 181-198. Lay, M.C. (1996). Relationships between site layout and spatial behaviour in low-income housing schemes (in:) M.Gray (ed.) Evolving Environmental Ideas – Changing Way of Life, Values and Design Practices [IAPS 14 Conference Proceedings, 30 July – 3 August 1996], s.159-168. Chmielewski J.M. (1996): Teoria urbanistyki. Wybrane zagadnienia. Warszawa: Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Warszawskiej. Chmielewski J.M., 2001: Teoria urbanistyki w projektowaniu i planowaniu miast. Oficyna Wyd. Politechn. Warszawskiej, Warszawa. Chmielewski J.M., Mirecka M. (2007): Modernizacja osiedli mieszkaniowych. Warszawa: Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Warszawskiej. Lis. A. ( 2011): Struktura przestrzenna i społeczna terenów rekreacyjnych w osiedlach mieszkaniowych Wrocławia z lat 70. i 80. ubiegłego stulecia. Wrocław: Wyd. UP we Wrocławiu. Schneider-Skalska G., (2004): Kształtowanie zdrowego środowiska mieszkaniowego: wybrane zagadnienia. Kraków : Wydawnictwo Politechniki Krakowskiej.
Assessment methods: Credit class
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