General information
| Course type | AMUPIE |
| Module title | Urban planning project |
| Language | English |
| Module lecturer | dr inż. Wojciech Dyba |
| Lecturer's email | wojtek@amu.edu.pl |
| Lecturer position | Assistant professor |
| Faculty | Faculty of Human Geography and Planning |
| Semester | 2024/2025 (summer) |
| Duration | 30 |
| ECTS | 5 |
| USOS code | UPP-AMU-PIE |
Timetable
Will be announced 1-2 weeks before the summer semester.
Module aim (aims)
The aim of the module is to present current trends in urban planning, related to eco-city, smart-city and resilient city concepts, as well as methods and tools of city revitalisation (with examples from Poznań, Poland, and selected European countries). Then, the students will work in international teams on the urban planning project of a selected area (field inventory, spatial planning concept, 3D visualisation).
Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)
There are no pre-requisities, however the course is especially recomended to students of geography, spatial/ urban planning and tourism.
Syllabus
The module will consist of lectures (about current urban planning concepts), computer labs, walking tours with field inventory and seminars with presentations of student's project.
- urban planning, eco-city, smart-city and resilient city concepts - lectures
- city revitalisation - lectures
- course in SketchUp programme for simple 3D modelling - computer labs
- field inventory in the city with maps, mobile apps or telephones for notes and photographs
- student's project - seminars with presentations
Reading list
- Gary Hack, Eugenie L. Birch, Paul H. Sedway, Mitchell J. Silver (2009). Local Planning: Contemporary Principles and Practice. ICMA Press.
- Planning sustainable cities (2010). UN-HABITAT Practices and perspectives.
- Kevin Lynch (1960). The Image of the City. Harvard-MIT Joint Center for Urban Studies Series
- Alexander Christopher, Ishikawa Sara, Silverstein Murray (1976). A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction, Oxford University Press, New York.
More books and materials for lectures and seminars will be given during classes. For computer labs students may use online SketchUp tutorials as a supplementary material.