Architecture 5 – City and Town Planning

The course will give knowledge in developing sustainable conceptual urban design proposals as well as urban planning strategies. Additionally it will give a general understanding in sustainability and ecology. Methods for various analysis of urban settings and landscapes are a part of the course. In addition there will be a focus on the formal Norwegian planning process. Space, form/ typologies and functions as well as representation techniques are of importance.
Students will develop the ability to discuss social ethical issues and understand the mutual relations and implications between community and urban development.

Designing part
(15 credits)

Knowledge:

The candidate has ...

- basic knowledge of the city's structure, parts and functions.

- basic knowledge of building typologies and relevant example projects.

- basic understanding of how buildings and landscape play together in the European and Nordic urban context.

- basic understanding of the relationship between different actors and the city's design / development over time.

Skills:

Candidates ...

- can use knowledge to shape cities and towns and make physical plans at a fundamental level through artistic and scientific research, idea development and engineering.

- master the subject's working methods, analysis and planning tools and expressions on a basic level and can apply these in urban planning and design in a exploratory and experimental manner.

- can apply basic knowledge of the subject's natural sciences, social, cultural and technological prerequisites in and for urban development.

- Can translate general knowledge and understanding of the rapidly changing physical and economic conditions in today's cities and the relationships between them and physical design.

- can develop sustainable conceptual urban development models, urban planning strategies and methods.

General competence:

Candidates ...

- can convey their own architectural work in the form of plans and models at an almost professional level and in an academic context.

- takes independent responsibility for their own learning and professional development and can apply their knowledge to new fields.

- can reflect critically on their own work, create new understanding frameworks and violate conventions.

- can reflect on and position their own academic contribution in relation to ethical issues in the practice of the subject.


Theory Part (Planning Knowledge/ 7.5 credits)
Knowledge:
The candidate has ...
- basic knowledge of the Norwegian plan system, plant types and their content.
- knowledge of the concepts of urban spaces, morphology, typologies and functions.
- Basic knowledge of reference search, reference usage and copyright in academic texts and documentation, as well as knowledge of a selected urban development project.
- Basic knowledge of plans and documents, city models and participation models.
Skills:
Candidates ...
- Have an understanding of the planning processes, involved actors and influence opportunities.
- Have an understanding of the planning tool's possibilities and limitations for urban development and architecture design.
- Can read plans and retrieve and apply the information in the plans.
- Can use applied knowledge in an appropriate and critical way, using knowledge, open up new understanding frameworks.
General competence:
Candidates ...
- can communicate architectural and urban development related work at a professional and academic level in the form of contributions to printed publications and exhibitions as well as digital presentation.
- takes independent responsibility for own learning and professional development.
- can reflect critically on their own work and create new understanding frameworks.
- have the ability to discuss social ethical issues and understand the mutual effects and addictions between societal development and urban development and planning work.
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Lectures, literature, workshops, teaching, group work, single work,
peer activities, discussion, reflection, interaction, testing of new learning activities.
Excursion (there is an equal program for students who do not have the opportunity to join)