Urban Design

Institute of urban development studies Department of urban Engineering Module Number Contact Name Position E-mail Telephone Date Context Modular Number

UP 472
Fanaye Tadesse Lecturer Fanaye2@gmail.com 0917826158 20July,2013

UP 472
Module Description The module mainly focused to give an advanced awareness of the built environment, the design issues in the process of environmental changes and the skills involved in feasibility studies and environmental design. Principles of urban design will introduce students to Urban Design Theories; basic design challenges of urban/built-up space; Main trends in Urban Design; Urban Design and urban development process; Urban Design and the Planning process; approaches to Ideal Urban form; Night, fear and spaces; Sustainability and Urban Design. The course focuses on issues related to designing within the existing urban fabric: urban renewal. Image of the city: paths, edges, districts, nodes and landmarks. Pattern of urban form: streets, squares, monuments. The architecture of the city, Urban Design and Conservation. Exercise on urban design by intervention in an existing urban setting.

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Module Level Subtitle Duration in semester Frequency Language Mode of delivery ECTS Work Load Contact Hour Non-contact Hour Total Hour Assessment Description

Bachelor of science One semester course Offer in the semester of students enrollment English Face to Face 9cr. hrs

96 hours 160 hours 256 hours

Examination Type Examination Duration

Assessment type is continuous: Test I 20 % Project work 50% Final examination 30 % Written exam 60 minute for test and 90 minute for final exam

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Repetition Description Learning Outcomes

Will give in the form of project by selecting part of the city. The project will give in group not more than 8 students; and the focus of the project should be analysis of problems in the city with the context of urban design principles and designing the part of city with appropriate solution for analyzed problems. A student can repeat a course as per the policy

At the end of this module students will be able to: Explain the importance of Urban Design as a means of delivering better values and higher standards in the built environment. Understand main urban design issues Apply the right procedures in feasibility studies Analyze urban design issues with respect to urban design principles. Evaluate Urban design decisions for creating enjoyable urban environment Design part of city by giving appropriate solution for urban design issues Create models for presentation of the proposed design Site Analysis & Planning Techniques Chapter 1 Urban Space Production & Urban Design Process 1.1 Importance, definition and history of Urban Design; 1.2 The concepts of space and place; 1.3 Benefits of good Design; 1.4 Quality of the public realm; 1.5 the Urban Design process; 1.6 principles of urban design chapter 2 Permeability
2.1 The use of Permeability 2.2 Permeability and the Public/private interface 2.3 Permeability and scale 2.4 Methods of making places permeable

Prerequisite Contents

Chapter 3 Variety or Diversity

3.1 Definition and use of variety 3.2 Segregation and Diversity 3.3 Design implications

Chapter 4 Legibility 4.1 Concept of Legibility 4.2 Key Legibility Components 4.3 Achieving greater legibility Chapter 5 Robustness 5.1Concept of Robustness 5.2 Robustness & scale 5.3 Active & passive areas 5.4 Private/public spaces interface 5.5 Design implications Chapter 6 Accessibility
6.1 Disabilities and their impacts 6.2 Disability and the built environment 6.3 Developing accessible places Chapter 7 Security-Safety 7.1 Crime and its impact 7.2 Crime Prevention through Environmental Design(CPTED) 7.2 Principles & Examples about Security-Safety

Chapter 8 Sustainability 8.1sustainablity& principles for sustainability 8.2 Environmental sensitive design 8.3 Sustainable neighborhood design Chapter 9 Summery
9.1 Summery on designing urban space 9.2 How to combine the various Urban Design principles

Learning and Teaching methods

The nature of the course is both lecture and studio based. Therefore Lecture, discussion, consultation, Field visit, Audio-visual, studio work etc are some of Learning and Teaching methods for course.

Media Literature

Using Computer for demonstration, hard copies of plans and design.

Matthew Carmona, et. al.; (2003); Public Places - Urban Spaces: The Dimensions of Urban Design; Architectural Press, Elsevier; Great Britain. Gordon Cullen (2000); The Concise Townscape; Architectural Press; Great Britain. English Partnership (2000); Urban Design Compendium; Great

Britain. Cliff Moughtin (1996); Urban Design Green Dimensions; Department of Urban Planning; University of Nottingham; The Bath Press; Bath; Great Britain. Oscar Newman (1996); Creating Defensible Space; Institute for Community Design Analysis; U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Policy Development and Research; USA. City of County of Denver; (1993); Streetscape Design Manual; Urban Design Standards and Guidelines Community Planning and Development Agency; Denver; USA . C. Richard Hatch (1984); The Scope of Social Architecture; Van Nostrand Reinhold Company; London, Cincinnati, N. Y., Toronto, Melbourne. Drew Mackie & Alastair Methven (August 1978); Urban Design: Design Briefing in Towns: A Report Prepared for the Urban Design Unit of the Scottish Development Department; Percy JohnsonMarshall & Associates; Edinburgh; UK. Kevin Lynch (1960); The Image of the City; The IMT Press; Cambridge, Massachusetts; USA. Ali Mandanipour (1996); Design of Urban Spaces: An Inquiry into a Socio-Spatial Process; University of Newcastle, Newcastle Upon Tyne; John Wiley and Sons; Chichesters; Great Britain; Wayne Attoe and Donn Logan (1989); American Urban Architecture: Catalysts in the Design of Cities; University of California Press; Berkeley; USA Ian Benttey, et. al.; (1985); Responsive Environment: A Manual for Designers; The Architectural Press; London; Great Britain. Bacon, Edmund (1975) Design of Cities; Thames and Hudson 711.409 BAC; London, Great Britain