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COURSE FILE
Course : B.Arch. Batch : 2016 (V Year)

Year : V Sub. Code : AR 6911

Semester : X (SEC B & C) Subject : URBAN DESIGN

Faculty : PROF. JAYARAMAN NENMELI

CONTENTS

1. List of Students
2. Time Table & Work Load
3. Syllabus
4. Attendance Register / Log Book
5. Lesson Plan (Particulars of assignments, seminars and Industrial Visits,
Particulars of teaching aids used & Particulars of internal assessment)
6. Course Materials for all the units
7. Copies of Cycle test and Model Exam question papers
8. Copies of Previous Year Question Papers
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DETAILS OF THE SUBJECT URBAN DESIGN

1.

Name of the staff : PROF. JAYARAMAN NENMELI

2. Department : Architecture
3. Name of the subject
handling :
Urban Design
4. Subject code :
AR 6911
5. Course / year :
B. Arch. / V Year
6. Semester :
X (SEC B & C)
7. Branch :
Architecture
8. Academic Year :
2020 – 2021
9. Credit and No. of
4 & 60 Hours
Hours :
Prof. Xavier B / Prof. Sudhakar and
10. Name of the staff
Asso. Prof. Senthil
who handled the
subject previously:

Signature of the staff

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Particulars of Test / Assignments / Seminars

Bachelor of Architecture
Date of Year & Sub Code with name Unit No. Topics of Date of
the Sem Assignments Submission
Instruction

Week 3 5th yr AR 6911– Urban 1&2– Week 4

Design CA
9 Sem

Week 6 5th yr AR 6911– Urban 3 & 4 - CA Week 7

Design
9 Sem

Week 10 5th yr AR 6911– Urban 1 TO 5 – Week 11

Design) Assignme
9 Sem nts / Net
Study

Week 13 5th yr AR 6911– Urban 1 to 5 – . Week 14

Design Webinar /
9 Sem Seminar

Signature of the staff HOD Principal

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PARTICULARS OF TEACHING AIDS USED

Bachelor of Architecture
Name of the Subject with Code: AR 6911 – Urban Design

Teaching Aids used

Sl. No. Unit No. Black board OHP / PPT

1. 1 Online / White Board PPT

2. 2 Online / White Board PPT

3. 3 Online / White Board PPT

4. 4 Online / White Board NET STUDY / PPT

5. 5 Online / White Board NET STUDY / PPT

Signature of the staff HOD Principal

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AR6911 - URBAN DESIGN

COURSE OBJECTIVES

1. OBJECTIVES:
• To understand the scope and nature of urban design as a discipline
• To introduce the components of a city and their interdependent roles.
• To understand the evolution of historic urban form
• To learn to interpret the city in different ways and layers.
• To create awareness of contemporary urban issues as well as learn about possible ways to
address them
OUTCOMES

 The students looked at various components and aspects associated with the urban environment
in - terms of physical infrastructure, socio cultural aspects, gender issues etc. and looked at
ways to address them through their designs
 Mapping and diagramming techniques were explored in the design process to help explore the
design process better.

UNIT I - INTRODUCTION TO URBAN DESIGN 8 PERIODS

Sl. Week Hour Topics Covered Mode

No.

1 1st 2 Introduction to Urban Design / ONLINE / WHITE

Components of Urban Design, Board / PPT
Aspects / Objective of Urban Design
2 1st 2 Components of Urban Space and their Inter- ONLINE / WHITE
dependencies Board / PPT

3 2nd 3 Outline of Issues / Aspects of Urban Space and ONLINE / WHITE

Articulation of need for Urban Design – Scope and Board / PPT
Objectives of Urban Design as a Discipline
4 2nd 1 Assignment 1 - Introduction WHITE Board

UNIT II – HISTORIC URBAN FORM 12 PERIODS

Sl. Week Hour Topics Covered Mode

No.

5 2nd 2 Western: Morphology of early Cities - Greek Agora ONLINE / WHITE

- Roman F orum - Medieval towns- Renaissance Board / PPT
Place Making - Ideal Cities –
6 3rd 4 Industrialization and City Growth – 18th Century City ONLINE / WHITE
Builders Garnier’s Industrial City - the American Grid Board / PPT
Planning - Anti Urbanism and the Picturesque - Cite
Industrielle - Citte Nuovo – Radiant City
 7 4th 4 Indian: Evolution of Urbanism in India - Temple ONLINE / WHITE
towns - Mughal City Form - Medieval Cities - Board / PPT
Colonial - Urbanism - Urban Spaces in Modernist
Cities: Chandigarh, Bhuvaneshwar and Gandhi
Nagar- Subsequent Directions – Case Studies
8 5th 2 Revision of 1 & 2 Units / Continuous Assessment Test 1 ONLINE /
MANUAL

UNIT III – THEORISING AND READING URBAN SPACE 8 PERIODS

Sl. Week Hour Topics Covered Mode

No.

9 5th 3 Ideas of Imageability and Townscape: Cullen, Lynch- ONLINE / WHITE

Place and Genius Loci - Collective M emory - Historic Board / PPT
reading of the City and its Artefacts: Rossi

10 5th & 3 Social Aspects of Urban Space: Life on Streets and ONLINE / WHITE
6th between Buildings, Gender and Class, Jane Jacobs, Board / PPT
William Whyte
11 6th & 2 Webinar / Seminar / Assignment Discussion 1 ONLINE / WHITE
7th Board / PPT

UNIT IV – ISSUES OF URBAN SPACE 20 PERIODS

Sl. Week Hour Topics Covered Mode

No.

12 7th 4 Understanding and Interpreting of Urban Problems / ONLINE /

Issues - Place - Making and Identity, Morphology: WHITE Board /
Sprawl, Generic Form, Incoherence, Privatized Public PPT
Realm

13 8th 4 Effects / Role of Real Estate, Transportation, Zoning, ONLINE /

Globalisation - Ideas of Sustainability, Heritage, WHITE Board /
Conservation and Renewal - Contemporary PPT
Approaches: Idea of Urban Catalyst, Transit
Metropolis, Community Participation – Studio Exercise
involving the above
14 9th 2 Revision of Unit 3 & 4 / Continuous Assessment 2 ONLINE /
MANUAL

15 9th , 10 Webinar / Seminar / Assignment / Net Study / Case ONLINE /

10th ,& Study WHITE Board /
11th PPT
UNIT V – BEST PRACTICE IN URBAN DESIGN 12 PERIODS

Sl. No. Week Hour Topics Covered Mode

16 12th 4 Contemporary Case Studies from Developing and ONLINE /

Developed Economies that offer Design Guidelines and WHITE Board /
Solutions to address various Issues / Aspects of Urban PPT
Space – Case Study 1 / Net Study 1
17 13th 4 Contemporary Case Studies from Developing and ONLINE /
Developed Economies that offer Design Guidelines and WHITE Board /
Solutions to address various Issues / Aspects of Urban PPT
Space – Case Study 2 / Net Study 2
18 14th 4 Revision of All Units / Mock Viva / Continuous ONLINE /
Assessment 3 / MANUAL

19 15th - Submission of Net Study Report ONLINE /

MANUAL

REQUIRED READING:

1. A.E.J. Morris, “History of Urban Form before the Industrial Revolution”, Prentice Hall, 1996
2. Edmund Bacon, “Design of Cities”, Penguin, 1976
3. Gordon Cullen, “The Concise Townscape”, The Architectural Press, 1978
4. Michelle Provoost et al., Dutchtown, NAI Publishers, Rotterdam, 1999
5. “Time Saver Standards for Urban Design”, Donald natson, McGraw Hill, 2003
6. Kevin Lynch, “The Image of the City”, MIT Press, 1960
7. Rithchie. A, “Sustainable Urban Design: An Environmental Approach”, Taylor & Francis, 2000

REFERENCES:
1. Jonathan Barnett, “An Introduction to Urban Design”, Harper Row, 1982
2. Lawrence Halprin, “Cities”, Reinhold Publishing Corporation, New York, 1964
3. Gosling and Maitland, “Urban Design”, St. Martin’s Press, 1984
4. Molcolm Moor, “Urban Design Futures”, Routledge, 2006
5. Geoffrey Broadbent, “Emerging Concepts in Urban Space Design”, Taylor & Francis, 2003

Signature of the staff HOD Principal