Course Title

URBAN DESGIN

Course Number

10606430

Instructor Name

Zahraa Zawawi

Contact Information

[email protected]

Semester(s) and academic year(s)

First Semester 2020
First Semester 2019
First Semester 2018

Compulsory / Elective

Compulsory

Urban design is often viewed as a bridge practice situated between the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture and urban planning.  It is a hybridized field, influenced as much by politics as it is from transportation planning, law, economics, policy and environmental and social justice.  As such, urban designers confront a wide range of variables that influence their work in many different settings and at many scales of practice.  Revitalization of downtowns, sprawl repair, corridor planning and the reuse of industrial districts all require different skill sets and methods of implementation.  

This course introduces the students (Architects and planners) to the approaches, techniques and tools of urban design necessary to structure the spatial and dimensional relationships of the built environment. The morphology of the city and the relationship of built form to circulation networks and open space configurations will be the primary subject of the class. 

Sense OF Place

urban way of thinking

urban context

• Bissell, William Cunningham. Urban design chaos, and colonial power in Zanzibar. Indiana University Press, pp. 108-148. 2011
• Carmona, Matthew and Tiesdell, Steve (eds.), Urban design reader, Architectural Press, 2007
• Jacob, Jane, The death and life of great American cities, Vintage books,1961
• Krieger, Alex and S. Saunders, William (eds.), Urban design, University of Minnesota Press, 2009
• Larice, Michael and Macdonald, Elizabeth , Urban design reader, Routledge, 2007
• Lynch, Kevin, The image of the city, MIT press. 1960
• Madanipour, Ali, Design of Urban space, an inquiry into socio-spatial process, John Willy and sons, 1996
• Moughtin, Cliff and Peter Shirley, Urban design Green dimension. 2005
• Norberg-Schultz, Christian, Genius Loci,
• Punter, John, Design guidelines in American cities, Liverpool university press, 1999
• Relph, E, Place and placelessness, Pion limited, 1972.