Class Urban planning 3.1

The main objective of the Course Unit (CU) is the critical reflection about the city. This objective unfolds into two complementary purposes. On the one hand, the CU focuses on the agents and processes of urban transformation. The aim is to strengthen the theoretical body, in order to understand the fundamental role that cities and urban planning play, relating physical elements with the quality of urban life and social, economic and environmental sustainability. On the other hand, the CU focuses on the understanding of physical form of cities to support architecture, and the CU of Design Studio 4.1, as a tool for a conscious design of the city. The objective is to work on the different elements of the physical dimension of the city, and the relationship that is established with other dimensions (social, economic and environmental).

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Urban analysis: history; urban form; image; visual analysis; activities and urban life of public spaces. The importance of the ground of city and the requirements to built better cities . Contemporary cities: problems, challenges, strategies, proposals and "new" utopias. The Athens Charter 1933: idea, principles and context (international and portuguese). The New Urban Agenda 2016 (UN-Habitat): idea, principles and context. Athens Charter and New Urban Agenda: comparative and critical analysis of the two city models and their implementation in the past, present and future. Morphological analysis as a tool for critical interpretation and design/proposal. Design the city: physical form; image of the city; social use of public space and design of public space. Individual critical analysis of the solutions developed in Design Studio 4.1.

The Course Unit includes fifteen lessons. Each class lasts 1.5 hours (theoretical-practical classes). The syllabus will be transmitted through lectures, exercises, and follow-up exercises, debate, inverted classroom, promoting participation, and stimulating the students' critical thinking. Assessment will be continuous and based on a set of exercises, with no final exam. The exercises will be mostly individual (there may also be teamwork) and will focus on the fundamental contents of the UC taught to the student throughout the semester. Active participation in classes will be essential for approval (mandatory attendance in 75% of classes) and as an evaluation and appreciation factor. The exercises have a weight of 75% and the participation in the classes of 25%.

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