| Course Unit Title | SPECIAL STUDIES: URBAN PLANNING INTERVENTION IN URBAN SPACE |
| Course Unit Code | BACULT15 |
| Course Unit Details | BA Architecture (Architecture, City, Civilisation) - |
| Number of ECTS credits allocated | 3 |
| | Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:- Learn how to integrate new functions in a specific area of Cyprus as part of a wider regeneration of functional and morphological features that make up the existing character and appearance of the area
- Demonstrate an understanding of the overall growth of Nicosia and to make conceptual proposals for alternative growth strategies. Expected to think ahead into the future and to make assumptions concerning socio-cultural and political change, based on understanding of the current trends: e.g. what is the future work environment going to be like? How will shopping trends evolve? etc…
- Describe and design the evolution of proposal over time, identifying at least 3 key phases of development, starting from existing conditions.
- Emphasize on the overriding importance of sustainability while taking into consideration all three aspects of sustainability (economic, social and environmental, the so-called “triple bottom line”)
- List the general Cypriot Urban Planning system and learn basic policies and regulations of the Local Plans
- Learn how the economy works, and how the real estate market (with its particular laws and quirks) falls within it.
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| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face |
| Prerequisites | NONE | Co-requisites | NONE |
| Recommended optional program components | NONE |
| Course Contents | The lesson extends the discussion of town planning and urban design that had developed in previous courses (such as BACULT 10, 09 and 11) where have covered extensively quotes on town planning, urban design, analysis methodologies, urban planning, etc. It is mainly focused on urban design interventions and their implementation in order to develop competence and skills by giving solutions on environmental problems, based on the Cypriot reality.
The course emphasis on the scale of the Urban Design, with small or large scale interventions that determine the shape of the urban environment and its parts.
The aim of urban design concerns the integration of new functions in a specific region of Nicosia as a part of a wider regeneration of functional and morphological features that make up the existing character and appearance of the area.
These interventions need to date out simultaneously on two levels:
A. at the level of functional, economic and social restructuring of the area where it should meet new, contemporary, needs, infrastructure networks and transportation which must respond to new relationships and
B. at the level of build form and structure of urban fabric (scale, buildings typologies, blocks or other urban fabric devices, open and green spaces, roads, organised and unstructured spaces, private and public spaces, etc.)
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| Recommended and/or required reading: |
| Textbooks | No specific textbook required |
| References | - Creating Successful Materplans – A guide to clients, CABE 2004
- Urban design compendium - volume 1, English partnerships, 2003
- Urban design compendium – volume 2, English partnerships 2007
- Privately owned public spaces – the New York city experience, Kerold S. Kayden, Then New York city department of city planning, 2000
- Big Boxed reused, Julia Christensen, MIT press, 2008
- Reinventing the workplace, John Worthington, Architectural press, 2006
- Urban form for a sustainable future – how sustainable is Distributed working in the Networked city (article), journal of green buildings, volume 4 number 3
- Managing the brief for better design, Alastair Blyth, John Worthington, Routledge, 2010
- Education and creativity, Simon Foxell and William Mitchell for the ‘Edge Debate’, black dog publishing 2008
- Work and the city, Frank Duffy for the ‘Edge Debate’, black dog publishing, 2008
- The city as a developer, David Perry and Wim Weiwel, MESarpe, 2005
- Universities and their Cities – collaborations and conflicts, john Worthington, conference paper, 2009 (article)
- Responsive environments – Bentley et al
- Public Spaces– Urban spaces; the dimension of Urban design – Mathew Carmona, Tim Heath, Tamer Oc, Ateve Tiesdell
- Αραβαντινός Αθανάσιος, Κοσμάκη Πολυξένη, 1988, «Υπαίθριοι χώροι στην πόλη, Θέματα ανάλυσης και πολεοδομικής οργάνωσης αστικών ελεύθερων χώρων και πρασίνου», Εθνικό Μετσόβιο Πολυτεχνείο, Τμήμα Αρχιτεκτόνων – Τομέας ΙΙ, Αθήνα
- Βλαστός Θάνος, 2003, «Μια διαφορετική δημόσια συγκοινωνία σε μια διαφορετική πόλη», Αναπτυξιακή Εταιρεία Δήμου Αθηναίων
- Γοσποδίνη Άσπα, Μπεριάτος Ηλίας, 2006, «Τα νέα Αστικά Τοπία και η Ελληνική Πόλη», Εκδόσεις Κριτική, Επιστημονική Βιβλιοθήκη
- WONG, CECILIA, (2007) INDICATORS FOR URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING, Routledge: London
- JENKINS, ERIC, (2008) TO SCALE.ONE HUNDRED URBAN PLANS, USA: ROUTLEDGE
- Γοσποδίνη Α., Μπεριάτος Ε., (2006) ΝΕΑ ΑΣΤΙΚΑ ΤΟΠΙΑ ΚΑΙ Η ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΠΟΛΗ, Αθήνα: Κριτική.
- RE-USING REDUNDANT BUILDINGS. 1987, LONDON, HER MAJESTY"S STATIONERY
- CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN PLANNING FAGENCE MICHAEL 1977, OXFORD, PERGAMON PRESS
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| Planned learning activities and teaching methods | The BACULT15 includes two hours a week of studio design, in the form of discussion / correction (Instructor: Georgia Loizou) and another two hours of taught theory as lectures to the entire class (teachers: Michael Kyriakidis, Pavlos Loizou).
The taught part of the course is delivered to students by means of lectures, conducted by electronic presentations. Lecture notes and pictures are given to students in electronic form.
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| Assessment methods and criteria | | Class participation | 15% | | Mid-term assignment | 15% | | Final assignment | 40% | | Written examination | 30% |
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| Language of instruction | Greek |
| Work placement(s) | NO |
