051-0364-00L History of Urban Design II
Semester | Spring Semester 2019 |
Lecturers | T. Avermaete, J. Gosseye |
Periodicity | yearly recurring course |
Language of instruction | English |
Comment | Only for Architecture BSc, Programme Regulations 2011. |
Courses
Number | Title | Hours | Lecturers | ||||
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051-0364-00 V | History of Urban Design II No course on 21.3.19 (seminar week), 25.4. (Easter Holiday) and 30.5. (final critiques). | 2 hrs |
| T. Avermaete, J. Gosseye |
Catalogue data
Abstract | This course focuses on the history of the city, as well as on the ideas, processes and actors that engender and lead their developments and transformations. The history of urban design will be approached as a cross-cultural field of knowledge that integrates scientific, economic and technical innovation as well as social and cultural advance. |
Objective | The lectures deal mainly with the definition of urban design as an independent discipline, which maintains connections with other disciplines (politics, sociology, geography) that are concerned with the transformation of the city. The aim is to make students conversant with the multiple theories, concepts and approaches of urban design as they were articulated throughout time in a variety of cultural contexts, thus offering a theoretical framework for students’ future design work. |
Content | 21.02.2019: Housing and the Industrial City: From Speculative to Cooperative 28.02.2019: Cities and Ideologies: Building for Healthy Minds in Healthy Bodies 07.03.2019: no class 14.03.2019: Envisioning Urban Utopias 28.03.2019: Reconstructing the City, Constructing New Towns 04.04.2019: New Capitals for New Democracies; New Institutions for Old Democracies 11.04.2019: Rethinking Masterplanning 18.04.2019: The Countercultural City 02.05.2019: The Postmodern City: From Neo-rationalism to Neo-liberalism 09.05.2019: Global Cities: Urban Explosion /Urban Implosion 16.05.2019: Reflection |
Lecture notes | Prior to each lecture a chapter of the reader (Skript) will be made available through the webpage of the Chair. These chapters will introduce the lecture, the basic visual references of each lecture, key dates and events, as well as references to the compulsory and additional reading. |
Literature | There are three books that will function as main reference literature throughout the course: Eric Mumford, Designing the Modern City: Urban Design Since 1850 (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2018) Francis D. K. Ching, Mark Jarzombek and Vikramditya Prakash, A Global History of Architecture (Hoboken: Wiley & Sons, 2017) David Grahame Shane, Urban Design Since 1945: A Global Perspective (Hoboken: Wiley & Sons, 2011) These books will be reserved for consultation in the ETH Baubibliothek, and will not be available for individual loans. A list of further recommended literature will be found within each chapter of the reader (Skript). |
Performance assessment
Performance assessment information (valid until the course unit is held again) | |
Performance assessment as a two-semester course together with 051-0363-00L History of Urban Design I | |
ECTS credits | 4 credits |
Examiners | T. Avermaete, J. Gosseye |
Type | session examination |
Language of examination | English |
Repetition | The performance assessment is offered every session. Repetition possible without re-enrolling for the course unit. |
Mode of examination | written 120 minutes |
Additional information on mode of examination | The exam consists of: - 3 encyclopaedic questions (30% of grade) - 3 open, interpretative questions (45% of grade) - 1 drawing question (25% of grade) |
Written aids | keine |
Performance assessment as a semester course (other programmes) | |
ECTS credits | 2 credits |
Examiners | T. Avermaete, J. Gosseye |
Type | session examination |
Language of examination | English |
Repetition | The performance assessment is offered every session. Repetition possible without re-enrolling for the course unit. |
Mode of examination | written 60 minutes |
Additional information on mode of examination | The exam consists of: - 2 encyclopaedic question (30% of grade) - 2 open interpretative question (70% of grade) |
Written aids | Keine |
This information can be updated until the beginning of the semester; information on the examination timetable is binding. |
Learning materials
Main link | Information |
Only public learning materials are listed. |
Groups
No information on groups available. |
Restrictions
There are no additional restrictions for the registration. |
Offered in
Programme | Section | Type | |
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Architecture Bachelor | Examination Block 3 | O | |
GESS Science in Perspective | History | W | |
Spatial Development and Infrastructure Systems Master | Major in Spatial and Landscape Development | W |