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ARCH (SEMESTER -9)

AR12-92-1 URBAN DESIGN (ELECTIVE I)
SCHEDULE JUNE 2016 TO NOVEMBER 2016

SESSION
1

MODU
LE
I

2,3,4,5

6,7,8

IV

9,10

III

11

III

II
12,13
14,15,16

IV

TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION

ASSIGNMENTS

URBAN DESIGN AND ITS

EVOLUTION
INTRODUCTION, SCOPE, OBJECTIVES
AND NEED OF URBAN DESIGN.
RELATION BETWEEN ARCHITECTURE,
URBAN DESIGN AND URBAN PLANNING.
DEFINING URBAN DESIGN
MAKING A VISUAL SURVEY
VISUALISATION OF IMAGE OF THE CITY
AND ITS ELEMENTS. URAN SCALE,
MASSING, ENCLOSURE ETC
PERCEPTION OF URBAN ENVIRONMENT:
KEVIN LYNCHSS ELEMENTS OF URBAN
DESIGN, IMAGEABILITY, TOWNSCAPE.
PRINCIPLES OF URBAN SPATIAL
ORGANISATION.
BEHAVIOURAL ISSUES IN URBAN
DESIGN.
URBAN DESIGN IN HISTORY
BRIEF OVERVIEW OF CITIES AND
TOWNS IN HISTORY.

URBAN DESIGN
TERMINOLOGIES
(INDIVIDUAL)

URBAN DESIGN PROJECT

FORMULATION
AT VARIOUS SCALES MICRO AND
MACRO LEVEL
CAMPUS PLANNING
TRNSPORTATION CORRIDORS
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBOURHOOD
WATERFRONTS
CITY LEVEL PROJECTS
EXECUTION OF URBAN DESIGN
PROJECT PREPARATION, AGENCIES
INVOLVED IN EXECUTION,
COORDINATION AND FINANCING.
DEVELOPMENT CONTROL S AND
GUIDELINES IN URBAN DESIGN.
CONCEPT OF ZONING.
TECHNIQUES IN URBAN DESIGN
URBAN DESIGN POLICIES, URBAN
RENEWAL, URBAN CONSERVATION
URBAN DESIGN CASESTUDIES

MENTAL MAPPING
(GROUP)
PHOTOGRAPHIC
DOCUMENTAION OF
A PUBLIC PLACE
AND ACTIVITIES
(INDIVIDUAL)

CONTRIBUTIONS OF
EMINENT URBAN
THINKERS AND
THEIR ATTITUDE
TOWARDS URBAN
DESIGN ( GROUP
SEMINAR
PRESENTATION)

( GROUP SEMINAR
PRESENTATION)

COURSE DESCRIPTION
The city is an expression of human culture and tradition. Right from the Indus valley
civilization a city had born with careful planning, urban form and architecture respecting the
natural setting. Urban design always served as a facilitator or a mediator between the
societal and natural order. Urban design with its multitude dimensions spread across the
socio cultural economic and physical manifestation of human life. At present the societies
have become more and more complex and heterogeneous with rapid changes and demands
of growth; the city has been increasingly under pressure. The profession of planning and the
act of individual building; architecture lacks the cohesive character of urban form and space
that existed before. This gap needs to be bridged and mediated with urban design. This has
relevance especially in Indian cities as they are developing and even the small towns are
aspiring to become large towns and mega cities.
The main objective of the course is to broaden up the vision of architecture; reading the
various parts/components of a city and understanding the city as a macrocosm of these
parts making a unified whole. To impart knowledge and understanding of urban design
concepts and the methodology for arriving at urban design solutions and formulating
policies

Suggested websites for reference

www.udg.org
www.rudi.net
www.urbandesign.org
www.urbandesign.org.au
www.futurecities.ethz.ch
www.archdaily.com
www.urbandesigncompendium.co.uk
www.livablestreets.com
www.pps.org
www.thepolisblog.org
globalurbanist.com
www.planetizen.com
www.streetfilms.org

URBAN DESIGN TERMINOLOGY

Acculturation
Agoraphobia
Anthropology
Block level studies
Building Use
Central Business District
City Beautiful
City Center
Continuity
Context
Character
Density
Development
Development Plan
Diagram
Districts
Economic Base
Edges
Entourage
Entry points
Enclosure
Figure-ground Studies
Fringe
FSI / FAR (Floor Space Index /
Floor Area Ratio)
Garden City
Gentrification
Growth
Generators
Heritage
Historic Monument
Historic Building
Hypothesis
Imageability
Image of a city
Land Use
Landmarks
Landscape Grain
Legibility
Linkages
Mall
Magnets
Neighbourhood
New Urbanism
Necropolis
Nodes
Paths
Palimpsest

Public Space
Post modern urbanism
Population density
Points of Conflict
Quality
Revitalization
Residential Density
Restoration
Rehabilitation/Refurbishment
Restructuring
Redensification
Size
Scale
Seam
Shape
Schema
Spatiality
Structure Plan
Sequence
Street
Streetscape
74 TDR (Transfer of Development Rights)
Theory
Tradition
Traditional and Vernacular
Travel-time Grid
Typology and Type
Urban
Urban Block
Urban Conservation
Urban Design
Urban Ecology
Urban Form
Urban Structure
Urban Tissue
Urban Fabric
Urban Grain
Urban Pattern
Urban Texture
Urban Solids and Voids
Urban Insert
Urban Renewal
Urban Transformation
Urban Development
Urbanism
Urbanist
Urbanity
Urbanization

Pedestrianisation
Preservation
Perspective Plan
Public Place
Public Realm

Urban village
Urban Morphology
Zoning
Placemaking

LIST OF MOVIES

1. Metropolis. Directed by Fritz Lang. Black & White, 153 min. 1927.
2. Berlin: Symphony of a Great City. Directed by Walther Ruttman. Black & White, 65
min. 1927.
3. The Crowd. Directed by King Vidor. Black & White, 98 min. 1928.
4. Modern Times. Directed by Charlie Chaplin. Black & White, 87 min. 1936.

5. Ladri di Biciclette (Bicycle Thieves). Directed by Vittorio De Sica. Black & White, 93
min. 1948.
6. The Naked City. Directed by Jules Dassin. Black & White, 96 min. 1948.
7. West Side Story. Directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. Color, 152 min. 1961.
8. Play Time. Directed by Jacques Tati. Color, 115 min. 1967.
9. Midnight Cowboy. Directed by John Schlesinger. Black & White and Color, 113 min.
1969.
10.Blade Runner. Directed by Ridley Scott. Color, 117 min. 1982.
11.Do the Right Thing. Directed by Spike Lee. Color, 120 min. 1989.
12.London. Directed by Patrick Keiller. Color, 85 min. 1994.
13.Night on Earth. Directed by Jim Jarmusch. Color, 129 min. 1991.
14.Mahangar. Directed by Satyajith Ray. Black & White, 131 min. 1963.