The Faculty of Architecture / Architecture (English taught)
2nd Year, sem 2, 2024-2025

UP-134E | Urban Form

Compulsory Course | Hours/Week: 2C | ECTS Credits: 3

Department:

Urban and Landscape Design

Course Leader:

prof.dr.arh.,habil.urb. Tiberiu Florescu

Teaching language:

English

Learning outcomes:

Apprehending the complex issues of urban dynamics. Acquiring the theoretical mechanisms for understanding, interpreting and possibly anticipating the evolution of the city in the current and future context.

Content:

1. Urban Form – introduction
2. The relationship between architecture and urbanism: colage city vs. recombinant urbanism
3. The urban context. Transect
4. The relationship between transect and zoning
5. The particularities of the urban form and the importance of the context
6. Perception in urban planning and the role of urban design (1)
7. Perception in urban planning and the role of urban design (2)
8. An adaptive methodology for urban transformation
9. Iconic buildings. Iconic design
10. Urban form development: instruments for analysis
11. 9 principles of urban design for XXI the century: sustainability, acceessibility, diversity
12. 9 principles of urban design for the XXI century: open space, compatibility, competitivity
13. 9 principles of urban design for the XXI century: adaptability, density, identity
14. Challanges for the future. Cities of tomorrow.

Teaching Method:

Illustrated and commented exposition. Case studies

Assessment:

Oral exam and presentation of a paper on a fixed topic in the middle of the semester.

Bibliography:

Dhiru, A. Thandani (2010), The language of Towns and Cities, Rizzoli International Publications Inc., New York.
Tiberiu, F. (2009) Formă si trans-formare urbană, Ed. Ion Mincu, București.
Gehl, J. (2010), Cities for People, Island Press, UK.
Hall, P. (2014), Cities of Tomorrow (4th Ed.), Wiley Blackweel, UK.
Kostoff, S. (1991), The City Shaped. Urban Patterns and Meanings Through History, Thames and Hudson, UK.
Kostoff, S. (1992), The City Assembled. The Elements of Urban Form Through history, Thames and Hudson, UK.
Krier, L. (1998), Architectural Composition, Academy Editions, UK.
Krier, L. (2009), The Architecture of Community, Island Press, UK.
Kriken, J. L. (2010), City Building, Princeton Architectural Press, New York.
Lynch, K. (1981), Good City Form, the MIT Press, UK.
Mangrin, D. (2004), La ville franchisee – formes et structures de la ville contemporaines, Editions de la Villette, France.
Panerai, P. (2005), Analyse urbaine, Ed. Parentheses, France.
Saaty, T. (2013), Compact City. The next urban evolution in response to climate change, RSW Publications, USA.
Shane, D. G. (2005), Recombinant urbanism, Wiley Academy, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, UK.
Sitte, C (1982) – Arta construirii oraselor, Ed Tehnica, București.
Venturi, R., Brown, D. S., Izenour, S. (1998) – Learning from Las Vegas, the MIT Press, UK.

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