Urbanistics 1

Code:

300305

Acronym:

300305

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Architecture and Urbanism

Instance: 2011/2012 - A

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Arquitectura (A)
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master Degree in Architecture

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIARQ	163	MIARQ	3	-	7	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Urbanistica 1 is a theoretical approach to the development of city planning. In this discipline, Urban Theory is understood from an interdisciplinary perspective, using historical methods to analyse urban concepts and practices through time; enhancing their successes and failures in different contexts: from the "advanced" countries to the “Third World.”
A particular attention is given to the twentieth century, especially to the period of interwar Europe, and especially to the post-World War II, in which a new "corpus" of planning activities emerged, supported by other scientific disciplines.
In this sense Urbanística 1 is not a History discipline, but a critical survey on different urban cultures through time, crossing geographical and historical perspectives to better understand the facts and discourses within their urban contexts.

Program

Part I – The origins of Urbanistics: from the Greco-Roman City-states to the Industrial Revolution Metropolis
Part II - The Modern City: the Athens Chart and the Wellfare State City
Part II – Cities in the Third World
Part IV – Contemporary Urban Policies: from Urban Renewal to Urban Sustainability

Teaching methods and learning activities

The theoretical nature of the discipline requires an oral transmission of the contents addressed through thematic lessons, crossing historical facts, viewed in a panorama. Some urban examples and periods will be enhanced, considering a constant relationship between diachronic and synchronic approaches. This approach will be supported by different texts, as well as by iconography, cartography and other digital visualizations of urban situations (using Google Earth site, Maps.live.com, etc.)

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Eligibility for exams

As a theoretical discipline, it's assessment is based on the information given by 2 (two) tests, at the end of each semester. It is therefore a Distribution Assessment without final exam.
The final assessment is thus calculated according to the weighted average of those two tests.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final Assessment = Test 1 mark + Test 2 mark / 2
If in the final assessment, students do not get a mark above 10 or below 8 (on a scale of 0 to 20), they can undergo a third evaluation in the form of an Appeal Test.
The classification obtained in this Appeal Test shall be considered as a Final Assessment.
Students that missed both previous tests can not undergo the Appeal Test.