Urbanistics 2

Code:

400406

Acronym:

400406

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Architecture and Urbanism

Instance: 2018/2019 - 2S

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	196	MIARQ	4	-	3	-	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The aim of this module is to stimulate in the student an understanding of the mechanisms of urban land production in its technical aspects pertaining to the conceptual domain of planning and the various dimensions of the theoretical debate currently underway within the discipline.
Special attention will be paid to the relationship between planning instruments and the building of the consensus necessary for their implementation, taking as reference the situation in Portugal and seeking to relate the subject to the legal and material means available in the planning process.
Finally, the question of decision as the ability to define objectives, reconcile uncertainties, establish consensus and identify urban forms will be introduced.

Learning outcomes and competences

It is intended to stimulate the student to understand the phenomena of spatial and regional planning, as well as mastery of the instruments of intervention and regulation in urban spaces.

Working method

Presencial

Program

- THE PRODUCTION OF URBAN LAND
The city versus the countryside.
The city versus the suburbs.
Function versus decentralisation.
II – URBAN LAND PRODUCTION INSTRUMENTS.
The Plan.
The formal and the informal.
Regulations and control.
III – CONSENSUS WHEN INVOLVING AGENTS OF CHANGE.
Public measures and private action.
Negotiation logic and role of the administration.
The preservation plan and the change document.
IV – PLANNING PRACTICES.
Plans, Projects and Guidelines.
Legitimisation and strategy.
Prediction and uncertainty.
V – THE IDENTITY OF THE URBAN FORM.
Models.
The spatial metaphor.
The description of aspirations and behaviour in the construction of the urban form.
VI – THE PRODUCTION OF THE PLAN.

Mandatory literature

Portas Nuno; Políticas urbanas. ISBN: 972-31-1061-X
MAZZA, Luigi; Piano, progetti, strategie; in CRU nº 2, Napoli, 1994

Teaching methods and learning activities

An assignment will be proposed that will involve the identification, explanation and description of a problem concerned with the functioning of the urban system. The aim is to involve the student in the problematic introduced as the objective of this discipline and in the organisation of the observation of problems in the area of urban planning.
A second piece of practical work will also be required, involving critical reflection upon the themes contained in the suggested bibliography.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Trabalho de campo	10,00
Trabalho de investigação	10,00
Total:	20,00

Eligibility for exams

It is necessary to obtain the frequency of delivery of all the work of verifying knowledge, within the deadlines stipulated in the respective statements.

Calculation formula of final grade

The classification is obtained by the weighted average of the work:

30% group work
70% individual work

Classification improvement

Students who obtain frequency under the conditions stipulated above for this UC have the possibility to perform a test for possible improvement of its individual rating at the end of the school year.

Observations

The communication of any doubt out of classroom space must be made via email

urbanistica2.faup @ gmail.com