Urban Forms and Structures

Code:

MPPU004

Acronym:

FEU

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Spatial Planning and Urbanism

Instance: 2013/2014 - 1S (of 09-09-2013 to 07-02-2014)

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Civil and Georesources Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Spatial Planning and Urban Project

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MPPU	6	Syllabus since 2011/12	1	-	6	48	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

A) Providing the students with a thorough understanding of urban morphology, urban structure and fabric and an introduction to urban design in its various dimensions, contextualized in the contemporary city, competitive and sustainable.
B) Knowing the role and impact of different urban projects when changing the conditions for the development and structuring of specific urban areas, preferably located in the Porto Metropolitan Area.

Learning outcomes and competences

The analysis mentioned in Point  Objectivos involves the diagnosis of the main problems existing in these urban areas, and the assessment of the effects of different projects of urban intervention in solving these problems.
It is intended also to reflect on these local effects, ie, on the skills / capabilities of different projects Urban Intervention for integrated transformation of critical areas of the Porto Metropolitan Area.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1 – Urban morphology, spatial layout and integral urban fabric.
2 – The City as ‘nature’: ‘collage’ versus ‘weaving’.
3 – Sense of place / the human city:
• Public space quality and dynamics;
• Reciprocity “public space - public life”; space social capital (between social equality and public sector control on private investments);
• The integration of urban components in the urban fabric; inclusive fabric (spatial social and technological systems).

4 – The Evaluation of Public Spaces Quality
• Qualification criteria;
• Evaluation methods;
• Participatory assessment and space appropriation.

5 – Sustainable Urban Design:
• Conceptual models; development of analytic methods and e impressionability of urban design;
• Bioclimatic Urban design.
Conclusion.

Mandatory literature

ed. by Stanford Anderson; On streets. ISBN: 0-262-01036-4
Stephen Carr ... [et al.]; Public space. ISBN: 978-0-521-35960-3
Jan Gehl; Life between buildings. ISBN: 978-1-59726-827-1
ALVES, Fernando M. Brandão ; Avaliação da Qualidade do Espaço Público Urbano – Proposta Metodológica., FCT / Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2003. ISBN: 972-31-1000-8
Jacobs, Allan B; Great Streets, The MIT Press, 1993

Complementary Bibliography

Gehl, Jan ; Life between buildings: Using public space, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1987
Gosling, David & Maitland, Barry ; Concepts of Urban Design, Academy Editions, 1981
Hayward, Richard (et alt.) ; Making Better Places - Urban Design Now, Yale University Press, 1993
Hillier, Bill; The social logic of space, Ed. do autor, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1st Edition, Joint Centre for Urban Design, 1988
Jackson, John Brinckerhoff ; A Sense of Place, a Sense of Time, Yale University Press, 1994
Kostof, Spiro ; The City Shaped - Urban Patterns and Meanings Through History, Thames and Hudson, 1991

Teaching methods and learning activities

Methods, organizational regime of the Course.
a) Theoretical lectures + Theoretical/practical sessions. Once analyze paradigmatic case studies;  a study visit schedule is available.
Methods and teaching tools provided by FEUP (CICA) - audiovisual technologies + new online teaching models (e-learning, SIGARRA, etc..):
a) Open source software (e.g. UBUNTU FEUP Edition v2010/2011);
 b) Applications that run from various operating systems - Linux, Mac or Windows (e.g. APPS Service);
c) Support services to classes using computer classrooms (e.g. GESROOM).

Software

Software disponível pelo CICA

keywords

Humanities

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	60,00
Trabalho de campo	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	180,00
Trabalho de campo	9,00
Total:	189,00

Eligibility for exams

Type of evaluation: distributed evaluation with final exam.

Terms of frequency:
a) Final exam (oral or written exam);
b) Development of a work analysis / research.

Calculation formula of final grade

Evaluation Formula : Score Final Exam - scored on a scale of 0-12 values (grade NEx);
Student's Report - scored on a scale of 0-8 values (grade NRep)

Final grade = NEx + NRep.

Minimum grade for approval = 10 values.

Internship work/project

There isn't.

Classification improvement

Through the improvement of the group Report;

Through the improvement of Final Exam.