Urban design in its dependency on the form of society and the culture of everyday life; correlations in the relationship city and house; order principles of urban design and self building processes; historical references and its consequences on the configuration of private and public space, typologies of urban building blocks, genesis of technical norms and standards; consequences of technical and constructive innovations on the urban fabric, forms of appropriation for city and house.

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of the module the students are able to: • analyse the interdependencies of the culture of everyday life, urban fabric and house type, write an assignment on basis of literature and on-site investigation, • produce sketches (freehand), • produce scale analysis plans of urban design (scale 1:5000 to 1:500), • produce scale building plans with floor plan, elevation and section, • including the use of interior and exterior areas (1:200 to 1:50), • present addition and variation patterns on the city system as well as • type versions and transformations (1:1000 to 1:50), • produce concept models and scale models, • orally present their work. They are able to apply the following techniques target-oriented: • Comprehending inter-linked dependencies of different forms of society, culture of everyday life, architecture and city; describing the scope for negotiations between house design as constitutive building block of the city and city design as conditioning pre-setting for the house. Deriving parameters, determining the relation of house type and urban fabric, private and public space, recognising standard types, norms and its variations, transformations. Summary and presentation of the information collected by means of texts and plans. • Independent analysis and interpretation of the urban fabric and its characteristics under consideration of current conditions and standards, interpretation of strategies and design conceptions of • the urban design system in dialogue between house type and urban fabric, variations of house type and addition pattern. Presentation by means of plan and model.

Assessment

• Presentation approx. 15 min. + debate (30%) • Submission of a written seminar paper or project work and documentation (approx. 25 pages DIN A4) (70%) In the first class, the examination requirements will be specified.

Literature (1)

Selected literature will be provided at the beginning of the course.

Remarks

In the event that the module cannot be taught or tested according to the present description (e.g. for reasons of infection protection), the alternatives communicated on relevant platforms (e.g. homepage or Moodle) apply.

Modules

Town and House

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