KET 518 - Contemporary Approaches to Urban Design

Course Objectives

1 The evaluation of the theories on Urban Design in the 19th and 20th centuries.
2 The evaluation of the practices on Urban Design in the 19th and 20th centuries.
3 Evaluation of contemporary approaches in urban design

Course Description

Evaluation of contemporary theories and practices of Urban Design. Approaches in 1950s and 1960s. Kevin Lynch and Gordon Cullen. Complexity and diversity: Jane Jacobs, Richard Sennet. Metabolists approach: Maki, Debate on methodological approach. Morphological approach: Stanford Anderson. Underrated architecture: Christopher Alexander and others. Modern, late modern and post modern approach to urban space, New urbanism movement, smart cities, slow cities. Changing issues in urban design in different countries.