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| ARLL0310-2 | Methods and tools of town and land planning
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| Duration : | 36h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Marc Goossens |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| THE TOWN AND ITS ORGANISATIONAL LOGIC Ways of approaching the Town: the concept of the mental map - mental and symbolic representation - the concept of the diagram.
Individuals' fundamental needs in terms of town organisation: introduction of the concepts of readability - identity and habitability.
The town as the result of a process of historical evolution: the town as a collection of traces and signs of the past, the town as a process of continuous evolution - different periods of urbanisation, their rationales and the nature of the urban fabric which they produced - conclusion: development of the concept of integration.
Attempts to characterise and define the town: morphological, political-administrative, social, and economic characteristics - diversity, density and continuity, functional components - conclusion: the town as a complex whole - definition and specificity of the urban space.
The major challenges of the town today and major theories on the town of the future.
URBAN PROJECT METHODOLOGIES AND CONCEPTS OF SPATIAL PLANNING
Definition and outline of the urban project - the design approach - communication tools.
The context of spatial planning and related processes - the major ways of acting (direct and indirect). |
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