ARCH2001-1 : Urban networks

Study Programmes 2015-2016

ARCH2001-1

Urban networks

Duration :

20h Th

Number of credits :

Specialised master in urban and regional planning		2

Lecturer :

Sigrid Reiter

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

This course teaches how to design and calculate the following urban networks: water management, public lighting and roads, according to a holistic and multidisciplinary approach that respects the objectives of sustainable urban planning.
Content
- Issues and philosophy of design/ renovation porjects of urban networks.
- Multidisciplinary approach to network planning.
- Impact of the design of networks on public space and urban quality.
- Principles of design, quality criteria and standards, methods of study, planning tools and calculation tools for designing and sizing of urban quality.
-Various illustrations of the theoretical course with examples of real projects.

Learning outcomes of the course :

The objectives of this course are as follows:
- Understanding the issues underlying the development of community networks.

- Promoting integration of networks design/renovation studies from the first design phase of urban projects.

- Exploring new ways of development of urban networks.

- Learning various tools of design, planning and calculation of these networks.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

None.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

None.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Second semester (from February) : on Wednesday from 14h to 16h from february.