Study Programmes 2016-2017
ARCH2005-2  
Operational urban planning : integrated practice
Duration :
80h Pr, 95h Proj.
Number of credits :
Specialised master in urban and regional planning7
Lecturer :
Sigrid Reiter, Jacques Teller
Substitute(s) :
Joël Privot, Jacques Teller
Coordinator :
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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
Learning unit contents :
Project exercise, solving multidisciplinary problems and integrating the different design phases of an urban planning project :
-Characterization and analysis of potential city site: diagnosis, defining the issues, risks and opportunities;
-Developing a program of action: strategic analysis, planning by objectives;
- Master plan (2D & 3D);
- Operational development (legal & financial issues, actors)
-Communication and representation of the project and its integration: visual communication, Sketchup, oral presentation...
Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
The objectives of this project are:
- Addressing the urban project through a complex urban situation.
- Learning to control the multidisciplinary nature of urban projects of large scale.
- Learning to conduct a project through its various phases of design, since the initial diagnosis to the master plan and operation design (actors, finances, legal issues).
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
The course is given in the second quadrimester. It is based on a project-based pedagogy, involving a client in the initial stage of the analysis. City officials are  hence invited to present the problem at hand and frame the context of the project. 
It is based on group working, most of the times combining different disciplines.
Student work is regularly monitored during the course, through collective workshops where they can learn from each other practice.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Presence is required at the class.
Group working is based on regular attendence of the course.
 
Recommended or required readings :
Reference works
Les espaces publics urbains, Mission Interministérielle pour la Qualité des Constructions Publiques. La programmation urbaine, Le Moniteur des Travaux Publics et du Bâtiment, 2003, n°5175. Les marchés de définition, Mission Interministérielle pour la Qualité des Constructions Publiques. Towards an urban Renaissance, Urban Task Force.
Assessment methods and criteria :
An external jury is invited to give an opinion about the final work of students at the end of the year. This jury's advice is purely indicative. The evaluation is based on the reports and visual displays of the sutents.
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Any questions or requests for additional information is welcome.
Students wishing to meet me can get an appointment by sending an e-mail.
Contacts :
Prof. Sigrid Reiter and Jacques Teller e-mail: sigrid.reiter@ulg.ac.be jacques.teller@ulg.ac.be www.lema.ulg.ac.be