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    Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan

    Faculty of Engineering & Technology


    Semester
    1st 2016/2017

    Course Number

    Course Name
    Urban Design

    0903430

    Department
    Architectural Engineering

    Course Catalog Description


    Urban Design is about designing and working on a larger scale of open spaces such as groups of buildings,
    streets and public spaces, whole neighborhoods and districts, and entire cities, it is about shaping cities, towns
    and villages with the goal of making urban areas functional, attractive, and sustainable.
    It is also about making connections between people and places, movement and urban form, nature and the built
    fabric. It is about enduring vast and rapid changes that hit and shaped the environments. It is an interdisciplinary subject that unites all the built environment professions, including urban planning, landscape
    architecture, architecture, civil and municipal engineering. Urban design draws together the many strands of
    place-making, environmental stewardship, social equity and economic viability into the creation of places with
    distinct beauty and identity.

    Instructor
    Lecture Time
    Mon/Wed

    Sun/Tus/Thu
    Thu

    Office Hours
    Mon/Wed

    11-4

    Sun/Tus/Thu

    Sec

    E-mail
    [email protected]

    11-1

    Name
    Luma Daradkeh

    10-11

    Text Books
    Text book 2
    The Image of the City
    Lynch, Kevin
    Boston: MIT Press. 1960/rev. 1196

    Text book 1
    Design of Cities.
    Bacon, Edmund, N. (1969/ rev. 1976).
    New York: Penguin Books Ltd.

    Title
    Author(s)
    Publisher, Year, Edition

    References
    -

    The Nature of Urban Design, Alexandros Washburn.


    Sourcebook of Contemporary Urban Design, Francesca Mola.
    Urban Design Thinking: A Conceptual Toolkit, Kim Dovey.
    Essentials of Urban Design, Mark Sheppard.
    URBAN DESIGN: GREEN DIMENSIONS, Cliff Moughtin with Peter Shirley.
    Cities for people , Jan Gehl, Island press, 2013, 1st Ed

    Prerequisites
    Prerequisites by topic
    Prerequisites by course
    Co-requisites by course

    Design 4

    Topics Covered
    Sections

    Chepter in Text

    Topics
    - Introduction to Course.
    - Defining what is urban design.
    - Introduction to the project.
    Data collection & site analysis stage
    o Site visit
    o Site description - representation of site
    conditions
    - Site analysis & design decisions
    - Data collection & site analysis stage

    Week
    Week 1
    13-10-2016
    Week 2
    20-10-2016

    Week 3
    27-10-2016

    First submission for case studies and site analysis.

    Conceptual design stage.

    Design development stage


    - Optimizing spatial and functional relationships
    - Optimizing circulation patterns
    - Developing the structural system to complement the
    architectural design
    - Developing the 3D image through the development of
    elevations
    - Design development.
    -

    Design development.

    Design development stage


    - Orientation of various functions in relation to site conditions
    and hierarchical relationships
    - Drawing the project in plan, elevation, section and 3D with
    emphasis on quality of interior space
    - Design development.

    Week 4
    3-11-2016
    Week 5
    10-11-2016
    Week 6
    17-11-2016

    Week 7
    24-11-2016
    Week 8
    1-12-2016
    Week 9
    8-12-2016

    Week 10
    15-12-2016
    Week 11
    22-12-2016
    Week 12
    29-12-2016

    Pre-final submission.

    Design Development.

    Week 13
    5-1-2017

    Representation of the design by producing a comprehensive


    set of 2D & 3D drawings
    Drawings can be prepared using CAD.

    Final presentation developments.

    Final Submission of the 2nd project

    Week 14
    12-1-2017
    Week 15
    19-1-2017

    Student Outcomes (SOs) and Course Outcomes


    Course Outcomes

    (SOs)

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    2
    3

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    5
    6
    7
    8

    Differentiate the meaning between urban design and Urban planning expressions.
    Understand the approaches, techniques and tools of urban design necessary to
    structure the spatial relationships of the built environment.
    Focusing on the design of urban spaces, informed by the demand of analysis,
    decision making frameworks, related studies and the specifics of plan
    implementation.
    Understanding how and why urban design can solve problems of city
    deterioration.
    Recognizing concepts of urban design such as, restoration, rehabilitation,
    preservation, redevelopment, reconstructions.
    To introduce the components of a city and their interdependent roles.
    To learn to interpret the city in different ways and layers.
    To create awareness of contemporary urban issues as well as learn about possible
    ways to address them.
    Evaluation

    Weight
    20 %
    20 %
    50%
    10 %

    Expected Due Date


    According to the department schedule
    According to the department schedule
    According to the final examination schedule

    Assessment Tools
    First Exam
    Second Exam
    Final Exam
    Participation

    Contribution of Course to Meet the Professional Components


    The course contributes to building the skills of urban design and understanding its components, dealing with engineering
    standards and converting open-ended problems into a set of design specifications.

    Relationship to Student Outcomes (L= Low, M= Medium, H= High)


    10
    H

    9
    M

    8
    M

    7
    L

    6
    M

    5
    H

    4
    L

    3
    H

    2
    M

    1
    M

    SOs
    Level

    Relationship to ------------------- Engineering Program Objectives (MEPOs)


    PO5

    PO4

    PO3

    PO2

    PO1

    Student Outcomes (SOs)


    Students will develop the ability to devise and control a coherent design process.
    Students will develop an understanding of urban issues and build strategies to respond to it.
    Students will apprehend the role of urban design in solving problems generated from the
    changing policies, strategies, laws and codes used in the city planning, building structure
    and landscape.
    Students will refer to real concepts and problems and real environmental challenges of real
    local cases.
    Students will Be trained to handle existing cases of urban design problems and to evaluate
    related parameters and properties and analyze its conditions and decide level of
    interferences.
    Discuss points of argument and differences between architectural design, town and city
    planning and landscape or space design.
    Comprehend and relate methodologies, applications and practices on the international,
    regional and local levels.
    Knowing and adopting certain processes of urban studies procedures including surveys,
    analysis and synthesis within certain urban tissues or spaces.

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    Prepared by
    Arch. Luma Daradkeh

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