Undergraduate Courses
Urban and Planning History (Spring)
This course provides an opportunity for students to understand how cities have been shaped throughout history, how planning systems have evolved, and how these processes interact with social, economic, political, and cultural dynamics. By learning about urban forms from ancient times to the present, students will understand how processes extending from the past to the present can shed light on current urban challenges. The main objectives of the course include: (1) analysing the historical development processes of cities; (2) understanding planning systems and the social context of changes; (3) being able to evaluate current urban challenges from a historical perspective; (4) understanding the impact of the heritage of the past on current planning processes by examining examples of urbanization of different periods.
Urban Fringe Belts (Autumn)
This course helps students to understand the historical and spatial development processes, formation dynamics, and current importance of urban fringe belts. By analyzing the effects of fringe belts on the physical, economic, and social aspects of cities, students will gain the ability to develop innovative approaches for the protection, management, and re-functioning of fringe belts. The objectives of the course are as follows: (1) understand the concept of fringe belts in historical and theoretical contexts; (2) understand the analysis process of urban fringe belts; (3) understand the spatial characteristics of urban fringe belts and their roles in the urban landscape; (4) to evaluate the potential of fringe belts in sustainable urbanism; (5) to understand how fringe belts function in different contexts by examining examples from different cities.
Morphological Regionalization (Spring)
This course allows students to examine the spatial, historical and functional characteristics of different parts of urban areas by addressing the method of morphological regionalization to understand the physical structure of cities. By learning the method of morphological regionalization, students will gain the ability to analyze the dynamic structure of cities and apply it in planning processes. The objectives of the course are as follows: (1) to learn the concept of morphological region and its theoretical basis; (2) to be able to define the spatial structure and morphological characteristics of different urban areas; (3) to learn the morphological regionalization process; (4) to be able to evaluate the development processes of cities from a morphological perspective; (5) developing concrete solutions for urban planning and design using zoning methods; (6) understanding the diversity and applicability of morphological regionalization through examples from different cities