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Urban Design for the Public Good: Dutch Urbanism
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32 h
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- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 8 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Subtitles in Russian
Course details
Syllabus
Week 1:
The first module is a thematic and technical introduction of the basic concepts behind the course and its functionality.
Week 2:
We will focus on the concept of “public goods” and how these can be strengthened or created by design and planning actions.
Week 3:
This module is focused around the structural role of the natural landscape in any urban environment.
Week 4:
We will introduce you to the concept of Urban Metabolism and the way in which different urban “flows” interact.
Week 5:
We will look at how seemingly small interventions like the restructuring of an urban plaza can have a great impact on the usability and enjoyability of the city for all.
Week 6:
This module is an introduction to the realm of data driven design. What may someday result in “smart cities” must start from a basic understanding of the relation between data and design.
Week 7:
Another exercise in how to achieve big results with small interventions: In this module, we will look at how strategic changes in infrastructure have brought new life to a dilapidated area.
Week 8:
Rounding off this course, we will bring the concept of design for the public good to an new level, what have we learned? But more importantly, what are the roads ahead?
Prerequisite
Basic hand drawing skills, familiarity with reading and interpreting maps.
Instructors
Remon Rooij
Instructor
Delft University of Technology
Leo van den Burg
Lecturer in Urban Design
Delft University of Technology
Rients Dijkstra
Professor of Urban Design
Delft University of Technology
Marjolein van Esch
Environmental Technology and Design
Delft University of Technology
Abdoulaye Diakite
Postdoctoral member of the chair of 3D Geoinformation
Delft University of Technology
Els Bet
Instructor
Delft University of Technology
Birgit Hausleitner
Lecturer in Urbanism
Delft University of Technology
Editor
Delft University of Technology (in Dutch: Technische Universiteit Delft), better known as TU Delft, is the oldest and largest public university in the Netherlands.
It is based in Delft, in the Netherlands. In the QS World University Rankings 2022, it is ranked among the top 10 engineering and technology universities in the world. In architecture and civil engineering, it was ranked 2nd in the world, after MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
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