Urban Design – Sustainable Downtown Area In the City
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About Course
The topics of the course concern the design of downtown urbanized areas in accordance with the doctrine of sustainable development principles. The study will cover the area of former industrial sites on the Biala River, now with diverse functions but still with relics of the area’s former industrial character.
What Will You Learn?
- To familiarize the student with the basic functional, spatial and cultural problems of shaping urban complexes in the context of a sustainable inner city.
- To present the basic terminology of urban planning in the field of urban structure including public spaces, as well as the basic principles of urban revitalization.
- Teaching methods of analyzing the conditions of the existing state and, on this basis, formulating design assumptions.
- Developing a functional and spatial concept for a given area, together with a land development project.
Course Content
Introduction to the project
Basic information about the organization of the courses, detailed information about the project, the site and credit rules.
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Project theme
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Objectives of the course
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Tasks that are part of the subject
03:35 -
Project location
03:22 -
A brief history of the study area
06:01 -
Organisation of work
01:18 -
❗ Module on Discord, how it works?
02:25 -
When we work alone and when we work in a group
01:02 -
Work in the project team
00:58 -
Rules we don’t break when working online
00:47 -
Principles of evaluation and timetable for the module
02:38 -
Gamification of point collection and its principles
00:58
Analysis and synthesis of spatial conditions
This part of the course will first discuss issues related to urban space, and urban design methodology. Then during the workshop, under the guidance of the Trainers, your task will be to prepare spatial analyses. Each group of analyses will be accompanied by step-by-step questions to help you with their implementation. The tutors are available online all the time during the workshop and ready to help you. After the workshop, you will send the material to the designated cloud address. After reviewing the material, the Tutor will give you a correction of the presented material during the individual online consultation, but this is not an evaluation. Evaluation of this part will take place during the final discussion.
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How do we discover and explore design considerations in the city? Introduction
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Divide into task teams and choose leaders
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Choose a person responsible for the graphical consistency of the output materials
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Site visit or photographic documentation
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Preparation of field inventory and inventory map (in group)
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Preparation of an inventory of greenery (in a group)
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Special group to make a 3D model of the surrounding area including neighbouring areas
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Workshop – analysis and synthesis of spatial conditions
00:00 -
Scale in urban design
09:00 -
What do we see on the maps? What elements do we show flat?
02:14 -
What do we see in space (city/downtown/development area)? What should be shown spatially?
01:37 -
Create a map of location and orientation
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What was before the city? What natural elements occur in space?
01:47 -
Create a map of the topography of the area with the direction of water flow
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How do you rate green areas?
01:48 -
Prepare a green analysis
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What you can’t see is the ownership structure and legal?
02:37 -
What functions do we meet in it?
01:54 -
Perform a functional analysis
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Perform an analysis of the feature structure and current users
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What groups can we divide them into?
01:51 -
Are the functions diverse in terms of audiences?
01:41 -
How many users appear and at what times?
01:29 -
How can we show day activity of users in the study area?
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What does public transport, vehicular transport and the number of parking spaces, pedestrians, bicycles, alternative forms of transport and places of their stations look like?
02:45 -
Perform a communication analysis
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What spatial forms are characterized by it and why are some of them important, others less so?
02:05 -
Prepare compositional analysis
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What is the history of the place and what objects do we find in space?
00:40 -
Create a map highlighting objects of cultural value.
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What can we say about the inhabitants of this area and its immediate surroundings?
00:58 -
Explore and show functional connections with neighboring districts
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Consider additional analysis
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How to prepare a correct synthesis of the analyses?
02:27 -
Prepare a graphical and schematic synthesis
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Feedback
00:00 -
Prepare a coherent presentation for discussion
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Discussion
00:00 -
Check You knowledge about area.
Project assumptions and inspiration
After we have familiarized ourselves with the conditions, identified the problems, and noted the possibilities of the site, in design we move on to establishing design assumptions. We will revolve around terms and policies and strategies from various fields related to sustainable development. As in the previous task, first there will be an introduction, then a workshop during which you and your partners will prepare design assumptions, look for inspiration. The next step will be feedback and this topic will close with a joint presentation.
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Sustainable city, policies and other strategies for contemporary space design
34:09 -
Sustainable design
00:33 -
Natural elements of the urban environment
01:16 -
Quality without a name – the value of historic buildings in inner city development
02:27 -
Public space without exclusion
03:32 -
Compact City
01:05 -
Urban Mobility
04:38 -
Can we make cities car free?
08:47 -
Mix of functions
01:06 -
Our European Future – Green Deal
01:43 -
Workshop – project assumptions and inspiration
00:00 -
Discussion – as a group, consider what is important to you in urban policy-making
00:00 -
How can we show a synthesis of the idea?
00:00 -
Describe your idea in a slogan, graphic, logo
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Why are we looking for inspiration?
00:00 -
Look for examples of similar projects or urban, architectural, landscape or other inspirations
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How to show preliminary ideas in an attractive way?
00:00 -
Prepare schemes for the use of ideas in your space
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Methods for making spatial design assumptions
00:00 -
Prepare a presentation board of the project assumptions
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Feedback
00:00 -
Presentation
00:00 -
Sustainable design quiz
Implementation of the project
In this phase of the module, we move on to the actual design. The phase is divided into two phases, during which three workshops will be held. In the first phase, we will answer the question: Where do we start designing in a comprehensive urban design project? It will conclude with a discussion and closure of the concept. The next phase and workshop will focus on the technical finishing of drawings according to technical standards. And the final workshop will be the development of the public space concept, model and presentation.
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Workshop – Where we start designing in a comprehensive urban design project?
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Dispositions of the transport system, number of parking spaces, alternative transport solutions, investment absorption of the area
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Analyse strategic documents and planning dispositions in relation to the number of parking spaces
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Preliminary composition of spatial layout
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Draw a preliminary composition of the spatial layout
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Draw preliminary sections showing spatial solutions
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Prepare a conceptual 3D model and insert it into the previously prepared environment model
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Discussion – preliminary urbansitic concept
00:00 -
Workshop – Urban drawings – technical standards
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Development drawing – technical standards to which such drawing is subject
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Preparation of a development project drawing at a scale of 1:1000
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Preparation of cross-section drawing at a scale of 1:500
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Workshop – Public space concept and preparation of the final presentation
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Concept for the development of public spaces
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Prepare a detailed design of urban planning solutions for a public space
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How we prepare cross-section for concept visualisation?
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Draw a cross-section of a public space at a scale of 1:200
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How to choose the correct bird’s eye views of a 3D model in an urban design project.
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Prepare bird’s-eye views of the 3D model including the surroundings.
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How do urban visualisations differ from architectural visualisations?
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Prepare urban visualisations of public spaces.
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Prepare urban visualisations of the entire urban development area.
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Preparation of presentation design, what we show, in what order, mandatory and optional elements.
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How to prepare for an online presentation?
00:00 -
Prepare the final presentation of the project
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Feedback
00:00 -
Presentation
00:00
Urban design glossary
Here you will find the concepts that appear on the course and with which you should be familiar. These terms will appear in the quizzes, but you should also use them in your discussion or presentation, as this will be one of the things we will pay attention to.
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Urban Design glossary
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