TCP8090 : Principles and Practice of Urban Design (MAUD)
- Offered for Year: 2024/25
- Module Leader(s): Professor Tim Townshend
- Other Staff: Mr Luke Leung
- Owning School: Architecture, Planning & Landscape
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 1 Credit Value: | 10 |
| ECTS Credits: | 5.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
1. To gain an awareness of design issues in the built environment.
2. To set the work of urban designers within the broad context of the development processes and products involved in the creation of the built environment.
3. To familiarise future urban designers with the disciplines involved in change in the built environment, and where they fit in.
This is a lecture based module involving a number of practitioners from various specialist fields in the built environment, aiming to familiarise and bring awareness to students on a variety of aspects of urban design as well as make links between contemporary theory and issues, and design practice. The assessment of the module is design to promote these links. The module comprises of theoretical as well as practical issues and is available as optional to a variety of related courses
Outline Of Syllabus
Themes of lectures will include:
Economics and Effective Urban Design
Sustainable Movement
Public Space
Landscape Urbanism
Practitioner sessions
Smart Cities
Urban Regeneration
Health and well-being
Assessment surgery
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 10 | 2:00 | 20:00 | Present in Person |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 26:00 | 26:00 | N/A |
| Guided Independent Study | Directed research and reading | 1 | 26:00 | 26:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Drop-in/surgery | 1 | 2:00 | 2:00 | N/A |
| Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 1 | 26:00 | 26:00 | N/A |
| Total | 100:00 |
Jointly Taught With
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| ARC8113 | Urban Performance Simulation |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
Lectures will provide an introduction to the subject matter. The lectures are interactive and include discussion at various key points and at times workshop activities which is fruitful due to the multidisciplinary nature of the module as well as the guest lecturers. The blog offers students the opportunity to investigate deeper into one of the subjects that has interested them from the lectures and also to develop skills in reflexivity, research and writing.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reflective log | 1 | M | 100 | 4 x 500 word commentaries posted on the blog; & 1 x 500 word reflection |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
Assessment Criteria are aligned with criteria for assessing academic writing in postgraduate level.
-Structure and reflexivity of blog posts
-Robustness of argument and reflexivity of comments on others perspectives adding value
-Links to lectures and relevant literature
-Adding value to the topic referred to by the blog posts by bringing in new and substantiated perspectives and sources
-Presentation including illustration and language
-Quality of referencing (Harvard Style)
-Unique personal critical and constructive viewpoint presented in commentary of overall experience
-Participation to the blog, management, attendance and frequency of posting
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- TCP8090's Timetable