Keine Lehrveranstaltung am 25.3. (Seminarwoche), am 8.4. (Osterferien) sowie an Feiertagen und in den letzten 2 Wochen des Semesters (s. Raumbelegungen). Findet für den Rest des Frühlingssemesters FS2021 ONLINE statt.
The means and potentials in the field of urban planning and design are pointed out from different perspectives in order to shape the city in the sense of a future-proof and humane environment. To this end, the basic principles are explained and concrete methods of urban design are presented.
Objective
The goal is to provide students with a broad systemic basic knowledge, that enables them to synthesize and evaluate complex urban design and planning problems.
Content
The lecture series imparts basic knowledge in urban planning and design. Pressing questions and main topics of contemporary urban design practice and theory will be addressed. The focus is on illustrating the richness of relationships as well as the potential of the discipline and its handling in everyday urban planning and design practice.
Lecture notes
There is no script to the lecture series. The lectures are recorded on video and made available online on http://www.video.ethz.ch/lectures.html a few days after each lecture.
Literature
At the end of the year course a reader with secondary literature will be made available for download.
A repetition date will be offered in the first two weeks of the semester immediately consecutive.
Additional information on mode of examination
Die Semesterendprüfung findet zwischen dem 7. und 18. Juni 2021 statt. Das genaue Prüfungsdatum wird am Prüfungskolloquium vom Dozenten bekanntgegeben.
If the course unit is part of an examination block, the credits are allocated for the successful completion of the whole block. This information can be updated until the beginning of the semester; information on the examination timetable is binding.
Performance assessment as a two-semester course together with 052-0701-00L Urban Design I