2025Year

First Semester

Theory of Urban Design

Lecture

Theory of Urban Design

Z2000005 Theory of Urban Design

ENDO Arata

2.0Credits

Tue.2Period

Shinjuku Campus

A-0656教室

A) A high degree of specialized expertise　100%
B) The skills to use science and technology　0%
C) The ability to conduct research independently, knowledge pertaining to society and occupations, and sense of ethics required of engineers and researchers　0%
D) Creative skills in specific areas of specialization　0%

- Understand basic viewpoints and ideas on modern urban design, specific methods and key points. This is an opportunity to think about what urban design should be like in the future.
- From the economic and functional aspects peculiar to the private sector business, leave the opportunity to think about how city and urban design should be.
- Learn to actively learn how to actively learn through active involvement in class, not something passive.
- Learn the fundamental theories leading to modern urban design and understand the basic viewpoints and methods of operation necessary for urban design in future.
- From the economic and functional aspects peculiar to the private sector business, leave the opportunity to think about how city and urban design should be.
- Learn to actively learn how to actively learn through active involvement in class, not something passive.

Complete undergraduate subjects in urban planning and urban design.

Discussion Debate／Group Work／Presentation／Practice Fieldwork

Structure of the class
The class will be based on face-to-face (classroom face-to-face, field survey), but remote class (zoom) will be combined as needed.
The class will be divided into the first half and the second half. In the first half (session 1), we will learn about the urban design approach of changing an area through large-scale urban development. In the second half (session 2), students will learn about urban design approaches that change streets through small-scale development and streetscape formation by street stores, as well as large-scale development.
In the first session, we will learn the basic methods, followed by a literature survey to prepare for the field survey. In the first session, we will learn about the basic methods, followed by a literature review for the field survey. We will also conduct a field survey to experience the urban space of each area and understand the results of urban design. Finally, students will write a report on their findings and make a presentation.
The details of the meeting time and place for the field survey will be given during the guidance.
Students will be assigned the responsibility for researching literature for the field survey at the time of guidance.

Introduction
(1) Guidance (face-to-face/classroom)
Explanation of how to proceed with the class, assigning responsibilities for presentations, etc.

First half / Session 1 / Urban Design for Developing Areas
2) (face-to-face/classroom): Lecture 1
Urban Design Today 1: Urban Development, Landscape Planning, Guidelines, Area Management
3) Presentation 01 (face-to-face/classroom) ・All students will make a presentation for the field survey.
(Preparation) Each student will conduct literature research on urban design, urban development, town planning, etc. for his/her assigned area and theme.
4) Field survey 1 (Shibuya)
5）Field survey 2 (Marunouchi, Otemachi, Hibiya)
6）Field survey 3 (Futakotamagawa)
7）Presentation 02 (face-to-face/classroom)
Presentation: What we learned from the three field surveys
Discussion: What is the effective urban design to create an attractive area?
（Discussion: What is the effective urban design to form an attractive area? (Preparation) Preparation and submission of the first half summary report

Second half/Session 2: Urban design for nurturing streets
(8) (face-to-face/classroom): Lecture 2)
Urban Design Today 2: Placemaking, Parklets, Social Experiments, Perspectives on Urban Streets
(9)Presentation 03 (face-to-face/classroom) ・All students will make a presentation for the field survey.
(Preparation) Each student will conduct literature research on urban design, urban development, town planning, etc. in the area and theme for which he/she is responsible.
(10）Field survey 4 (Daikanyama, Nakameguro)
(11）Field survey 5 (Shimokitazawa)
(12) Field survey 6 (Harajuku/Omotesando)
(13) Presentation 04 (face-to-face/classroom)
Presentation: What we learned from the three field surveys
Discussion: What is the effective urban design for creating attractive streets?
（Discussion: What is an effective urban design to form an attractive street? (Preparation in advance) Preparation and submission of summary report for the second half
(14) submit summary report (on demand)

Grade evaluation
· Presentation and final report submission is necessary condition for credits acquisition.
· Evaluation points: emphasis on the number of attendance, emphasis on the number of presentations of the report contents at class hours, participation in discussion.

The content of the submitted and presented reports will be critiqued during class time.

ISBN: 978-4395321100

・Peter Calthorpe (1993), “The Next American Metropolis”
・Reid Ewing, Keith Bartholomew, and Arthur C. Nelson (2011), “Compactness vs. Sprawl”
・Stephen M. Wheeler (2002), “Infill Development”
・Jan Gehl (1980), “Outdoor Space and Outdoor Activities”
・Stephen Pacala and Robert Socolow (2004), “Stabilization Wedges: Solving the Climate Problem for the Next 50 Years with Current Technologies”
・Harriet Bulkeley, Vanesa Castan Broto, and Gareth Edwards (2012), “Towards Low Carbon Urbanism”
・William Solecki, Cynthia Rosenzweig, Stepen Hammer, and Shangun Mehorta (2013), “The Urbanization of Climate Change: Responding to a New Global Change”
・Timothy Beatley (2011), “Biophili Cities”
・Frederick Steiner (2011), “Landscape Ecological Urbanism”
・Dolores Hyden (2002), “Domesticating Urban Space”
・Janice E. Perlman with Molly O’Meara Sheehan (2007), “Fighting Poverty and Environmental Injustice in Cities”

It will be presented during class hours in case of necessary.

Tuesday 6th period, A2673 rooms.
Students who wish to meet other time, please contact me: arata@cc.kogakuin.ac.jp

The reading point of the urban design documents is the background and purpose of the theoretical theme, the way to capture the urban design object, the way of thinking as urban design, the point as a theory, the understanding of the case which serves as the basis of the theory, and so on.

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