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History & Theories of Architecture

  • Course Code :
    ARC 221
  • Level :
    Undergraduate
  • Course Hours :
    3 Hours
  • Department :
    3

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Course outcomes:

a. Knowledge and Understanding:

1- Classify the historical city planning approaches of the ancient civilizations.
2- Identify the problems within the urban environment.
3- Document the present situation of an urban context.
4- Recognize the socio-economic and physical aspects of a given urban area.
5- Know the conventional approaches of strategic urban planning.
6- Outline a proper Master Plan on the city level.

b. Intellectual Skills:

1- Interpret the different urban fabrics within a city.
2- Apply the different physical and urban surveys.
3- Formulate planning alternatives that integrate social, economic and technical requirements.
4- Develop the right planning decision to solve the urban planning problems.

c. Professional and Practical Skills:

1- Show proper presentation techniques to represent his/her final proposal.
2- Propose realistic strategies for planning and upgrading existing areas.
3- Identify the related stakeholders in the planning projects.
4- Apply the learned methods on realistic projects.

d. General and Transferable Skills:

1- Discuss and defend his/her ideas.
2- Work in a team from the beginning of the project to its end.


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Course topics and contents:

Topic No. of hours Lecture Tutorial/Practical
A common language in planning / Urban planning methodology 4 2 2
The city and its components / Making th e base map /designing urban surveys 4 2 2
Introduction to the Course Planning History : Egyp 4 2 2
Visual analysis studies / 4 2 2
1 st Midterm Presentation / Planning History: Mesopotamia 4 2 2
Urban problems, limitations and poten tials / Traffic and transportation 4 2 2
Making a city Vision / Setting an upgrading strategy 4 2 2
Setting Planning Alternatives 4 2 2
2 nd Midterm presentations / Planning History: Roman and Greek 4 2 2
Socio-economic studies 4 2 2
Dealing with Informal and deteriorated settlements 1 4 2 2
Dealing with Informal and deteriorated settlements 2 4 2 2
The Master Plan 4 2 2
Final follow up and discussion. 4 2 2
Final presentation and end work 4 2 2

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Lectures
Applied Project
Search for Data (Self-study)
Project Presentations

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Course Assessment :

Methods of assessment Relative weight % Week No. Assess What
Final Exam 40.00
First Mid Term Exam 25.00
Participation 10.00
Second Midterm Exam 25.00

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