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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- a.1. Identify the urban design and housing theories and movements
2- a.2. Recognize urban design element for the new development projects.
3- a.3. Point different elements of the built environment and housing projects
4- a.4. Outline the socio-cultural, socio-political, socio-economic issues to urbanism and new urbanism movements.

b. Intellectual Skills:

1- b.1. Apply the design process in the project.
2- b.2. Analyze data on different levels
3- b.3. Assess existing urban design and housing projects, & elements of the built environment
4- b.4. Suggest and evaluate alternative urban design settings

c. Professional and Practical Skills:

1- c.1. Construct project out line.
2- c.2. Specify problems with great complexity
3- c.2. Specify problems with great complexity
4- c.3. Design alternative solutions to large scale urban design and housing projects that integrate different social and cultural variables and encompass all scales of environmental design.
5- c.4. Judge the applications of contemporary tools and approaches to urban design problems.

d. General and Transferable Skills:

1- d.1. Present projects and data using different techniques (computer, manual… etc.).
2- d.2. Communicate effectively with others.
3- d.3. Presenting the work using common techniques and tools


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Course topics and contents:

Topic No. of hours Lecture Tutorial/Practical
Introduction 2 2 4
The relationships between man and environment, 2 2 4
Method and Techniques, Urban Design physical components 2 2 4
Urban Form Generation; Spatial Form 2 2 4
Urban Control 2 2 4
1st submissions and follow up of all staff comments. 2 2 4
History of urban design as a field of practice. 2 2 4
Theory of urban design 2 2 4
Visual aspects in large urban design projects. elevations (follow up) 2 2 4
Elements of Open Spaces/Urban Spaces 2 2 4
Housing clusters/ Project follow up 2 2 4
2nd submissions and follow up of all staff comments 2 2 4
Housing: neighborhood unit 2 2 4
Landscape Architecture for large urban design and housing projects. 2 2 4
3rd submissions 2 2 4

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Teaching and learning methods
Interactive Lectures
Research
Classwork

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Course Assessment :

Methods of assessment Relative weight % Week No. Assess What
Assignments / Studio work 30.00
Final exam 40.00
in-class quizes/ Midterms 20.00
Participation 10.00

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