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Elective 4 \ Community Development and Participatory Design

Course Code :
ARC E04
Level :
Undergraduate
Course Hours :
3.00 Hours
Department :
Department of Architectural Engineering

Instructor information :

Title:Lecturer
Name: DINA MAAROUF AHMED MOHAMED DIEFALLAH
Office hours:-Hours

Title:Assistant Lecturer
Name: AYA TAREK IBRAHEM ABDELHADY AHMED
Office hours:-Hours

Area of Study :

1. Develop design process awareness (including data gathering and analysis). 2. Share ideas and work in a team or a group. 3. Develop drawing and representation techniques. 4. Develop awareness of circulation systems, structures, lighting and form as applied to small scale buildings.

For further information :

Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

Elective 4 \ Community Development and Participatory Design

The course looks at the existence of privacy and territoriality in traditional Arab cities regarding the morphological analysis of the urban spatial pattern. Land utilization, population density, site and services projects for the low income groups. The districts closely integrated physical and social fabric and the way in which social, economic, and cultural factors could all together affect the development of that community.

For further information :

Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

Elective 4 \ Community Development and Participatory Design

Course outcomes:

a. Knowledge and Understanding:

1-	Identify Human Sciences and Natural Sciences.
2-	Define Environmental Psychology as a relevant discipline of local dense communities.
3-	Summarize the physical common traits in human perception.
4-	Identify the common psychological structures and responses of local dense communities.
5-	Explain individual differences and preferences.
6-	Explain the difference between the concepts of space and place.
7-	Outline people’s psychological needs in open spaces of local dense communities
8-	Extend space ideality and the narrative concept.

b. Intellectual Skills:

1-	Compare the discussed concepts with other relevant concepts
2-	Apply concepts on existing projects of local dense communities. .

c. Professional and Practical Skills:

1-	Not Applicable

d. General and Transferable Skills:

1-	To search effectively

For further information :

Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

Elective 4 \ Community Development and Participatory Design

Course topics and contents:

Topic	No. of hours	Lecture	Tutorial/Practical
Urban Rehabilitation	12	6	6
Historic Cities	8	4	4
Design Development of local dense communities	12	6	6
Identity, Character and Urban Pattern	8	4	4
The Morphology Of Spaces In Islamic Cities	8	4	4
The Residential Unit Design Criteria	12	6	6

For further information :

Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

Elective 4 \ Community Development and Participatory Design

Teaching And Learning Methodologies:

Teaching and learning methods
Lectures.
Tutorial
Group work
Seminar

For further information :

Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

Elective 4 \ Community Development and Participatory Design

Course Assessment :

Methods of assessment	Relative weight %	Week No.	Assess What
Assignments.	40.00
Final exam.	40.00
Participation.	10.00
Reports	10.00

For further information :

Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

Elective 4 \ Community Development and Participatory Design

Books:

Book	Author	Publisher

Course notes :

o Chermayeff, Serge. (1965), Community and Privacy. Anchor Books, USA. o Sanoff, Henry. (1991) Visual Research Methods in Design, Van Nostrand Reinhold, USA. o Smith, Peter. (1979). Architecture and the Human Dimension, The Pitman Press, UK.

Recommended books :

o Rapoport, Amos. (1977). Human Aspects of Urban Form, Pergamon Press, USA. o Hillier, Bill. (1988). The Social Logic of Space. Cambridge University Press, UK.-Francis D.K. Ching/Architecture: Form – Space and Order.