Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Students completing the module acquire the following: 

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Understanding of the dynamics of the urban climate and its effects on the built environment
• Knowledge of environmentally and socially sustainable techniques for densifying the urban environment
• Knowledge of potential resources in the contemporary built environment as a catalyst to finding sustainable engineering and design solutions
• Knowledge of synergies and conflicts in climate change planning
• Knowledge of the fundamental principles of Problem Based Learning (PBL) as implemented in the Aalborg PBL model at The Technical Faculty of IT and Design

Skills

• Can analyse and conceptualise complex urban projects and environments from a number of perspectives related to the ‘compact city’, e.g. climate adaptation and mitigation, densification, re-use, inclusivity
• Can analyse the interaction between environmental factors such as wind, water and the built environment
• Can utilise theories and methods in order to analyse and evaluate contemporary built environments and notions of ‘compact cities’
• Can develop a proposal that integrates engineering techniques with conceptual and spatial design
• Can structure project management activities based on a well-formulated problem formulation

Competences

• Can work with techniques for adapting to climate change in densified built environments that compile technical, spatial, social and aesthetic qualities into an integrated design solution
• Can evaluate existing situations and utilise innovative and contemporary sustainable engineering techniques in the transformation of the built environment
• Can evaluate and communicate the effects of urban transformation as environmentally and socially sustainable
• Can reflect on, plan and manage a study project in a PBL learning environment

Type of instruction

Problem-based project work in groups. 

Exam

Exams