Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

The module addresses the ongoing transformation of the built urban environment. The focus is on how to continually develop and re-develop the built environment. The aim is to identify problems and potentials in existing built environments and to develop proposals for environmentally and socially responsible urban design strategies and proposals.

Students who complete the module:

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Must have knowledge on environmentally and socially sustainable urban design and the dynamics of the climate and its effects on the built environment from an engineering perspective.
• Must be able to understand the societal and environmental impacts of sustainable urban design and apply research-based insights to identify and critically assess contemporary urban design challenges and solutions.
• Must have knowledge of the fundamental principles of Problem Based Learning (PBL) as implemented in the Aalborg PBL model at the Faculty of IT and design.

Skills

• Must master a range of urban design theories, digital and analogue tools and methods in order to develop and present an urban design proposal that integrates engineering techniques and architectural qualities into conceptual urban design.
• Must be able to evaluate and apply sustainable urban design methods and theories as well as digital and analogue tools and engineering knowledge in order to identify site-specific analytical discoveries and urban design proposals.
• Must be able to evaluate and reflect on the societal implications related to engineering techniques and urban design methods and to communicate knowledge of sustainable urban design in written, visual, spatial and verbal form.
• Must be able to structure project management activities based on a well-formulated problem formulation.

Competences

• Must be able to integrate engineering based technical, spatial, social, environmental and aesthetic aspects to create a sustainable urban design proposal.
• Must be able to discuss and reflect on responsible design processes and implement complex sustainable urban design in a societal context.
• Must be able to reflect on, plan and manage a study project in a PBL learning environment.

Type of instruction

Types of instruction are listed in § 17; Structure and contents of the programme.

Exam

Exams