Recommended prerequisite for participation in the module

The course module adds to integrated design knowledge obtained in 1st semester of the Master’s program in Urban Design. Therefore, the student is recommended to have knowledge, skills and competencies within the urban design engineering and technical science field corresponding to the completion of the MSc01 level at the Urban Design education.

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

This module focuses on theories and methods relating to site and landscape, with the objective to investigate physical sites as urban landscapes conditioned by spatial, functional, technical and aesthetic properties. The course explores urban environments in section as a mode of analysis and as method of designing; to examine what is above and what is below the surface, as well as to facilitate a transition from analysis to conceptual design in one process.

Students who complete the module:

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Must demonstrate proficient knowledge of site and landscape analysis, site and landscape theories, and conceptual urban design, observing technical, functional, spatial and aesthetic conditions of sites.
• Must be able to understand as well as academically reflect on integration of selected technical, functional, spatial and aesthetic conditions of sites to identify and discuss key potentials, problems and concepts.

Skills

• Must master a wide range of methods and theories relating to volumetric site and landscape analysis and conceptual urban design.
• Must proficiently be able to assess, select, adapt and apply specific methods and theories in an integrated urban design site and landscape analysis and conceptual design.
• Must be able to communicate site and landscape analysis and conceptual design in proficiently written, visual, spatial and verbal form.

Competences

• Must demonstrate proficiency in conducting a site and landscape analysis, as well as a conceptual design, using urban design representations as integrated tools in the design process.
• Must independently, and in collaboration with others, demonstrate responsibility towards integrating technical, functional, spatial and aesthetic conditions of sites in an analytical and conceptual urban design process.

Type of instruction

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

Exam

Exams

Name of exam	Site Morphology: Advanced Analysis and Design
Type of exam	Oral exam based on a project
ECTS	5
Permitted aids	See semester description
Assessment	Passed/Not Passed
Type of grading	Internal examination
Criteria of assessment	The criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination Policies and Procedures