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Blekinge Institute of Technology
Department of Spatial Planning
Revision: 2
Reg.no: BTH-4.1.14-0074-2021
Course syllabus
Complex Urban Projects in a European Context
Complex Urban Projects in a European Context
15 credits (15 högskolepoäng)
Course code: FM1506
Main field of study: Spatial Planning
Disciplinary domain: Technology
Education level: First-cycle
Specialization: G2F - First cycle, has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Language of instruction: English
Applies from: 2021-08-30
Approved: 2021-03-01
1. Descision
This course is established by Dean 2021-02-10. The course syllabus is approved by Head of Department of Spatial Planning 2021-03-01 and applies from 2021-08-30.
2. Entry requirements
Admission to the course requires completed courses of at least 60 credits in the area of spatial planning, architecture or equivalent fields.
3. Objective and content
3.1 Objective
The aim of the course is to deepen the students’ knowledge in the field of urban development. The focus is on understanding major urban development problems and change processes in a European context. The course applies specialised knowledge of site analysis and design to a change proposal in a complex urban environment
3.2 Content
The course focuses on a selected city and complex planning problems and processes in a European context. The historical emergence and importance of a city in a region is analysed, for example with regard to land use, population, socio-economic factors, traffic systems, green structures, the nature of its buildings, and cultural environments. Selected project areas are studied and programmes for an urban renewal project, including a design proposal, are formulated and presented. In a final assignment, trends and attitudes in current European urban development are problematised.
4. Learning outcomes
The following learning outcomes are examined in the course:
4.1. Knowledge and understanding
On completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the growth and complexity of the physical environment
- Demonstrate understanding of the interdisciplinary complexity of spatial planning
4.2. Competence and skills
On completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Be able to select relevant methods for collecting, analysing and compiling planning conditions for a city in transition
- Demonstrate the ability to formulate and present (in words and images) a design proposal that fulfils social, functional, technical, economic and aesthetic requirements
4.3. Judgement and approach
On completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate the ability to analyse, evaluate and discuss her/his own and others’ plan proposals in terms of their form, content and presentation, using a critical approach
- Be able to reflect on the relationship between analysis and design proposals, as well as how the existing cultural environment has been handled.
5. Learning activities
The course consists of an individual urban planning project that is interspersed with analytical elements and lectures.
6. Assessment and grading
Modes of examinations of the course
| Code | Module | Credit | Grade |
| 2110 | Analysis | 3 credits | GU |
| 2120 | Project | 9 credits | AF |
| 2130 | Written assignment | 3 credits | AF |
The course will be graded A Excellent, B Very good, C Good, D Satisfactory, E Sufficient, FX Failed result, a little more work required, F Fail.
The information before a course occasion states the assessment criteria and make explicit in which modes of examination that the learning outcomes are assessed.
An examiner can, after consulting the Disability Advisor at BTH, decide on a customized examination form for a student with a long-term disability to be provided with an examination equivalent to one given to a student who is not disabled.
7. Course evaluation
The course evaluation should be carried out in line with BTH:s course evaluation template and process.
8. Restrictions regarding degree
The course can form part of a degree but not together with another course the content of which completely or partly corresponds with the contents of this course.
9. Course literature and other materials of instruction
Sim, David (2019): Soft City, Building Density for Everyday Life. Island Press, Washington & London.
Additional material will be distributed.
This is not a legal document. If you would like a copy of the legal decision regarding this course plan, contact the registrar at Blekinge Institute of Technology.