Undergraduate Course: Urban Design and Housing (ARCH08011)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art | 
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 20 | 
ECTS Credits | 10 | 
 
 
| Summary | Indicative course content 
Studio analysis projects combined with site visits to explore suitable precedents lead on to design projects where students produce design proposals for both Urban Design and Housing layouts following an exploration of alternatives. 
 
Aims of course 
1 To introduce students to the basic theories and issues involved in both urban design and housing layout. 
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Mode of delivery 
Studio, seminars and critiques. | 
 
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    Not entered
    
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  Co-requisites  
ARCH08015 Horticulture and Plant Materials 2 
 
Prohibited combinations  
none | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |   
Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - demonstrate and understanding of the basic principles of urban design.
 - demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles involved in housing layouts
 - design simple housing layouts employing basic principles of urban design.
 
     
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Reading List 
Indicative Bibliography  
Lynch, K. (1960) The Image of the City. MIT Press. Lynch, K. (1984) Good City Form. MIT Press. McKean, C. (1991) Edinburgh: Portrait of a city. Century.  Llewelyn-Davies (2000) Urban Design Compendium. English Partnerships, London. www.scotland.gov.uk/planning/pan67  ¿ Housing Quality www.scotland.gov.uk/planning/pan43  ¿ Designing for Security/Designing out crime |   
 
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
Not entered | 
 
| Special Arrangements | 
Landscape Institute criteria: landscape design | 
 
| Keywords | URBAN DESIGN,HOUSING LAYOUT | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Mr Tiago Torres Campos 
Tel:  
Email: tiago.t.campos@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Mrs Karen Biggar 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5803 
Email: Karen.Biggar@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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