Postgraduate Course: Urban Design for Health and Wellbeing (ARHW11033)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 15 |
ECTS Credits | 7.5 |
| Summary | THIS COURSE IS OWNED AND ADMINISTERED BY HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY.
This course addresses issues which build an understanding of what constitutes health in urban environments and what urban design processes and approaches contribute to providing the conditions for health and wellbeing. It covers a range of issues related to socio-economic, community, psychological and physical health. A series of two-week long sessions presenting key fundamental principles and examples of these issues, delivered by experts in each field illustrated with examples, will cover the following themes from the perspective of urban design:
- health & wellbeing;
- green and blue infrastructure;
- ecosystem frameworks & biodiversity;
- light, sound & noise;
- thermal comfort & microclimate (including wind, etc.);
- water sensitive urban design;
- transport and active living.
Students will develop their understanding of such issues in practice by analysing a specific urban design project from the perspective of the relevant themes from those covered. |
| Course description |
Aims
- To provide students with an understanding of the range of social, economic and environmental issues that need to be considered by urban design in order to provide the basis for health and wellbeing.
- To apply knowledge from a range of professional and design disciplines in the assessment of conditions for health and wellbeing in urban design proposals and projects.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | Students MUST also take: (
Strategic Spatial Vision Project (ARHW11037) AND
Urban Design Theory (ARHW11035) AND
Spatial Planning (ARHW11038) AND
Urban Project (ARCH11204)) AND
USD Dissertation (ARCH11201)
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| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | This Course requires additional costs to be met by the Student.
Equipment and software: Most equipment and software required will be provided by the School. However, you will probably find it useful to have your own laptop. There are also options to borrow a laptop from the University, and you will also have free access to all our computer labs.
Materials and printing: Material and printing needs will be unique to you and to the drawing/making techniques you will develop. Printing: Students are expected to fund the printing of drawings, as required for presentations and tutorials. Course Organisers will support you in meeting intended learning outcomes while keeping material costs to a minimum, encouraging sustainable, responsible sourcing through Free Use Hub. but students will be expected to fund optional material costs as necessary for their own project work.
To fully participate in this course students are recommended to budget a minimum of £50. |
| Additional Costs | This Course requires additional costs to be met by the Student.
Equipment and software: Most equipment and software required will be provided by the School. However, you will probably find it useful to have your own laptop. There are also options to borrow a laptop from the University, and you will also have free access to all our computer labs.
Materials and printing: Material and printing needs will be unique to you and to the drawing/making techniques you will develop. Printing: Students are expected to fund the printing of drawings, as required for presentations and tutorials. Course Organisers will support you in meeting intended learning outcomes while keeping material costs to a minimum, encouraging sustainable, responsible sourcing through Free Use Hub. but students will be expected to fund optional material costs as necessary for their own project work.
To fully participate in this course students are recommended to budget a minimum of £50. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2025/26, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 0 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
150
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 3,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
147 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
100 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Formative coursework is prepared during the course to prepare for the exam. |
| Feedback |
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understanding, Knowledge and Cognitive Skills. You will develop an awareness of the range of urban design-related issues that affect health and wellbeing, and how designing for health and wellbeing fits into the wider theme of sustainability.
- Understanding of the key principles and approaches underpinning design for health and wellbeing, including socio-economic, community, psychological and physical health
- Ability to critically analyse the conditions for health and wellbeing in specific urban design proposals and projects
- Scholarship, Enquiry and Research (Research-Informed Learning). You will develop the ability to draw relevant information from specific disciplines relevant to urban design (engineering, health, etc) and apply this to evaluation of urban design proposals and projects
- Understanding of social research methods which are relevant to measuring effects of urban design
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Soledad Garcia Ferrari
Tel: (0131 6)50 5689
Email: s.garcia@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Daniel Jackson
Tel: (0131 6)50 2309
Email: Daniel.Jackson@ed.ac.uk |
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