IDENTIFYING DATA 2019_20
Subject (*) URBAN PLANNING THEORY AND METHOD Code 22204217
Study programme
Bachelor's Degree in Architecture (2010)
Cycle 1st
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
6 Optional
Language
Català
Department Anthropology, Philosophy and Social Work
Predepartment Architecture Unit
Coordinator
SANTACANA PORTELLA, FRANCISCO
E-mail gaspar.maza@urv.cat
francisco.santacana@urv.cat
Lecturers
MAZA GUTIERREZ, GASPAR
SANTACANA PORTELLA, FRANCISCO
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General description and relevant information Interpreting, defining and managing land and urban planning. Design of urban projects. Intervention in urban centres: urban development planning. Interdisciplinary design of urban spaces. Organisations in charge of urban projects. Information about Urbanism.

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
 A46 Ability to concieve, execute and oversee urban projects.
 A70 Adequate knowledge of the mechanisms for writing and managing development plans at any scale.
Type B Code Competences Transversal
 B8 Management of complex technical or professional projects
Type C Code Competences Nuclear
 C3 Be able to manage information and knowledge

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
 A46 Integrate the scientific foundations of urban planning in a multidisciplinary context
 A70 Acquire advanced knowledge of the mechanisms for drafting and managing urban planning
Type B Code Learning outcomes
 B8 Describe situations and justify the need for projects.
Set clear objectives for projects.
Take active part in planning the teamwork, in distributing the members and in ensuring a good performance.
Ensure that long-term objectives are made visible in operational objectives.
Type C Code Learning outcomes
 C3 Critically evaluate information and its sources, and add it to their own knowledge base and system of values.

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
TOPIC 0. MANUEL DE SOLÀ-MORALES. LAND IDENTITY. PATTERNS OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT. THE URBAN PROJECT. Presentation of theoretical concepts by Manuel de Solà-Morales applied in the field of urban practice throughout the lectures held at the urban laboratory of ETSAB.
TOPIC 1. LAND PLANNING. URBAN PLANNING
Concepts, introduction, regulations and methodology
TOPIC 2. ELEMENTS OF URBAN ORGANISATION Structure of urban forms.
Structure and organisation
Roadway systems
Open-space systems
Equipment systems
City planning. Future perspectives.
TOPIC 3. GENERAL TERRITORIAL PLAN. PARTIAL TERRITORIAL PLAN. SECTORAL TERRITORIAL PLANNING. General territorial plan of Catalonia
Partial territorial plan of Camp de Tarragona
Partial territorial plan of Les Terres de l’Ebre
Sectoral plan of commercial equipment
Sectoral plan of roadway systems
Inuncat
TOPIC 4. URBAN MASTERPLANNING Urban master plan of the industrial and tourist activities of the Camp de Tarragona (DOGC 23.09.2003)
Urban planning plan of the coastal system of Catalonia (AD 25.05.2005)
Urban master plan of the coastal system areas integrated by urbanizable land sectors without a partial approved plan (AD 16.12.2005)
Urban master plan of the strategic residential areas of the Camp de Tarragona (DOGC 07.27.2009)
La Sagrera. Historical evolution
TOPIC 5. MUNICIPAL URBAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION PLAN General plan for urban planning of Tarragona (2011)
Urban planning plan. A precedent: PGOU of Vilafranca del Penedès
Municipal urban planning plan Albinyana
Plan for urban municipal La Riera de Gaia (DOGC 02/11/2009)
Urban planning regulations for unplanned municipalities: Bellmunt del Priorat (DOGC 2015) and Rocafort de Queralt (DOGC 2015)
General planning for future perspectives
TOPIC 6. DERIVATIVE PLANNING: URBAN PLANNING PLANS, URBAN PLANNING PLANS AND URBAN IMPROVEMENT PLANS Progress of the partial urban development plan of the recreational and touristic center of Vila-seca and Salou -CRT- (DOGC 17.02 1997)
Partial urban development plan of sector 2 of the CRT (DOGC 23.05.2006)
Special plan for non-urban land for the implantation of a 45-hole golf course in the CRT (DOGC 06/26/2006)
Revision of the Special Plan for the protection of the water infrastructure of the Ebro in the Comarques de Tarragona (DOGC 2.02.2007)
Special protection and improvement plan for the Historical Centre of Montblanc (DOGC 04/26/1999)
Plan of Barri del Carmen Reus (DOGC 12/21/2005)
Partial plan of the sector 4b Platja Muntanyans II (DOGC 13.12.2006)
Partial plan H-11 Bellisens-Oest (DOGC 12.05.2011)
TOPIC 7. ANTHROPOLOGY APPLIED IN PLANNING. CONCEPTS AND METHODOLOGY. Study and implementation of the mechanisms for coexistence and the social relationship of the meeting places in the city. Methodology to improve the quality of life of the city.
TOPIC 8. MOBILITAT. MOBILITY. URBAN SYSTEMS. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Strategic environmental assessment.
Public safety. Assessment and protection. Law, regulations and legal action associated.
Water factors: flooding, supply and sewerage.

TOPIC 9. INFORMATION ABOUT URBANISM. ORGANISATIONS IN CHARGE OF URBAN PROJECTS. MULTIDISCIPLINARITY Registry of urban planning of Catalonia. RPUC
Urban map of Catalonia. MUC
Territorial and Town Planning Policy Commission of Catalonia and Territorial Planning Commissions
TOPIC 10. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN PLANNING
The customer of the city project.
Social intervention in collective space design.
Multiculturalism in community systems: open spaces and community equipment.
Inclusion and identity: improvement of neighbourhoods towards a sustainable society.

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
Hours outside the classroom
(**) Total hours
Introductory activities
1 0 1
Lecture
A46
A70
B8
C3
19 0 19
Assignments
A46
A70
B8
C3
22 50 72
Practical cases/ case studies in the classroom
A46
A70
B8
C3
14 40 54
Personal attention
4 0 4
 
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities Course presentation. Methodology. Audio-visual examples related to the course.
Lecture Presentation of course contents.
Lecture Sessions for the presentation of subject contents and delivery to work teams elements of debate in the context of the planning instruments.
Assignments Workshop projects. Preparation of a biphasic work (in team and individual) on the casuistry presented at the presentation of the course
Practical cases/ case studies in the classroom Case studies within the classroom. Workshop. Elaboration of individual and team audio-visual presentations on subjects assigned by professors.
Personal attention Additional support. Weekly guidance for each team or student to correct and redirect academic content and personal views.

Personalized attention
Description
In addition to the debates and discussions discussed in the classroom, the corrections and sharing of progress in the work. Weekly, eighth of the hours are reserved for individualized attention in order to redirect the work, practices, and focus the contents of the course.

Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Assignments
A46
A70
B8
C3
Work that is determined on the day of the course presentation. It will be carried out partly in team and partly individually. That consists of at least two submissions and a public presentation 70%
Practical cases/ case studies in the classroom
A46
A70
B8
C3
Exercises, preferably in a team, to be held in the classroom or in the field of learning (the city) during workshop hours. These exercises will not exceed three 30%
Others  
 
Other comments and second exam session

Sources of information

Basic Peter Hall, CIUDADES DEL MAÑANA, Ediciones del Serbal, 1996
Philippe Panerai/david mangin, PROYECTAR LA CIUDAD, Celeste Ediciones, 2002
Leonardo Benevolo i altres, LA PROYECTACIÓN DE LA CIUDAD MODERNA, Colección Punto y Linea. Editorial Gustavo Gili SA, 1978
Carlo Aymonino, ORIGENES Y DESARROLLO DE LA CIUDAD MODERNA, Editorial Gustavo Gili SA, 1972
Ricard Pié, editor, APORTACIONS CATALANES EN EL CAMP DE LA URBANÍSTICA I DE L'ORDENACIÓ DEL TERRITORI, DES DE CERDÀ ALS NOSTRES DIES, Institut d'Estudis Catalans. Societat catalana d'Ordenació del Territori, 2007
GRUPO 2C, LA BARCELONA DE CERDÀ. , Colección del viento terral. Flor del viento ediciones, 2009
Camillo Sitte, CONSTRUCCIÓN DE CIUDADES SEGUN PRINCIPIOS ARTÍSTICOS, Biblioteca de Arquitectura. Editorial Gustavo Gili SA, 1980
Sir Raymond Unwin, LA PRACTICA DEL URBANISMO. UNA INTRODUCCIÓN AL ARTE DE PROYECTAR CIUDADES Y BARRIOS, Biblioteca de Arquitectura. Editorial Gustavo Gili SA, 1984
Josep Lluís Sert, PODEN SOBREVIURE LES NOSTRES CIUTATS? UN ABC DELS PROBLEMES URBANS ANÀLISI I SOLUCIONS , Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de Política Territorial i Obres Públiques., 1983
Aldo Rossi, LA ARQUITECTURA DE LA CIUDAD, Editorial Gustavo Gili SL, 1982
Christopher Alexander i altres, URBANISMO Y PARTICIPACIÓN. EL CASO DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE OREGÓN, Colección Punto y Linea. Editorial Gustavo Gili SA, 1978
Manuel de Solà-Morales, LES FORMES DE CREIXEMENT URBÀ, Laboratori d'Urbanisme. Edicions UPC, 1993
Jane Jacobs, MUERTE Y VIDA DE LAS GRANDES CIUDADES (The death and life of Great American Cities, Colección Entrelíneas. Capitan Swing Libros SL, 2011 (1961)
Jan Gehl, LA HUMANIZACIÓN DEL ESPACIO URBANO. LA VIDA SOCIAL ENTRE LOS EDIFICIOS, Esudios universitarios de Arquitectura. Editorial Reverté, 2006
Joan Busquets, CATALUNYA CONTINENTAL. INFRAESTRUCTURA FERROVIARIA COMO ESPINA DORSAL DEL TERRITORIO, Harvard university graduate school of design, 2011
Ajuntament de Barcelona. Àrea d'Urbanisme , PLANS I PROJECTES PER A BARCELONA 1981-1982, Ajuntament de Barcelona , 1983
Joan Busquets i altres, VILAFRANCA DEL PENEDÈS, Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de Política Territorial i Obres Públiques., 1992
Juli Esteban Noguera, ELEMENTOS DE ORDENACIÓN URBANA , Edicions UPC, 2001
Direcció general de planificació i acció territorial, PLA TERRITORIAL GENERAL DE CATALUNYA, Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de Política Territorial i Obres Públiques., 1995
programa de planejament territorial, PLA TERRITORIAL PARCIAL DEL CAMP DE TARRAGONA , Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de Política Territorial i Obres Públiques., 2010
Observatori del Paisatge de Catalunya, CATÀLEG DE PAISATGE DEL CAMP DE TARRAGONA, Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de Territori i Sostenibilitat., 2012
Dieter Prinz, PLANIFICACIÓN Y CONFIGURACIÓN URBANA, Editorial Gustavo Gili SA, 1983

Complementary John Ford, LAS UVAS DE LA IRA, 20th Century Fox, 1940
Elia Kazan, LA LEY DEL SILENCIO, Columbia films, 1954
Mario Monicelli i altres, BOCCACCIO 70, Creative Films, 1962
Frank Perry (basat en un conte de John Cheever), EL NADADOR (the swimmer), Columbia Films, 1968
Alfred Hitchcock, FRENESÍ, Universal studios, 1972
Ridley Scott, BLADE RUNNER, Warner Bros pictures, 1982
Wong Kar-Wai, CHUNGKING EXPRESS, Wanda Films. Fortissimofilms, 1994
Joel Coen i Ethan Coen, UN TIPO SERIO, Universal studios, 2009
Gereon Wetzel , CASAS PARA TODOS (HOUSES FOR ALL), If...productions , 2012
Joseph Conrad, EL CORAZÓN DE LAS TINIEBLAS, El libro de bolsillo. Alianza editorial, 1976
Henry David Thoreau, WALDEN. O LA VIDA ALS BOSCOS, Portàtil. Símbol Edicions, 2011
John Cheever, CONTES, La butxaca. Edicions Proa, 1983
Arthur Miller, PANORAMA DESDE EL PUENTE, Fàbula. Tusquets editores, 2012
Zygmunt Bauman, TEMPS LIQUIDS. VIURE EN UNA ÉPOCA DE INCERTESA, Portàtil. Viena Edicions, 2011

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