Mestrado em Construção Urbana/MSc in Urban Construction
Ficha de Unidade Curricular/Course Unit Description
Coimbra Institute of Engineering
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Title
Urban Space Design
Scientific Area:
Civil Engineering (Territory and Transports)
Course:
Master Degree in Urban Construction
Academic Year:
2009/2010
Term/Semester: 2nd
ECTS:
4.5
Department:
Department of Civil Engineering
Instructor:
João Armando Pereira Gonçalves
Study plan:
Cities: concepts, history, current importance and role; internal structures; relation between
form and function
Urban design concepts and patterns; basic elements of urban design
Building in a urban context: basic rules of integration; legal framework; the land market
Public spaces: the “do’s and don’ts” on their planning and management
Language
Type of
instruction:
Portuguese
Activities
Theoretical
Learning
objectives:
Total Hours Hours/week
Comments
2
Practical:
42
3
Tutorial
guidance
7
0.5
Knowledge of the urban context and the difference forces (political, religious, economic,
social…) that shape its form
Knowledge of the challenges and good practices on private and public spaces
Knowledge and practice of planning in a urban environment
Generic
learning
outcomes and
competences:
To understand the historic and legal framework to be considered when planning in a urban
environment
To know the basic components of urban space
To develop critical thinking related to problems of land use in a urban context and quality of
urban space
Mestrado em Construção Urbana/MSc in Urban Construction
Ficha de Unidade Curricular/Course Unit Description
Coimbra Institute of Engineering
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Bibliography:
Sidónio Pardal, Paulo Correia e M.Costa Lobo, Normas Urbanísticas, DGOT-UTL, 1991
F. Chueca Goitia, Breve História do Urbanismo, Editorial Presença, 1992
Jean Pelletier et Charles Delfante, Cidades e Urbanismo no Mundo, Instituto Piaget, 2000
Políticas de Solos no Planeamento Municipal - Paulo V.D. Correia - Fundação Calouste
Gulbenkian, 1993
João A. P. Gonçalves, Evolução de Coimbra entre 1981 e 1991 – Análise baseada em dados
censitários, FCTUC, 1999
DL 380/98 - Regime Jurídico dos Instrumentos de Gestão Territorial
DL 177/2001 - Regime Jurídico da Urbanização e Edificação
Progress
assessment:
Powerpoint presentations from lectures
Practical exercises – several practical exercises will be done by students (in groups of 2 or 3
persons), which will be presented in class. The value of this exercises will be up to 40% of the
final mark
Exam – written test at the end of the semester (minimum value: 60% of the final mark)