AR3901: Urban Design syllabus for B.Arch 2021 regulation

Urban Design detailed syllabus for Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the B.Arch students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.

For Bachelor of Architecture 9th sem scheme and its subjects, do visit B.Arch 9th sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of urban design is as follows.

Course Objectives:

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Unit I

URBANISM IN HISTORY 9 Outline of forces shaping urbanism. Urbanism of river valley civilisations. Morphology of preindustrial European cities to include Greek and Roman cities, medieval European towns, Renaissance urbanism and ideal cities. Outline of historic cities of India. Temple town urbanism of Tamil Nadu. Mughal city form. Medieval cities of India. Colonial urbanism in India.

Unit II

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Unit III

CITIES AND URBANISM THROUGH TEXTS AND THEORIES 9 Introduction to and discussion of key texts and theories of cities and urbanism – Imageability and Lynch, Townscape and Cullen, Genius Loci and Schulz, historic city and Rossi, social aspects of urbanism and the works of Jane Jacobs, William Whyte and Jan Gehl, Collage City and Colin Rowe, current theories and texts.

Unit IV

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Unit V

URBAN STUDIES 9 Introduction to study and interpretation of cities (especially Indian) through understanding published studies/ analysis. The focus will be on components/aspects as well as tools/ methods. Tools and methods to include different types of maps/mapping, drawings, sketches, photo documentations, reading, data collection, analysis. Aspects to include topography, geology, hydrology, micro climate, vegetation, urban density, growth, city limits/boundaries, history, urban architecture, typologies, infrastructure, land parcels, public space, demographics, patterns of usage, land use.

Course Outcomes:

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Text Books:

1. A.E.J. Morris, ‘History of Urban Form before the Industrial Revolution’, Routledge, 2013.
2. Edmund Bacon, ‘Design of Cities’, Penguin, 1976.
3. Gordon Cullen, ‘The Concise Townscape’, The Architectural Press, 1978.
4. Michelle Provoost et al., ‘Dutchtown’, NAI Publishers, Rotterdam, 1999.
5. ‘Time Saver Standards for Urban Design’, Donald Natson, McGraw Hill, 2017.
6. Kevin Lynch, ‘The Image of the City’, MIT Press, 1960.
7. Rithchie. A, ‘Sustainable Urban Design: An Environmental Approach’, Taylor and Francis, 2009.
8. Tridib Banerjee, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Editors, ‘Companion to Urban Design’, Routledge, 2014.

Reference Books:

1. Jonathan Barnett, ‘An Introduction to Urban Design’, Harper Row, 1982.
2. Lawrence Halprin, ‘Cities’, MIT Press, 1972.
3. Gosling and Maitland, ‘Concepts of Urban Design’, St. Martins Press, 1984.
4. Malcolm Moor, ‘Urban Design Futures’, Routledge, 2006.
5. Geoffrey Broadbent, ‘Emerging Concepts in Urban Space Design’, Taylor and Francis, 2003.
6. AnuradhaMathu, ‘Deccan Traverses’, Rupa, 2006.

For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Bachelor of Architecture, 2021 regulation curriculum do visit B.Arch 9th sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.

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