Curriculum subject

History of Urban Design

Subject
Subject code	AAP396
Subject name	History of Urban Design
Credit points	4 ECTS
Grading method	Exam

Curriculum subject
Curriculum	2012 RA
Study year	3
Semester	Fall semester
Subject type	Mandatory

General description
Overview of the formation of towns and the beginning of urban design. Towns in the Middle Ages. Social processes and their influence on urban environment in ancient towns and fortification towns of the Middle Ages. A brief overview of towns in their historical development. A short overview of the medieval urban design in Russia, Islamic countries and in the Far East, at the same time paying attention to the tendencies applied in the European urban design. The basic part of the course includes an overview from the Renaissance urban design to the present day complicated urbanization processes in modern European cities. The urban design of Estonia is handled as an organic part of the history of general urban design. The rise of the population in Estonian towns and the problems resulted in it.

General aim
To give an overview of the history of formation of towns and town planning from the first settlements to the Middle Ages. To give an overview of the medieval urban design in Russia, Islamic countries and in the Far East, at the same time paying attention to the tendencies applied in the European urban design. An overview from the Renaissance urban design to the present day complicated urbanization processes in modern European cities.

Aim
Students having completed the course know the principles of history of urban design and the factors affecting it, the social processes which have most influenced the global urbanization.

Form description
Lectures, seminars, studentsŽ reports.

Current rounds
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