MH4011 Landscape Urbanism Syllabus:
MH4011 Landscape Urbanism Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
OBJECTIVE:
To analyze the role of Landscape Urbanism – theory (texts) & practice (projects) in forming the contemporary city. To understand the evolution of a new urban morphology for contemporary cities adopting new models & strategies based on the Landscape of the city.
UNIT I LANDSCAPE URBANISM – AN INTRODUCTION
Background(what & why), the emergence of Landscape urbanism, characteristics, revaluating landscape, history and driving forces, Landscape in practice: Defining competitions of landscape urbanism
UNIT II LANDSCAPE (SUB) URBANISM IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
LU – a school of thought, Smart growth and LU, New Urbanism, Green Urbanism, From Critical Regionalism to Critical Pragmatism Practical limitations to innovation – Case study – The Wugong Urban Water (WUW) Landscape Structure Plan, The WUW project in relation to theory
UNIT III LANDSCAPE URBANISM –PLANNING
Performative Processes – process cycles, processes engaged in design, a democratic urban environment, processes of planning – Surface Strategies – Contemporary Positions – Network city, New pragmatism, philosophy of world complexity, ecological design media – Evolution of Planning Ideals – from the modern to the contemporary, the rise of landscape urbanism
UNIT IV SUSTAINABLE(SU) & ECOLOGICAL URBANISM (EU)
SU- Urban design with nature – The case for sustainable urbanism – Emerging thresholds – Sustainable neighborhoods – Time: The 2030 Community Challenge – Implementing sustainable urbanism – Rethinking cities for the future – Case studies EU- Historic roots and current trends, propositions and principles for the design of resilient cities, Cities – as habitats, part of the natural world, Urban ecosystems, The future of Urban Design.
UNIT V ASIAN LANDSCAPE URBANISM
Emerging challenges, Relationship between Asian Urbanism and Landscape Urbanism – social & cultural aspects of Asian Urbanism – Landscape Urbanism in India – case studies Hampi, Goa
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOME
CO1 Sensitivity with respect to the significance of landscape urbanism in make cities livable
REFERENCES:
1. Charles Waldheim, The Landscape Urbanism Reader (paperback)
2. Douglas Farr, Sustainable Urbanism – Urban design with nature, Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated, November 2007.
3. http://issuu.com/inde/docs/la31_surat/7?e=0
4. http://issuu.com/inde/docs/presentation_hampi_isola/1?e=0
5. http://www.ibs.or.jp/sites/default/files/5_publish/09-India.pdf
6. Jan Gehl, Cities for people, Copyrighted material, September 6, 2010|ISBN-10:159726573X |ISBN-13:978-1597265737, Edition:2. Landscape practice Global Leader, Woods Bagot PO Box 58041, Dubai, UAE.
7. Landscape urbanism – large-scale architecture, ecological urban planning or a designerly research policy, GUNILLA LINDHOLM Senior lecturer, landscape architect, Department of Landscape Architecture, SLU, Alnarp, Sweden – Research paper
8. Mohsen Mostafavi, Ecological Urbanism, Harvard University, Graduate school of design, Lars Muller Publisher.
9. Peter Calthorpe, Urbanism in the age of climate change, Publication Date: June 1, 2013 |ISBN10:159726721X| ISBN-13: 978-1597267212
10. Richard Weller, BOOM TOWN 2050 Scenarios for a rapidly growing city, UWA Publishing 2009.
11. Steven Velegrinis, Flux-scape: Emerging Challenges of Asian (Landscape) Urbanism,
12. Tigran Haas (Editor), Sustainable Urbanism and Beyond – Rethinking cities for the future, Rizzoli, NY, USA.