Code: 555UP2 Planning 2 - Spatial and Strategic Planning
Lecturer: prof. Ing. arch. Karel Maier CSc. Weekly load: 1P+1C Completion: GA
Department: 15121 Credits: 2 Semester: S
Description:
Principles of urban planning as an intentional way of influencing urban change. Overview of the discipline of planning and its role in society. Methodology of plan-making. Opening session. Man and the environment. Planning, the environment and designing. Project will be discussed. Planning methodology I. Urban composition. Mental map. Planning methodology II. Surveys for planning. Land-use. Planning methodology III. Land-use plan, legal limits, plan-making. Deadline: survey drafts. Instruction for Constraints and Potentials Map. Topical lecture ? a case of development. Project site analysis. SWOT analysis. Identification of issues for Strategy. Tutoring, discussion of strategies. Mock hearing of strategies. Local planning. Planning and zoning regulations. Final presentation.
Contents:
1. Opening session. 2. Man and the environment. Planning, the environment and designing. Project will be discussed. 3. Planning methodology I. Urban composition. Mental map. 4. Planning methodology II. Surveys for planning. Land-use. 5. Planning methodology III. Land-use plan, legal limits, plan-making. 6. Deadline: survey drafts. Instruction for Constraints and Potentials Map. 7. Topical lecture - a case of development. 8. Project site analysis. 9. SWOT analysis. Identification of issues for Strategy. 10. Tutoring, discussion of strategies. 11. Mock hearing of strategies. 12. Local planning. Planning and zoning regulations. 13. Tutoring of regulations. 14. Final presentation.
Recommended literature:
1. Maier, Karel - Hexner, Michal - Kibic, Karel: Urban Development of Prague: History and Present Issues, ČVUT, Praha, 1998. 2. Norberg-Schultz, Christian: Genius Loci: Towards a Phenomenology of Architecture, Rizzoli, New York, 1980, 1984. 3. Barlow, Max - Dostál, Petr - Hampl, Martin: Development and Administration of Prague, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1994. 4. ÚRM: Strategic plan for Prague, City of Prague, 2000.

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