COMPULSORY COURSES UDES501 Urban Design Studio Studio in fundamental physical urban design; design guidance, site planning and urban design in the newly established districts of cities or at the edge or outside cities; survey of small urban communities varying in social, economic, technological, and physical components; analysis of the data and information surveyed; formulations of database necessary for urban design; proposing urban design alternatives. Collaborative work on problems that are large in scope yet require attention to spatial organization and design details. Credits: ( 4 /0 / 4 ) 6 Prerequisites: None ECTS credit: 15 |
UDES 503 History, Theory and Criticism of Urban Design This course provides an examination of essential urban design theories and principles and historic and contemporary trends in urban design theory and practice. Topics covered include: emergence of urban pattern; elements, patterns, and evolution of urban form; urban design concepts and approaches; past and present urban development; city forms in history; patterns and influences affecting domestic and international urban characteristics; urban identity; urban forms related to functions; analysis of socioeconomic, political, historical, geographic, and cultural forces influencing urban form; concepts of idealized urban forms and theoretical models of urban configuration. techniques and evaluation criteria for urban design inquiry; and urban design trends in USA, Europe and the region. Credits: ( 3 /0 / 3 ) 3 Prerequisites: None ECTS credits:10 |
UDES 504 Contemporary Approaches in Urban Design In this course, different seminars from different tutors is given to cover subject of issue of problematic building types and mixed use; density issues; regeneration; guiding and promoting urban design development; sustainability in urban design; coding and briefing; issues of local identity; urban landscape design; movement and mobility and emerging issues concerned with the provision of good urban design in relation to globalization. Credits: ( 3 /0 /3 ) 3 Prerequisites: None ECTS credits:10 |
UDES505 Advance Research Methods in Urban Design and Planning This course discusses main qualitative research methods and their application to urbanism (urban design and planning). It addresses the process and practice of academic research. The course equips students with essential tools for conducting ethical and independent study. It teaches how to develop research questions, to elaborate conceptual and methodological frameworks, to make critical literature reviews, to enter and research the field, and to write-up a research document. The topics cover: general principles and research methods for logical consideration process; social behavioral and phenomenal researches concerning urban design, appropriate methods contributing to the formulation of concepts of design and planning of research on urban design in both qualitative and quantitative aspects; evaluation of design; post occupancy evaluation Credits: ( 3 / 0 / 3 ) 3 Prerequisites: None ECTS credits:10 |
UDES598 Thesis Seminar This seminar series will examine the various stages in the preparation of a dissertation and introduce the theoretical and practical approaches available. It will bring all candidates in the program together to report and discuss with core faculty their individual interests, the design and research work they are pursuing in other courses, and their progress on their initial studies on a thesis. Subjects covered through seminars which will be conducted by participating faculty and guest speakers include, selection of a dissertation topic, definition of research goals, research methods in different disciplines, sources of data. A dissertation proposal will be prepared as part of this course. Credits: ( 0 / 0 / 0 ) 0 Prerequisites: None ECTS credits:5 |
UDES500 Thesis Supervised research conducted individually by the student and constituting a final thesis. Thesis work starts during the spring semester with the thesis seminar. Students are expected to work intensively during the summer and present their initial studies on their thesis at the beginning of the fall term. Credits: (0 /0 / 0 ) 0 Prerequisites: None ECTS credits:30
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UDES 512 Urban Design and Sustainability This course provides students with an introductory yet comprehensive overview of sustainable urban design, encompassing its physical, structural, functional, social and economic dimensions. The topics covered will include: definitions of sustainable urban design, principles of sustainable urban design, environmentally conscious / responsive design concepts and criteria, valuing and managing the built and natural environment. Credits: ( 3 / 0 / 3 ) 3 Prerequisites: None ECTS credits:5 |
UDES 513 Urban Design and Aesthetics Urban Design and aesthetics are important in creating a high quality of life for a community. While the visual aesthetics are the most noticeable to the casual observer, there are a number of other reasons why design is central to a community's well-being. This graduate course aims to provide students with the aesthetical dimension of urban design concentrating on the three-dimensional form of urban areas. The topics covered include: site planning; parking lots; landscaping / street trees; streetscape; signs; architectural treatments. Credits: ( 3 / 0 / 3 ) 3 Prerequisites: None ECTS credits:5 |
UDES 514 Urban Design and Development Control This course aims to develop a professional standard of competence in the generation and implementation of urban design and development control policies and instruments; and to demonstrate a critical and reflective awareness of the philosophies, concepts and practice of urban design and development control. The course focuses on the development of design arguments, the translation of preferred design outcomes into development control codes, the legal framework of development controls and the preparation of development control reports. The course also covers the technical areas of local traffic and pedestrian movement, environmental factors, such as sunlight and shade, wind and noise effects, together with the aesthetic considerations relevant to landscape and those elements of the built environment that give definition to the public realm. Credits: ( 3 / 0 / 3 ) 3 Prerequisites: None ECTS credits:5 |
UDES 515 Typo-morphological Analysis in Urban Studies This course explores the evolution of urban form with an emphasis upon built form typologies. Students will be introduced to the advanced knowledge for the study of both architectural and geographical aspects of urban form. The course seeks to advance knowledge and techniques of urban areas through the study of their history and agents and ideas involved in their creation and transformation of urban form in its context. The development of an historical knowledge and of sensibilities and skills in the recording and interpretation of urban pattern and form for design purposes is the unit's primary aim. As such it examines the characteristics and dimensions of major urban typologies (especially those still visible in today's cities) their origins and interrelationships, and issues surrounding their interpretation and treatment in the contemporary city. Credits: ( 3 / 0 / 3 ) 3 Prerequisites: None ECTS credits:5 |
UDES 517 Urban Public Space This seminar course provides a systematic knowledge on the development and design of urban public spaces, considering aesthetical, ecological, cultural, social, political, technical, and financial factors. It will examine contemporary theories, debates, and design practices of public space making. Through readings, discussions, and class presentations we will explore the perceived crisis of public space, evaluate postmodern and feminist constructions of the public sphere, and develop a framework for a critical investigation of the claims and merits of current public space practice. Credits: ( 3 / 0 / 3 ) 3 Prerequisites: None ECTS credits:5 |
UDES 518 Urban Landscape Components and visual relationships of urban environment; theories of visual perception and aesthetic in urban environment; principles of urban landscape planning and design processes; urban landscape problems and problems solving processes with regard to physical, economic, social and technological aspects; Contemporary approaches to landscape architecture. Credits: ( 3 / 0 / 3 ) 3 Prerequisites: None ECTS credits: |
UDES 519 Creative Approaches to Urban Problems This seminar course focuses on contemporary approaches to urban problems, including challeneges and varying ways in which these have been met over time and space. The topics covered include: urban change, urban regeneration, urban revitalization, urban renewal, urban quality. Credits: ( 3 / 0 / 3 ) 3 Prerequisites: None ECTS credits:5 |
UDES 520 Housing Environments and Sustainability This course explores the concept of sustainability in housing environments. The topics include: housing design principles; social and cultural variables in housing design; sustainable residential environments; the meaning, use, scale and form of residential exterior spaces in terms of their sustainability. The course will focus on both traditional and new settlements both in Cyprus and other settlements in the region, on a comparative basis. Credits: ( 3 / 0 / 3 ) 3 Prerequisites: None ECTS credits:5 |
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UDES 523 Computer Aided Urban Design (CAUD) This course focuses on advanced CAD skills, multimedia and other techniques for urban design presentation, and enables designers to fully explore the use of computers as professional design and presentation tools. Credits: ( 3 / 0 / 3 ) 3 Prerequisites: None ECTS credits:5 |
UDES 524 Physical Environment and Site Planning This course provides an examination of the methods and techniques used in master layout planning. Topics examined include: location and site analysis; land use planning and programme development; environmental standards; infrastructure and facilities; site formation and landscape planning. Credits: ( 3 / 0 / 3 ) 3 Prerequisites: None ECTS credits:5 |
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UDES 526 Transformations of Cultural Environments This course will examine the rapid change in traditional settlements, cultural values and the relation of tradition to modernisation; analyse the rehabilitation of historic areas; assess the impacts of cultural exchanges and visitation in historic urban places; and facilitate the incorporation of cultural factors in planning urban developments. The course covers four main areas: cultural development (cultural identity and continuity in urban places and their relationship to heritage conservation); cultural transformation (trends in the cross-cultural occupation, use and rehabilitation of places in historic settlements; change in habitats and the resilience of local communities in urban places); dual urban structures (Asian and European morphologies in colonial and post-colonial settlements); cultural tourism (cultural heritage, tourism and cultural exchange, visitation trends and cultural rush; carrying capacity of historic places and resources). Credits: ( 3 / 0 / 3 ) 3 Prerequisites: None ECTS credits:5 |
