Planning at Urban Areas (4 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

The course lecturer is senior lecture Marika Nurmikko.

Course includes contact lectures, online studies and work at your own time.
During the course we will study and discuss for example following topics:
* Legislation concerned with planning and construction
* Designing a detailed plan
* Urban Planning generally
* Nature and landscape
* Good society
* Importance of Buildings
* Space in Urban area
* Good street
* Surrounding and environment
* Pedestrians and cyclists
* Crossings
* Elements to decrease the speed
* Furniture for the street, plantation
* Lightning, materials of surface

Objective

After the course, the student is familiar with the basics of urban structure and the concept of space, the effect of the surroundings on the pleasantness and habitability of an area, landscape structures and the role of green area development in landscaping, as well as with
the environmental impact assessment procedures. The student is able to estimate the effects of construction on the environment. The student is also familiar with the town planning system. The student can estimate the effects of construction on the environment, is aware of the recent chances in the building legislation relating to town planning, and is able to use CAD to create a town plan.

Content

Big focus at the course is in traffic and how to control it in densely populated areas. All the means to order different parts of streets is included. The course is involved with surrounding and environment, esthetical aspect, how to organize slow speed streets, public transportation and also pedestrian streets.

Materials

Material will be in the IT´S Learning and also gathered during the lectures.

Teaching methods

Interactive methods, lectures and project works.

Exam schedules

No exam.

Pedagogic approaches and sustainable development

The main focus in this course is Sustainable development.

Completion alternatives

No alternative ways of completing this course.

Student workload

The grade depends on the activity at the course and assignments.

2 x group work (small group work max 10 p. and big group work max 20 p.), 1 x individual work (My picture, max 10 p.), peer review of the big Group work will be 10 p.
All group members are expected to work equally during projects. Groups will be formed by lecturer at the beginning of the contact week.

max 50p.
25 p. - 29 p. = 1
30 p. - 34 p.= 2
35 p. - 39 p. = 3
40 p. - 44 p. = 4
45 p. - 50 p. = 5

Evaluation methods and criteria

The grades of this course will be based on the group and individual work of the students.

Failed (0)

Student gets less than 50% of the total amount of the points in the course.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Student gets between 50 and 75% of the total amount of the points in the course.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

Student gets between 75 and 90% of the total amount of the points in the course.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Student gets more than 90% of the total amount of the points in the course.

Further information

Information will be in the IT´S Learning, you can also send email to lecturer: marika.nurmikko@turkuamk.fi for more information.