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Supplementary scientific articles will be provided electronically.
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Course content
The course aims for the student to develop an in-depth understanding of the relationship between urban form and urban life from a holistic sustainability perspective and knowledge and understanding of strategies for creating a physical environment based on the location's conditions. By assimilating different methods of urban spatial analysis, the student develops knowledge of the city and its public spaces from an urban morphological, building typological, social, cultural, and economic perspective. The student also develops an understanding of and ability to problematize the connections between individual buildings and urban spaces in relation to private and public interests in the city.
The course provides a deepened understanding in the design and planning of the built environment, preparing the students in considering the city as an ecosystem.
The theoretical basis of the course is the design process and the relationship between place and context. The aim is to further develop the student's critical perspective on spatial planning and design from a holistic sustainable perspective that includes social, economic, and environmental aspects.
The student deepens his or her knowledge of architecture and planning by analysing and re-designing a part of an urban space in a given urban context based on urban morphological and building typological theories and methods. The analysis includes the preparation of a drawing material which, together with on-site observations, forms the basis for an urban space analysis presented in report form. Based on the analysis, a design project is carried out that explores the potential of the selected urban space and establishes a new understanding of what the place is and can be from a holistic sustainability perspective that includes environmental, social, cultural and economic factors. The analysis and design proposal is compiled and displayed with analogue and digital material at an open final presentation. Great emphasis is placed on the student developing an understanding of the relationship between city plan, building typology and the furnishings of the urban space and how their design affects the accessibility and use of the urban space over time. The design is based on sociological mapping methods (e.g., impact mapping). Within the framework of the course, a field study is carried out that is the prelude to the design work.
Entry requirements
General entry requirements + English 6, Mathematics 2a or Mathematics 2b or Mathematics 2c, Science studies 1b or Science studies 1a1+1a2 and Civics 1b or Civics 1a1 +1a2. The eligibility requirements in natural sciences are also met with: Chemistry 1, Physics 1a or Physics 1b1 + 1b2. Courses from Swedish upper secondary school.
In addition, approved courses in the subject areas of built environment, architecture, urban planning, construction technology or equivalent of at least 30 credits are required.
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Course evaluation
Malmö University provides students who participate in, or who have completed a course, with the opportunity to express their opinions and describe their experiences of the course by completing a course evaluation administered by the University. The University will compile and summarise the results of course evaluations. The University will also inform participants of the results and any decisions relating to measures taken in response to the course evaluations. The results will be made available to the students (HF 1:14).
