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CRP201 PLANNING STUDIO III

Course Objectives

The aim of the CRP 201 Planning Studio is to give tudent the ability to create relationship between function and structure, and establish the material basis of a sustainable socio-ecological development model. This encompasses: 

- production of the structure (program, relationships, usage, with sustainability criteria)

- establishing the relationship between structures (spatial proximity, accesibility, transportation, privacy)

- bringing together different functional systems (urban design project with model)

Course Content

The planning studio course is structured to give students a comprehensive understanding of the part-whole relationship through induction. To achieve this, students are expected to develop the relationship between form and function through
? Creating a structure, incorporating a specific program and integration within the parcel;
? Establishing the relationship between structures, considering factors such as spatial proximity, accessibility, transportation, and privacy;
? Integrating different structural systems, involving an urban design project at a 1/2000 scale along with a model at a 1/500 scale.
By the end of the course, students will have a thorough understanding of the complex relationships within a small part öf the city, starting from a single functional structure and expanding to a network of structures interacting through varied functions. The understanding of scale relationships will evolve from concrete to abstract, setting the groundwork for Planning Studio IV. As a sub task the 5tudio aims to establish the basis of a sustainable socio-ecological development model, Each analysis and design stage is enriched by the sustainability perspective to contribute to the production of sustainable urban structures from parts to whole.

Course Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course the students will comprehend the multiplicity of relations in a city departing from a functional structure and reaching to group of structures interacting through varying functions. The scale relationships will develop from concrete to abstract and constitute the basis for the second term 202 Planning Studio IV. Urban setting will be utilised as laboratory for students to learn and experience urban dynamics. This will enable students to transfer concrete events into spatial abstractions/representations which consists the basis of urban planning visual language. Students will experience complexities and interplay of different dimensions in an urban setting and create their relationship with urban planning.

Furthermore, they will acquire the skills of problem definition, algorithmic thinking, scenario-building, strategic thinking, utopian thinking, comparison of alternatives in scenario building and design skills to shape the urban environment. They will be equipped with the knowledge of form-function relationship, hierarchy of spaces and transport links, urban form-transport interactions, an in-depth understanding of the built environment, and part-whole relationships. 

Program Outcomes Matrix

0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution