2024-2025 / ARCH2001-1

Urban networks

Duration

20h Th

Number of credits

 Master in geography, general, professional focus in urban and regional planning2 crédits 
 Master in urban planning and territorial development, professional focus in post-industrial and rurban territories2 crédits 

Lecturer

Sigrid Reiter

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This course teaches how to design and calculate the following urban networks: water management, public lighting, green networks and roads, according to a holistic and multidisciplinary approach that respects the objectives of sustainable urban planning.
Content
- Issues and philosophy of design/ renovation projects of urban networks.
- Multidisciplinary approach to network planning.
- Impact of the design of networks on public space and urban quality.
- Principles of design, quality criteria and standards, methods of study, planning tools and calculation tools for designing and sizing of urban quality.
-Various illustrations of the theoretical course with examples of real projects.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The objectives of this course are as follows:
- Understanding the issues underlying the development of community networks.

- Promoting integration of networks design/renovation studies from the first design phase of urban projects.

- Exploring new ways of development of urban networks.

- Learning various tools of design, planning and calculation of these networks.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

None.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

None.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Remote course


Additional information:

Second semester (from February) : on Wednesday from 14h to 16h from february. The course is given using the flipped classroom method, which alternates courses given by videoconference on one hand and podcasts combined with a list of questions on the other hand. The parts seen on podcasts and the answers to the questions asked about them are discussed interactively during the videoconferences.

Course materials and recommended or required readings

The slides accompanying the oral presentation are available in pdf format and sent to students by emails. The podcasts produced for the course are sent to students via MyULiège.

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions )

- Remote

oral exam


Additional information:

Written examination.

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Any questions or requests for additional information is welcome.
Students wishing to meet me can get an appointment by sending an e-mail.

Contacts

Prof. Sigrid Reiter tél.: +32 (0)4 366 94 82 e-mail: sigrid.reiter@uliege.be

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