COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: SPECIAL TOPICS IN URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
ARCH 561	B	9	3	1	0	4	6

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	NA
Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Fabio Naselli , Tuesday 13:30-17:30
Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	NA
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Compulsory
Classroom and Meeting Time:	A127
Course Description:	Exploration of the legal foundation of planning practice and of organizational environments and administrative practices characterizing planning practice.
Course Objectives:	The general aim of the course is to achieve a broad and holistic reflection in a range of different "special topics"; different but all linked to the general subject of "cities in transition". This is the way the course intends to deal the next issues of both city design and management; watching it through the various approaches and in its integration between the several layers in which city is shaped. The three special topics selected in this class are: 1 A Common City 2 The Smart City 3 Alternative Strategies and Tactics Just nowadays, we are assisting in the birth of new forms - sometimes very creative - of approach in designing and managing the complex system named city. The course will focus on three special topics that are experimenting some of those new approaches, with a deep (and diverse) sight on those good practices world widespread but with a strictly local oriented approach. The main aim is in searching a comparison among what is happening in Albania and in its Capital City Tirana and what it is succeeding outside.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Course Introduction. Presentation of Syllabus and of organisation of the course activities
2	Lecture 1: Cities in transition. Issues and new trends in the development of contemporary cities.
3	1st Student's research and discussion
4	Lecture 2: A Common City.
5	2nd Student's research and discussion
6	Lecture 3: The Smart City.
7	3rd Student's research and discussion
8	Lecture 4: Alternative Strategies and Tactics.
9	4th Student's research and discussion
10	Indoor Workshop: Strategies and trends for Tirana. A comparison among what is happening in Tirana and what it is succeeding outside of.
11	Student's presentation and critiques
12	Lecture 5: Insights. The theory of everything: interdisciplinary, multi-scale and other new trends in the topics about the City
13	5th Student's research and discussion
14	Final submission and discussion

Prerequisite(s):	-
Textbook:	Will be recommended during lectures
Other References:	Will be recommended during lectures
Laboratory Work:	-
Computer Usage:	Yes
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Learning the recent developments in the field of urban planning and design
2	Dealing with multidisciplinary & multiscale approaches in designing
3	The issues of complexity in approaching human environments
4	Social and environmental awareness in transforming urban settlements
5	A Common city: Participatory design and open access to the cities
6	The Smart City: Strengths and weaknesses
7	Alternative Strategies and Tactics: Experiments and practices

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Master of Science in Architecture Program

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Case Study	3	12
Term Paper	1	40
Final Exam	1	14
Attendance		10
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

Activities	Quantity	Duration(Hours)	Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	3	48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	16	5	80
Mid-terms			0
Assignments	6	3	18
Final examination	1	1	1
Other	1	3	3
Total Work Load:			150
Total Work Load/25(h):			6
ECTS Credit of the Course:			6