Sustainable Urbanism and Cultural Heritage (BYG215)

Content

The course provides knowledge about Sustainable urban development in the light of the UN's sustainable development goal 11 aiming to "make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable". This SDG is pointing towards planning of urbanisations that ensures a better intergration of humans and environment in order to reduce GHG emissions and resource depletion. Aiming at more sustainable soluations requires understanding and competence about complex processes that seek solutions that safeguard both environmental, economic and social interests. This also requires and understanding of democratic decision making processes and citizen participation. Urban planners must be able to identify a place's challenges and potentials to be able to reccommend urbanisation or densification that enhances environmental quality and quality of life.

The course provides knowledge about how to plan Sustainable urban neighbourhoods in existing cultural environments. It provides experience in urban landscape analyses, principles for urban renewal, as well as urban infrastructure, spatial qualities, challenges and opportunities. This knowledge is used to make knowledge-based evauations about the conflict between conservation and transformation, as well as develop relevant planning programs/strategies, land use plans and design guidelines.

Learning outcome

After completing the course, students should have

• Knowledge about aims and means of sustainable urban development
• Insight into principles for government of urban development and renewal, including how urban transformation and conservation is managed
• Knowledge about urban planning history, as well as Norwegian building traditions
• Knowledge about the development of the existing infrastructure and building stock, and which drivers (resources, business, politics, etc.) have impacted this development. This forms a foundation for the identification of physical environments worth of preservation.
• Insight into laws and practices of preservation of cultural heritage
• Knowledge about planning tools (strategy, program, land use plan, guidelines/ordinances)

After completing the course, students should be able to

• Analyse urban landscapes
• Analyse and assess the cultural value of an urban area
• Set appropriatte and feasible goals for sustainable development of and urban area
• Make recommendations for preservation or development
• Create plans (strategy, program, land use plan, guidelines/ordinances)

After completing the course, students should have general competence in

• The principles of sustainable urban development
• The evaluation of existing urban environments and recommendations for the sustainable development of transformation areas
• Communicating urban analyses and strategic and physical planning on a professional level, both written, orally and graphically

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