City analysis and design of four cities in Østfold. The cities are Moss, Fredrikstad, Halden and Sarpsborg. These cities are closely tied to the expansion of the Oslo region. They are also the Norwegian cities that are related to Göteborg and the growth of the Øresund region. Both the development of the region, urban centres and transportation systems will be the focus areas. Future cities’ environmental aspects, quality of life and functionality will be important topics.

Studio:
Basic training in urban and landscape analysis, city planning in large and comprehensive scale, as well as urban design. GIS training will be included.
Mandatory courses:
Theoretical lectures in the history of urbanism, and urban toolbox.

• Studio work, partly in groups.
• Lectures history of urbanism – Karl Otto Ellefsen
• Lectures urban toolbox – Dag Tvilde
• Study trip

The course is assessed subject to an A-F grade scale. E is the poorest pass mark, subject to the Regulations for Master's degree programmes at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design, § 6-14. Passing GK5 requires passing grade in all three parts.

Mandatory reading:

Sudjic, Deyan & Burdett, Ricky: The endless City, 2007, London: Phaidon Press

Recommended reading:

Benevolo, L. (1980). The history of the city. London: Scolar Press.

Bunschoten, R., Hoshino, T., & Binet, H. (2001). Urban flotsam: stirring the city. Rotterdam: 010 Publishers.

Drevon, J.-F. (2004). Paris-Les Halles: concours 2004. Paris: Moniteur.

Florida, R. (2007). The flight of the creative class: the new global competition for talent. New York: Collins.

Florida, R. (2008). Who's your city?: how the creative economy is making where to live the mostimportant decision of your life. New York: Basic Books.

Gausa, M., & Cros, S. (2003). The Metapolis dictionary of advanced architecture: city, technology and society in the information age. Barcelona: Actar.

Kaijima, M., Kuroda, J., & Tsukamoto, Y. (2001). Made in Tokyo. Tokyo: Kajima Institute Publ. Co.

Koolhaas, R. (1994). Delirious New York: a retroactive manifesto for Manhattan. Rotterdam: 010 Publishers.

Kostof, S. (1995). A history of architecture: settings and rituals. New York: Oxford University Press.

Le Corbusier (1967). The radiant city: elements of a doctrine of urbanism to be used as the basisof our machine-age civilization. New York: Orion Press.

Le Corbusier (1971). The city of to-morrow and its planning. London: Architectural Press.

Lebesque, S., & Vlissingen, H. F. v. (1999). Yona Friedman: structures serving the unpredictable. Rotterdam: NAi Publishers.

Mau, B., & Leonard, J. (2004). Massive change. London: Phaidon.

McGetrick, B., & Koolhaas, R. (2004). Content: triumph of realization. Köln: Taschen.

Maas, W. (2003). Five minutes city: architecture and (im)mobility : forum & workshop Rotterdam2002, Rotterdam.

Rossi, A., & Eisenman, P. (1982). The architecture of the city. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.

Venturi, R., Scott Brown, D., & Izenour, S. (1977). Learning from Las Vegas: the forgotten symbolism of architectural form. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.

Waldheim, C. (2006). The Landscape urbanism reader. New York: Princeton Architectural Press.

Werlemann, H., Koolhaas, R., Mau, B., & Sigler, J. (1997). Small, medium, large, extra-large: Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Rem Koolhaas and Bruce Mau. Köln: Benedikt Taschen Verlag.