The history of urbanism (6 credits)

City analysis and development of urban strategies for two cities in Østfold - Fredrikstad and Sarpsborg

Today, these cities are transforming, and the economic base is no longer mainly industrial. This leads to changes in how and where people live, it places new demands on infrastructure, and it frees up space for urban transformation. At the same time these cities are strongly linked to expansion of the Oslo region and will in the future have a significant population growth due to major expansion of the railway system. Another special condition is the Scandinavian "8 million city" that many see develop along the new communication arteries between Copenhagen via Gothenburg to Oslo. This development creates new mobility patterns and brings the cities closer to the EU labor market.

Both the development of the region, urban centres and transportation systems will be the focus areas. Environmental aspects, quality of life, functionality and competitiveness will be important topics. 

Basic training in urban and landscape analysis, city planning in large and comprehensive scale, as well as urban design. GIS training will be included.

Studio work, partly in groups.

Study trip to Barcelona and to relevant cities in the region.

Mandatory cours:
Theoretical lectures in the history of urbanism(6sp).

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:  

Allen, Stan. (1999). Points + lines: diagrams and projects for the city. New York: Princeton Architectural Press.

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.

Calvino, Italo. (1974). Invisible cities. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

Cullen, Gordon. (1961). Townscape. London: Architectural Press.

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

Eisenman, Peter. (1986). Moving arrows, eros and other errors: an architecture of absence. [London]: AA Publ.

Ellefsen, Karl Otto & Dag Tvilde. (1991). Realistisk byanalyse. Trondheim: Arkitektavdelingen, NTH.

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.

Lynch, Kevin. (1960). The image of the city. Cambridge, Mass.: M.I.T. Press.

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.

Sadler, Simon. (1998). The situationist city. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.

Tschumi, Bernard. (1994). The Manhattan transcripts. London: Academy Editions.

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. (1995). Small, medium, large, extra-large: Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Rem Koolhaas and Bruce Mau. Köln: Benedikt Taschen Verlag.