LUP-11803 Studio Planning Basics

Course

Credits 3.00

Language of instruction:

Dutch

Contents:

In this studio students are engaged with the basic competences of spatial planners. Students will discover the characteristic features of spatial planning and will work on multiple exercises on regional and local scale level in the context of a spatial planning process in a region in the Netherlands. Knowledge and insights accumulated in previous courses will be applied in the studio.
During the studio, students will make an inventory, conduct interviews and make observations in practice. The first part of the planning process consists of describing and analysing the existing situation and the developments in the area. The second part consists of developing a strategic plan with a long-term horizon and formulating a set of short-term actions in parallel.
Students will write a reflection papers. In this paper students will reflect on the role and relevance of social and environmental knowledge for the domain of spatial planning.

Learning outcomes:

After successful completion of this course students are expected to be able to:
- identify the most important characteristics of spatial planning;
- describe the existing spatial organization of activities and identify the required landscape knowledge;
- produce a plan for the spatial organization of activities and elaborate the plan into interventions on different spatial scales and with different time horizons;
- communicate with stakeholders, identify their interests and sketch perspectives for the future;
- critically reflect on the planning process within the project.

Activities:

- instruction lectures;
- group work;
- planning and design activities;
- report writing;
- presentations and discussions.
These activities have to be performed individually or in groups of different amount of students.

Examination:

The work of the individual student is assessed on the basis of a reflection paper, the content and presentation of the group work and his/her contribution to the group.

Literature:

A manual for this practical course will be handed out during the first group meeting.