Suggested Course Schedule
Architecture

Course Description

The objective of this course is to introduce architecture students to the field of urban and regional planning. The course provides an overview of urban and regional planning as practiced across different functional areas (e.g., land use, transportation, housing and community development) and institutional scales (e.g., regions, counties, cities, neighborhoods and districts). While learning about the field of planning across multiple contexts and scales, students will come to realize the many ways that the planning and architecture can complement each other to help residents and builders create regions and communities of enduring value—places that are environmentally sound, socially just and economically sustainable.

The course readings and lectures cover a broad range of issues in planning ranging from the field's history to current planning policies and approaches in the areas of land use planning and growth management, transportation, suburban and urban design, local economic development, environmental planning, housing, planning information systems, and citizen participation. The course consists of readings, lectures, lab practices, field tours, and class discussion. Students are required to attend all classes, submit three research papers, complete assignments for completion of the course.

Urban Planning and Architecture (15 weeks for Architecture course)

week 1
Introduction

Overview of Syllabus
Introduction to Theory and Issues in Urban Form

• Lynch, K. 1981. Good City Form. Cambridge, MA. MIT Press.
• Clay, Grady. 1973. Close-Up: How to Read the American City. New York: Praeger Publishers.
• Geddes, Patrick. 1915. Cities in Evolution: An Introduction to Town Planning and to the Study of Cities. London: Williams & Norgate.
• Moudon, Anne Vernez, 1997. "Urban Morphology as an Emerging Interdisciplinary Field." Urban Morphology, Vol. 1., pp.3-10.
• International Seminar on Urban Form. Available online at urbanform.org

week 2
Site, Place and Region

• Steiner, F. and Butler, K. 2006. Planning and Urban Design Standards, Student Edition, John Wiley & Sons. See, in particular, "Part 4. Places and Placemaking."  
• Orfield, Myron. 1997. Metropolitics: A Regional Agenda for Community and Stability (rev. ed.). Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.
• Steiner, Frederick. 2002. Human Ecology: Following Nature's Lead. Washington, DC: Island Press.
• Zelinsky, William. 1980. "North America's Vernacular Regions." Annals of the Association of American Geographers 70:1-16.
• Kostof, Spiro, 1999. The City Shaped: Urban Patterns and Meanings Through History. London: Thames and Hudson.

Assign First Research Paper

week 3
Land Development and Architecture

• Steiner, F. and Butler, K. 2006. Planning and Urban Design Standards, Student Edition, John Wiley & Sons. See, in particular, "Building Types" in "Part 3. Structures" and "Development Types" in "Part 4. Places and Placemaking."  
• Lynch, Kevin, 1975. The Image of the City. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
• Schwanke, Dean, editor, 2003. Mixed-Use Development Handbook, 2^nd ed. Washington, DC: Urban Land Istitute.
• Orfield, Myron, 2002. American Metropolitics: The New Suburban Reality: Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.

week 4
Issues and Process in Urban Planning

• Steiner, F. and Butler, K. 2006. Planning and Urban Design Standards, Student Edition, John Wiley & Sons. See, in particular, "Part 1. Plans and Plan Making" and "Growth Management" in "Part 6. Implementation Techniques."  
• Calthorpe, Peter, and William Fulton. 2001. The Regional City: Planning for the End of Sprawl. Washington, DC: Island Press.
• Duany, Andres, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Jeff Speck, 2000. Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream. New York: North Point Press.
• McHarg, I. L. 1969. Design with Nature. Garden City, NY: Doublday / Natural History Press.
• Barnett, Jonathan, 2003. Redesigning Cities: Principles, Practices, Implementation. Chicago: American Planning Association.

week 5
Student presentation on critique of a recent planning project or controversy

week 6
New Urbanism for Architecture and Planning

• Steiner, F. and Butler, K. 2006. Planning and Urban Design Standards, Student Edition, John Wiley & Sons. See, in particular, "Part 4. Places and Placemaking."  
• Katz, Peter. 1994. The New Urbanism: Toward an Architecture of Community. New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc.
• Walters, David, and Linda Luise Brown, 2004. Design First: Design-Based Planning for Communities. Oxford: Elsevier.
• Congress for the New Urbanism http://www.cnu.org

Assign 2^nd Research Paper

week 7
Open Space and Urban Design

• Steiner, F. and Butler, K. 2006. Planning and Urban Design Standards, Student Edition, John Wiley & Sons. See, in particular, "Parks and Open Spaces" and "Farming and Forestry" in "Part 3. Structures" and "Preservation, Conservation, and Reuse" in "Part 6. Implementation Techniques."   
• Garvin, Alexander, 2000. Parks, Recreation, and Open Space: A Twenty-First Century Agenda. Planning Advisory Service Report No. 497/498. Chicago: American Planning Association.
• Molnar, Donald J. 1986. Anatomy of a Park: The Essentials of Recreation Area Planning and Design. New York: McGraw-Hill.
• Flink, Charles, and Robert Searns, 1993. Greenways: A Guide to Planning. Design and Development. Washington, DC: Island Press.
• Arendt, Randall G. 1996. Conservation Design for Subdivisions: A Practical Guide to Creating Open Space Networks. Washington, DC: Island Press.
• Steiner, Frederick R. 1990. Soil Conservation in the United States: Policy and Planning. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
• IUCN World Park Congress Website: http://www.iucn.org/themes/wcpa/wpc2003/index.htm

week 8
Environmental Considerations for Architecture and Urban Design

• Steiner, F. and Butler, K. 2006. Planning and Urban Design Standards, Student Edition, John Wiley & Sons. See, in particular, "Part 2. Environmental Planning and Management" and "Part 6. Implementation Techniques."  
• Glasson, John, Riki Therivel, and Andrew Chandwick. 1999. Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment: Principles, Procedures, Process, Practices, and Prospects. London: Taylor and Francis.
• Daniels, Tom and Katherine Daniels. 2003. The Environmental Planning Handbook for Sustainable Communities and Regions. Chicago: Planners Press.

week 9
Architectural Issues and Economic Development

• Steiner, F. and Butler, K. 2006. Planning and Urban Design Standards, Student Edition, John Wiley & Sons. See, in particular, "Economic and Real Estate Development" in "Part 6. Implementation Techniques."  
• Blakely, Edward J. and Ted K. Bradshaw, 2002. Planning Local Economic Development: Theory and Practices. 3^rd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
• McLean, M.L., and K.P. Voytek, 1992. Understanding Your Economy: Using Analysis to Guide Local Strategic Planning. Chicago: Planners Press.

week 10
Student presentation on urban development issues and effective strategies that our city should pursue

week 11
Transportation and Utilities in Urban Planning and Design

• Steiner, F. and Butler, K. 2006. Planning and Urban Design Standards, Student Edition, John Wiley & Sons. See, in particular, "Transportation" and "Utilities" in "Part 3. Structures."  
• Bernick, Michael, and Robert Cervero, 1997. Transit Villages in the 21^st Century: New York: McGraw-Hill.
• Dittmar, Hank, and Gloria Ohland (eds). 2004. The New Transit Town: Best Practices in Transit-Oriented Development. Washington, DC: Island Press.
• The Urban Land Institute (ULI). 1994. Transit-Oriented Design. Washington, DC: ULI.

Assign Final Research Paper

week 12
Legal Issues in Urban Planning and Design

• Steiner, F. and Butler, K. 2006. Planning and Urban Design Standards, Student Edition, John Wiley & Sons. See, in particular, "Legal Foundation" in "Part 6. Implementation Techniques."  
• Goebel, Matt and Christopher Duerken. 1999. Aesthetics, Community Character, and the Law. PAS Report 489/490. Chicago: American Planning Association.
• Morris, Marya, Mark Hinshaw, Douglas Mace, and Alan Weinstein, 2002. Context-Sensitive Signage Design. Chicago: American Planning Association. Available in electronic format only, from www.planning.org.
• Blaesser, Brian W., and Alan C. Weinstein (eds). 1989. Land Use and the Constitution: Principles for Planning Practices. Chicago: Planners Press.
• Mandelker, Daniel R. 2003 Land Use Law, 5^th ed. Charlottesville, VA: LexisNexis.

week 13
Data Management and Communication Skills in Design and Planning

• Steiner, F. and Butler, K. 2006. Planning and Urban Design Standards, Student Edition, John Wiley & Sons. See, in particular, "Part 5. Analysis Techniques."  
• Clarke, Kenneth C. 2002. Getting Started with Geographic Information Systems, 4^th ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
• Campbell, John. 1998. Map Use and Analysis, 3^rd ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill.
• Holtz, Robert K. 1985. The Surveillance Science: Remote Sensing of the Environment. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• U.S. Geological Survey, www.usgs.org
• U.S. Census Bureau, www.census.gov.

week 14
Ethical Issues in Architecture and Urban Design

• Steiner, F. and Butler, K. 2006. Planning and Urban Design Standards, Student Edition, John Wiley & Sons. See, in particular, "Participation" in "Part 1. Plans and Plan Making."  
• Sanoff, Henry, 2000. Community Participation Methods in Design and Planning. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. Inc.
• Moore, C. Nicholas. (ed.) 1997. Participation Tools for Better Land-Use Planning. 2^nd ed. Sacramento, CA: Center for Livable Communities.
• Beatley, Timothy. 1994. Ethical Land Use: Principles of Policy and Planning. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.

week 15
Final Research Paper Presentation

Reflecting on what has been covered in the class, students make argument on the ways in which planning and architecture can complement each other, respecting their unique differences. This case study research should be based on real world examples drawn from the architecture and planning literatures.