Course Content (Syllabus)
The course constitutes an introduction to the study of the city and urban representation techniques in the framework of urban planning and urban design. The urban phenomenon is comprehended in socio-spatial terms, of physical form and social-environmental dynamics. Emphasis is put on the fact that the structure, the functions and the form of the city come about in multiplicity, as the result of social processes, historical circumstances, professional interventions and citizen initiatives, statutory mechanisms and institutions. The course is structured along the development of an exercise that focuses on the study, interpretation and analysis of urban forms, typologies and functions (streets, squares, urban blocks, land-uses, urban nature etc.) of a fragment of the real city, the historic centre of Thessaloniki. By means of several methods of mapping the exercise approaches the ways by which the city is planned and constituted, its physical and functional characteristics, as well as the genre of urban environment that results. Thematic lectures support the exercise development and aim at better comprehension of urban planning concepts and the variety of urban forms and tissues. Furthermore, students are asked to research a contemporary issue of the (historic) centre and prepare a short report.
M.Kapsali and M.Karagianni, doctorate students, participate in the supervision of the student exercises.
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Αραβαντινός, Α. 2007. Πολεοδομικός σχεδιασμός: για μια βιώσιμη ανάπτυξη του αστικού χώρου. Αθήνα: Συμμετρία.
Κολώνας, Β. 2013. Θεσσαλονίκη. Η αρχιτεκτονική μιας εκατονταετίας, Θεσσαλονίκη: University Studio Press.
Γερόλυμπου, A. 1995 Η ανοικοδόμηση της Θεσσαλονίκης μετά την πυρκαγιά του 1917, Θεσσαλονίκη: University Studio Press
Ιωάννου, Β. 2014. Πολεοδομικός σχεδιασμός και αρχιτεκτονική της πόλης. Εισαγωγή σε βασικές έννοιες. Θεσσαλονίκη: Επίκεντρο
Additional bibliography for study
Αναστασιάδης, Α. 1989. Ελληνική Παραδοσιακή Αρχιτεκτονική, Θεσσαλονίκη - Άνω Πόλη, Θεσσαλονίκη: Μέλισσα.
Καλογήρου, Ν., Χαστάογλου, Β. 1992. Άνω Πόλη Θεσσαλονίκης: Προθέσεις και Αποτελέσματα μίας Πολεοδομικής Επέμβασης, Θέματα Χώρου & Τεχνών, τ. 23, 51-56.
Καυκούλα, Κ. 2010. Το Αστικό Τοπίο της Άνω Πόλης Θεσσαλονίκης (διαδικτυακή δημοσίευση : http://www.greekscapes.gr/~landscapesatlas/index.php/2010-01-21-16-47-29/landscapescat/54-200907-31-09-44-13/112-thessaloniki-ano-poli.html)
Gehl, J. 2013. Ανθρώπινες Πόλεις, Αθήνα: ΠΑΠΑΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΥ Α. & ΣΙΑ
Haughton, G., C.Hunter 2003. Sustainable Cities. London: Taylor & Francis.
Kostof, S. 1992. The City Assembled. The Elements of Urban Form through History. London: Thames & Hudson. Kostof, S. 1991. The City Shaped. Urban Patterns and Meanings through History. London: Thames & Hudson.