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The worldwide demand for well-educated academics andprofessionals in the field of urbanism is increasingprofessionals in the field of urbanism is increasing.

Our EMU Consortium intends to answer this challenge by settingup a new joint education program (EMU) for both EU/non EUup a new joint education program (EMU) for both EU/non-EUstudent and sharing:

European experiences, traditions and innovations ondesign and management of cities cities

The richness of European diversity in urbanism

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NAEMU Consortium

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UPC 1 5 Y E A R S O F U R B A N I S M M A S T E R P R O G R A M

Our UPC Master's Degree in Urbanism, with fifteen years ofexperience, is designed to train highly qualified professionals and toqualify them to deal with the increasing complexity of urbanphenomena and their interaction with their environment, the impact ofnew communication technologies and the relationship between cityand territory.

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Territories of Dispersiondeal with an extended

Post-Industrial Sitesinvestigate obsolete and

Mobility and Network Citiesfocus on innovations

Cultural Landscapesdeal with a number of

use of the territory, including new ways of working and living. As a new form of settlement these

marginal urban areas that provide new opportunities for urban restructuring. At a territorial scale the

and development in technology and infrastructural systems which allow for the reconceptualization of

issues, including conservation through transformation, planning based on revaluation ofsettlement these

territories need to rethink types and techniques of infrastructure.

territorial scale the notion of shrinking cities and territories requires re-thinking of the notion of

reconceptualization of cities – such as urban polycentric regions, new centralities, urban agglomerations, city

revaluation of heritage resources and identity in relation to globalization.

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infrastructure. the notion of development.

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globalization.

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1 5 Y E A R S O F U P C U R B A N I S M M A S T E R P R O G R A M

In the last years our Urbanism Department has leaded various European

Territories of Dispersionresearch projects on this theme, published several books and promoted somedoctoral thesis. This vast experience is applied in the design studios and intheory and methodology based subjects.

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Our design studios deal with renewal proposals in different Catalan cities. Manyof these proposals were afterwards adopted by City Councils as a basis forurban transformations

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Important cities like Barcelona, Igualada or Tarragona have encouraged us to

Mobility and Network Cities

Important cities like Barcelona, Igualada or Tarragona have encouraged us toexplore urban problems and to develop alternatives. The last one has dealt withan ambitious remodelation of the Diagonal Avenue, the main artery of Barcelona,and therefore the mobility pattern in the core of the city

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Together with colleagues of different universities from Brazil, Argentina, Chile,Uruguay or MIT, professors of our Department have been involved in the last yearsin worldwide research projects on Cultural Landscapes

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They have been asked by different institutions to develop planning proposals in these territories The last design studio prepared a plan for an impressive area of Majorca aiming to become WHS

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UPC BarcelonaEuropean Urbanism dimensions

Exchange semester Thesis semester

URBAN PLANNING

European Urbanism dimensions

KULeuven

REGIONAL DESIGN

URBAN PLANNING

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FINALTHESISENTRANCE

AT UPCREGIONAL DESIGN

IAUVenezia

Territories of DispersionPost-Industrial SitesMobility & NetworksCultural Landscapes

Key IssuesTerritories of DispersionPost-Industrial SitesMobility & NetworksCultural Landscapes

Territories of DispersionPost-Industrial SitesMobility & NetworksCultural Landscapes Cultural LandscapesCultural LandscapesCultural Landscapes

Students will follow at least two semesters at their host university, and at least one in some of the other universities. They are encouraged to define their educational track attending to the key issues, the scale emphasis and their research interests. Other i t t it i l it (f i d i ti t diff t l )

Students mobility is essential for the Consortium goals in order to achieve a wide European prospective and to enrich the t d t i ith th i f diimportant criteria are complexity (focusing on design operations at different scales),

variety (taking into account a plurality of key issues) and coherence (relating their research interests and the content of the proposed track).

students view with a synthesis of diverse academic approaches as well as a rich living experience.

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EMU aims > UPC background > research > programme > subjects > studio project

Theory3 ECTS Regional planning theory

Regional

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MethodologyTerritories of the Post Industrial City

Design Studio15 ECTS

Methodology6 ECTS

Industrial City

Cultural landscapes

Technology Based6 ECTS

Territory & EconomyEnvironment & Economy

1 ECTS (European Credit Transfer Standard) = 28 hours

60 ECTS per year (EU standard)120 ECTS > EMU Program

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Regional design studio

Teaching Staffs:Álvaro Cuéllar, Julián Galindo, Biel HorrachandJoaquim Sabaté(Department of Urbanism and RegionalPlanning)Planning)

Design studios propose a real intervention thatDesign studios propose a real intervention thatface crucial questions in the field of regionaldesign: the effect of large-scale infrastructure;the new ways in which activities use the space;the territorial morphology as an intervention

it i h lt l i lcriteria, or how cultural resources can impulselocal development, are among the issuesstudents' designs will consider.

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Studios are based on previously prepared informationStudios are based on previously prepared information, so that we can rapidly get introduced to the theme and develop proposals in depth.

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Teaching aimsThe studio will train students in order to be able:- to carefully analyse problems in urban and regional areasy y p g- to design proposals for planning, remodelling and developing these areas- to understand social, economic, technical and managerial aspects of planning- to weave them into their understanding of the forms of physical intervention- to consider the different scales involved in Urbanism in their designs

to develop well grounded views of the field of Urbanism- to develop well-grounded views of the field of Urbanism

Course contentThe studio integrates a strategic perspective of the transformation of a complexterritory. It requires understanding the effect of activities upon a territory and therelation between planning decisions and local development.

The studio program will include successive exercises.A i t ti d d i ti d i t t ti f th t l d lt lAn intentioned description and interpretation of the natural and culturalresources of the territory, so as the evaluation of the different morphologicalmodels of the tourist city.

The analysis of interventions in cultural landscapes and alternative patterns fory p purban development.

The elaboration of different design strategies, based on a continuous mix ofscales and layers (territory, infrastructure, settlements and activities, culturalresources ) These strategies should be developed as territorial schemesresources...). These strategies should be developed as territorial schemestogether with the selection and design of strategic projects that may becomecatalyst of the desired transformations.

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Regional planning theory

Teaching Staffs: P f D Mi l C i d J i S b téProfs. Drs. Miguel Corominas and Joaquim Sabaté (Department of Urbanism and Regional Planning)

This subject is based on the selection and detailed discussion ofa set of significant plans and offers an interpretation from adesign perspective, of the evolution of regional planning. In theanalysis of these plans we will pay particular attention to thed fi iti f bj ti t h i d i l t ti t ldefinition of objectives, techniques and implementation tools.

Teaching aims This subject will provide a panorama on the evolution of regionalThis subject will provide a panorama on the evolution of regional planning and a clear understanding of theoretical references, models, methods and intervention tools.

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Course content and program1. From Laws of Indies to the Land Ordinance Act. Two traditions at thebasis of the modern planning discipline.p g p2. Origins of modern planning. The crisis of traditional paradigms and a newplanning generation (Abercrombie, Geddes). The interwar British regionalplans.3. Rubio i Tudurí: the aim of a structured territory. The need to know:statistics and geography; flows and preservationstatistics and geography; flows and preservation.4. Spatial planning in the U.S.A. The first proposals: The Appalachian Trialand the Regional Planning Association; the Regional Plan of New York.5. From regional to federal planning: the experience of the Tennessee RiverBasin.6 Th bi th f t t l l F G t L d Pl t th S th E t6. The birth of structural plans. From Greater London Plan to the South EastStudy.7. A morphological approach to regional planning in the Plan for the island ofTenerife. Planning the territory of tourism based on landscape values.8. Planners and "planologist”. A review of urban proposals in Holland: fromWestern des Lands Committee to Designing Randstad 2040.9. Ian McHarg: Design with nature. An ecological approach to planning.Urban implications of environmental criteria, the contribution of Richard T.Forman.10 New planning paradigms: from blue print to the definition of scenarios10. New planning paradigms: from blue print to the definition of scenariosand strategies. Physical and narrative structure.

Assignment and evaluation

Students are expected to discuss in a written report the relation betweenf i t ti th d d t l li d i th i t di ireferences, intervention methods and tools applied in their studio exercise

and those explained in class. They will be evaluated attending to theircapability to refer their own proposals to a more general planning debate.

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Territories of the post-industrial city

Teaching Staffs: Prof. Dr. Antonio Font( f )(Department of Urbanism and Regional Planning)

This subject deals with the analysis andThis subject deals with the analysis anddiscussion of the growth and transformation ofsome European cities in the last three decades.Special emphasis is placed on urban andterritorial morphology as an expression ofd hi h i ti it bilitdemographic change, economic activity, mobility,location of industry, tertiary sector, facilities andhousing, new forms of metropolitan growth, andthe specific nature of the problems andprocesses.p

Teaching aimsThis subject will provide an understanding ofrecent territorial processes in metropolitan areasrecent territorial processes in metropolitan areasof Southern Europe and the modalities of theirspatial configuration.

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Course content and program1 The study of territorial transformations1. The study of territorial transformations2. The formation of Barcelona metropolitan area (1850-1975)3. The formation of Barcelona metropolitan area (1975-2000)4. The models and forms of contemporary growth I5. The models and forms of contemporary growth II6. Spatial structure of European metropolitan regions7. Spanish metropolitan areas8. Portugal and Southern France metropolitan areas9. Some Italian metropolitan areas10. Towards an alternative territorial project10. Towards an alternative territorial project

Assignment and evaluationStudents are expected to apply the tools that have beendeveloped in the study of different metropolitan areas to ananalysis of the recent transformation of their design exercisearea. They will be evaluated attending to their capability todiscuss and present an original interpretation in teamwork.

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Cultural landscapesTeaching Staffs:Profs. Dr. Joaquim Sabaté(Department of Urbanism and Regional Planning)and Pere Vall(Catalonian International University)

The intelligent management of heritage resourceshas become an important factor in localdevelopment. But the design of these areas cannotbe addressed just with the intervention tools ofbe addressed just with the intervention tools oftraditional urban planning. The rich complexity ofcultural landscapes requires a new conceptualframework and new methodologies and tools.

The emergence of heritage parks holds a richpotential for the renewal of intervention criteria.These proposals include some basic assumptions:to identify the most relevant resources and tostructure an attractive interpretation of them, to tell astory that can attract visitors and investors and to

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story that can attract visitors and investors and tohelp the territory to initiate a new developmentimpulse.

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Teaching aimsThis subject will provide a general overview of the current trends onheritage area interventions Students shall become familiar withheritage area interventions. Students shall become familiar withconcepts such as cultural landscape and Heritage Park, withintervention methods and tools, relevant proposals and literature andwith the state of the art of projects on cultural landscapes.

Course content and programp g1. Heritage as a basic resource for a new development model2. From Lowell to Blackstone: the pioneering proposals3. The recovery of old industrial areas: Ironbridge, Le Creusot andNew Lanark4. Heritage Corridors: from Appalachian Trail to Camino de Santiagoand Canal du Midi5. Agricultural parks: Palermo-Milan-Mataró Sabadell-Llobregat Delta6. Intervention patterns: an integrated methodological approach7. The Llobregat River Park. Genesis and development of the textileg pcolonies system8. Some lessons from places associated with events: interventionmodels, methods and tools9. Cultural Landscapes in Catalonia: results and future challenges10 Design implementation and management of cultural landscapes10. Design, implementation and management of cultural landscapes

Assignment and evaluationStudents are expected to apply the methods and tools that havelearned in their design exercise. They will be evaluated attending totheir capability to propose an original interpretation of cultural

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their capability to propose an original interpretation of culturalresources in their study area, and some guidelines to use them aslocal development catalyst.

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Territory, environment and economy

Teaching Staffs:D J T ll d R f B iDrs. Joan Trullen and Rafa Boix(Department of Regional Economics)and Prof. Salvador Rueda(Municipality of Barcelona)

First part of this subject introduces ecology on a regionalscale from a theoretical standpoint and evaluates itsscale from a theoretical standpoint and evaluates itseffect on planning practice. Plans must incorporate newconcepts, parameters and techniques (principles oflandscape ecology, criteria for the sustainable planningand management of regions, systems integrated into

t l d b i t t )natural and urban environments, etc.).

On the second part regional growth and transformationprocesses are examined from a socioeconomicperspective. The planning process is complex andrequires a multidisciplinary approach. One of thedisciplines involved in its development is the economy.The program is divided into two blocks: regionaleconomics and urban economics. The final part of thepcourse will focus on case studies, usually on themetropolitan area of Barcelona.

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The first part will provide an understanding of theconceptual foundations of ecology and of theiri h i f b i Thimportance on the practice of urbanism. Theenvironmental paradigm requires incorporating intoplanning new concepts, technical parameters based onprinciples of landscape ecology, and design criteria forsustainable land management.gThe second part will provide an understanding of somebroad themes of the regional and urban economy,applicable to both regions and cities.

Course content and program. Environment andterritoryterritory

1. Framework of the territorial and urban environmental assessment: settlements, mobility and open spaces in the Metropolitan Region of Barcelona2 M i i t l bl i th M t lit2. Main environmental problems in the Metropolitan Region of Barcelona3. Some principles on sustainable mobility4. Environmental problems in urban settlements5. Open spaces and natural ecological matrix

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6. Environmental Audits7. Targeted interventions8. The 21st Agenda

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Course content and program. Economy and TerritoryBlock 1: Regional Economy1. Introduction to the study of land economics 2 Agglomeration2. Agglomeration3. Accessibility and location4. Interaction, hierarchies and networks5. Regional growth and competitiveness (I): exogenous growth6 R i l th d titi (II) d6. Regional growth and competitiveness (II): endogenous growth

Block 2: Urban economy7. City models and economic activityy y8. Income and price of urban land9. Creative and knowledge cities10. City and sustainability

A i t d l tiAssignment and evaluationStudents are expected to develop a rigorous environmentaland economical analysis of their design exercise, and tojustify from the evidence and criteria offered by the coursethe main characteristics of their interventionthe main characteristics of their intervention.They will be evaluated attending to their capability to discussand present an original interpretation in teamwork.

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